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How To Brew Kombucha Without A Starter Kit
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Mark
Oct 3
If your kombucha has very little carbonation, I would say this would almost completely remove the carbonation entirely. So it depends how much carbonation you currently have. As others have mentioned, running kombucha through sieves and filters does reduce carbonation, the type of sieve does make a difference, and the sieve you have in your picture... Read more  
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Mark
Oct 3
I asked myself the same question. In my mind, each and every F1 is a batch, but, I would also think of the F2s in a way as a batch if I am using a different recipe and trying out different things. But I guess that because everything in F2 comes from F1, F1 is what counts as the batch.
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Just Sarah :)
Aug 7
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 t... Read more  
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Mark
Oct 27
Nope, you will still get carbonation, but it depends how much the bottles are leaking. I recently bought bottle caps for old kombucha bottles I have, their original caps were thrown away so I ordered what I thought were good ones. I filled almost 30 of them up and found out they were also leaking like yours, but they still carbonated really well. ... Read more  
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John
Nov 5
I don't think it's weird at all, I can't tell the difference in mine either! I always have to get others to try out my batches to tell me if they are sweet or vinegary or what ever they taste, otherwise I just don't know! So my advice is to just ask others to taste it, if anyone is brave enough to try it.
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Mark
Oct 3
Yep. This was answered here https://boochmakers.com/questions/can-i-add-more-sugar-and-leave-it-to-ferment-longer-if-it-didnt-carbonate-during-f2-11/. General answer is yes though. Putting your kombucha in the fridge slows down the fermentation by a lot, but, its still fermenting. Taking it out of the fridge and allowing it to go back to the ide... Read more  
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Is it better to add sweat tea to store bought kombucha, or to wait for the kombucha to grow a pellicle? Some add sweat tea to store bought kombucha and that becomes a full batch after a few weeks, with a pellicle and all. Others just put the store bought kombucha in a mason jar and cover it until it grows the pellicle, and then use that whole thing as the starter and add sweat tea to it. Does it matter which way you go? Is one method better than the other?
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Is it better to add sweat tea to store bought kombucha, or to wait for the kombucha to grow a pellicle? Some add sweat tea to store bought kombucha and that becomes a full batch after a few weeks, with a pellicle and all. Others just put the store bought kombucha in a mason jar and cover it until it grows the pellicle, and then use that whole thing as the starter and add sweat tea to it. Does it matter which way you go? Is one method better than the other?
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