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Kombucha? When I was growing up, my grandfather used to brew in a 1 quart, blue glazed, ceramic pot what he called, “Tea Beer.” He got the plant as a gift from a Russian émigré about 20-30 years ago and dove into, “The Health Kick" pretty late in life. But, his researches and experiments made a dramatic impact on his health and lifestyle. As kids, we would sample his tea beer from time to time, and once when asked, my grandmother said its name was, “gribbach,” or “gribbock,” I don’t quite ...

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Scoby Available?

Hi all, if you'd like a scoby, free to good home, drop me a line and we can organise a time to meet up so that you can collect. TT

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Merry Xmas and happy New Year

From Tsc and Family Tempest, we'd like to wish you and yours a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. regards, Tsc Tempest

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Hi everyone!! Does anyone know where I can get a scooby? thanks for the help!! A

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Hello everyone! I'm new to Kombucha and I'm so glad to find out this group. I got to know about kombucha tea a while ago (well, just know about it, no experience yet) while I was surfing on the internet reading some foodie-blogs and I was so curious about its health benefits they talked about. I've been wanting to try this out at home and it took me forever wondering where I can find the "mushroom" 'cause it's not popular here (yet), so you guys can figure out how exciting I am joining th...

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Tsc's Kombucha Tea Here's my current recipe. INGREDIENTS 4 lrg pinches* of Long Jing Green Tea 1 x Lipton Yellow Label (Black/Red) Tea Bag 1 x Twinings Camomile Flower Herbal Tea Bag 8 Tbs Raw Sugar 2 lt boiling water 1 scant cup of Kombucha Mother Tea (approx. 200-250ml) 1 Kombucha Pelicle [...or SCOBY/KB if you prefer ;-) ] EQUIPMENT Stainless Steel Bowl with 2+ lt capacity Stainless Steel seive that fits snugly into bowl Measuring spoons Kettle or continuous water boi...

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I thought you might be interested in the following, a couple of very different, but similar Scoby-type helpers: Ginger Beer Plant Mother of Vinegar Kefir Tibicos

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Hi all and welcome. Currently I'm in HK and then off to China for a few days on business until the 4th of May. hopefully when i get back i should have a nicely brewed kombucha vinegar and healthy pelicle, the diameter of a six litre glass gar. if not, well it'll be back t the drawing boad, and starting activating my emergency reserve. You may have noticed that I've added the vietnamese namefor kombucha to the group description, and my housekeeper will also be providing me with some Viet...

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Closely related to Kombucha is the Vinegar Plant, and according to a well known source, when you're stuck with no source of a Kombucha Baby, then you can start with a vinegar plant and then develop your own Kombucha scoby from there. But how to get a vinegar plant? Well there are a number of ways to get one. Find someone who already has one and get a piece from them; get a bottle of good quality wine vinegar that has some sediments and try to strike something from that; or, follow this ...

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