Can I add more sugar and leave it to ferment longer if it didn't carbonate during F2?
I bottled up some kombucha from my F1, some flavored and some not, I put about half a teaspoon of sugar per half a liter of kombucha, and nothing happened. I might have had my measurements wrong. If I want to put more sugar and leave it out to ferment longer, is that ok or will the taste start to get too acidic?From my understanding and experience, yes. Even if you put it in the fridge but decide that you want it to ferment longer, you can. Just keep in mind that it will take it a bit to warm up to room temperature and to ferment to the point you want it to.
I am in the middle of my F2, some are natural flavor and some are flavored with fruit or herbs, I decided to lay them all down because I read somewhere that it helps with potential carbonation leaks, and I can tell you that none of them carbonated. They were more fizzy after the initial F1 than they are now after F2.
Though, to be fair, I left them for just 2-3 days for F2, and while it has been HOT here, my F1 is at 83 degrees constantly, maybe I should have left them longer, so I am standing them up now and going to give them a few more days.
That's my experience with laying them down, it would be interesting to know how this goes for others, maybe it just takes longer when they are laid down vs stood up?
I count each F1 as a batch. I usually have 2-3 F1s going at the same time, I count each of them as a batch, so that's 2-3 batches at once.