HAPPY KOMBUCHA BLOG — Safety

When fermenting it is important to ensure that your jars are nice and clean in order to avoid contamination, it is not vital that they are sterilised they simply need to be clean but as we get a lot of enquiries on how to sterilise we decided to do a blog on it.  Please be very careful when doing this as the jars will be HOT! The first process of sterilisation, regardless of which method you choose, is to check the jars or bottles thoroughly for damage such as cracks, breaks, and chips. If you find any of your jars or...

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Autumn and winter present special challenges for culturing. As the weather cools, the methods for keeping cultures at the proper temperature must also change and adapt especially here in the UK when the weather can change dramatically from one day to the next. Some cultures will actually behave differently during the winter even when the amount of light and heat are constant, they can change their shape, size and texture and you may notice that the taste also changes slightly. How Can You Keep the Cultures Warm Enough? There are a variety of ways to help keep cultures warm enough...

These are pictures of all the normal things that can happen when brewing with a scoby...some look a little funny but really its all normal... I have included these pictures as people often panic when there scobies stop looking all white and pristine after you first brew with them! Scobies can do some weird and wonderful things during brewing.... here is just a few examples.... This scoby has split in two (this often happens as scobies grow in layers and it is not unusual for the layers to sometimes seperate) and has chains of yeasts hanging from it, again it...