January 28, 2015

Cleaning the Kombucha

My kombucha has been left alone for a while ever since Gwen became ill.  While I did remove most of the vinegar and added fresh sweet tea, but this caused the yeast to build up.  I figured it was time to completely clean 2/4 of the containers and let it rebrew.  Below is my scoby hotel before cleaning.
While cleaning my scoby hotel.  I have quite a few scobies!
Completely cleaned and in fresh sweet tea.
 Below is my 2 gallon "mothership" kombucha continuous brew container after I removed my mothership scoby and scrubbed out the container.
 My mothership scoby after being cleaned and placed in fresh sweet tea.  This scoby is my largest and pride and joy.  I will be checking this brew in a week to see if it is ready for 2nd fermentation.  When you have such a large scoby, your kombucha brews much faster. 
Here is my mothership scoby below.  This scoby has been growing continuously for about 8 months.  
Below is my current kombucha set up.  From left to right: oolong tea kombucha, rooibos/black tea kombucha and my basic black tea kombucha.  My scoby hotel is on the second level.
And I am currently growing a few more smaller scobies to sell in my Etsy shop to help towards Lincs service dog equipment.


No comments:

Post a Comment