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Brewing At Home · Nov 5

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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Brewing At Home · Aug 11

How long does home brewed kombucha last in the fridge? I made kombucha and put it in the fridge less than a week ago, and it has a bit of a weird taste. It's as if the herbs I used to flavor them were left in and either lost their taste or have too much of their flavor, but they were not left in, I took them out. Is there a limit to how long kombucha can stay in the fridge? Does it matter if it was opened or not? My thought is that maybe because I opened all of them to taste, they lost their freshness?

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Brewing At Home · Oct 9

is it better to use store bought kombucha for the Initial starter or to use a donated SCOBY? I used store bought kombucha to start my current batches, but in the past I used a SCOBY that was already used in many batches. Is there a difference between using one or the other? Is one stronger and more potent and better for the future batches?

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Brewing At Home · Oct 2

I cannot get my non-flavored kombucha to fizz, what am i doing wrong? I have tried everything I can, but I just can't seem to get a non-flavored kombucha to fizz. I have a green + black tea kombucha for F1, I have tried transferring it to a flip top bottle with no sugar, with some sugar, with a lot of sugar, even left it for almost 7 days in F2 after a 14 day F1, and no matter what, I get no carbonation at all, just a more vinegary taste. Any tips?

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Brewing At Home · Oct 27

Can homemade kombucha be as carbonated as store bought kombucha? I know that many or most store bought kombucha have forced carbonation and that its not natural, while homemade kombucha has natural carbonation. Can homemade kombucha match the carbonation in the store bought ones? Have any of you succeeded?

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