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I am in bottling my 3rd batch of kombucha. I have been really fortunate with my results so far, and have begun to experiment with adding flavors, or juices, again with really nice results. My first 2 ferments came out well using a high quality chinese black tea called Gold Silk. On the batch I am in the process of bottling I used 2/3 black tea(Gold Silk) to 1/3 green tea(Dragon Well). I am really excited to see what the differences might bring out? I am doing a "batch" with white tea(Silver Needle) this time.
Any veterans out there that would be interested in sharing some wisdom from their experience with the various teas, I would really enjoy hearing about the characteristics associated with the different teas.
Thanks!
Any veterans out there that would be interested in sharing some wisdom from their experience with the various teas, I would really enjoy hearing about the characteristics associated with the different teas.
Thanks!
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Re: New to the craft
Sun, July 5, 2009 - 8:16 PMlet us know how the dragon well tea fares.
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Re: New to the craft
Fri, July 10, 2009 - 9:28 AMWe have made a batch with all Yerba mate. It was delicious, but took longer than with black tea. I have also heard that the higher tannin content of the Organic Chinese Black tea is an essential ingredient to the magical* properties of KT. I like to mix the two.
One thing to take into consideration is that we also were steeping the black tea in water around 210 degress for 5-6 minutes.
The Yerba mate was steeped at around 180 degrees for 3-4 minutes.
Steeping it longer and at a higher temp will pprobably increase the tannin level.
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Re: New to the craft
Mon, July 13, 2009 - 9:48 PMTried with a some "organic" chai teabag. . .NO -
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Re: New to the craft
Mon, July 13, 2009 - 10:26 PMyou just brew TEA. chai has fungus killing spices. Brew your kombochu, then add chai in the fridge when its done.
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Re: New to the craft
Tue, July 14, 2009 - 1:59 PMJust use cheap tea in the Kombucha. The Scoby doesn't care. I use the $1 box of tea from the discount store and it produces a very nice Kombucha.
Also, as others have said, just brew TEA and add the other stuff when you bottle it - like ginger, chai, etc. Herbs often have anti-microbial properties - they will kill the scoby.