I forgot to mention how to store your new SCOBY hotel. Place in an area where it won't be disturbed and out of sunlight. I keep mine in the corner of my kitchen. .
I love you Liz lol. Your thumbnail is fantastic for this fantastic video! It really cracked me up. I'm going to get into your Kombucha hobby! The health benefits are amazing. 🍵☕☮️☯️🙏👼
Thank you. Hey let me know if you want a SCOBY I'll send you one. I can use it for a video "how to mail a SCOBY to a friend". I'm serious. I was also wondering how kombucha would be affected by 1. Crystals/stones 2. placing the 2nd ferment bottles in the full moon to bathe. Thoughts?
@@KombuchaLiz LOL! We will see. I'm still trying to get over the look of them but I fear nothing! Email me the crystals and Moonlight questions as I can go into more detail than right here in the comments. The benefits of crystals and Moonlight are pure magic. 🔮🧙♂️
I'm definitely going to need to start one. I'm still pretty new to the kombucha game but I dont think I can bring myself to just "throw away" a living thing. I have to do SOMETHING with them.
I do some gardening but right now I'm at kind of a place of transition in my life where I really dont have permanent living arrangements so I'm not really doing any gardening.
I don't keep any cellulose. It is not needed to brew a new batch, it makes a mess, makes the process more complicated and increases the probabilty of mold. There are pretty much no advantages of using cellulose in brewing. After any brew I use the cellulose as the face/body mask and discard it.
Hi, Did you keep the burn scoby or do you toss it or do you have a scoby burn hotel lol? Also I was wondering if there was a reason you would ever use more than one scoby at a time? Thanks Liz!!
That is a great question. After I used the SCOBy for a burn I just toss it. Its good to have a few back of scobys just in case of any mishaps. But if you are brewing regularly you'll have plenty. They build up fast. Did your scoby arrive?
Hello. I've never used this sugar so I can't say for sure. However, I would slowly introduce palm sugar. For example, if I used a cup of sugar for my F1 I'd use 3/4 C table sugar and 1/4 C palm. Then each batch add more palm and less table sugar. Does that make sense? Palm is 70-80% sucrose. Table sugar is 99.9%. So I think you'll be fine. Heck, you could even try doing half of the new brew with palm, then the next brew use 100% palm. I've used 2 alternative sugars in the past. Brown sugar and corn syrup. Both brewed with no problems. Please let me know how this works out for you.
Hi Stanley. Yes,SCOBY can be consumed. I never gave it my mom dog but I know people do. You can dry the scoby put in a dehydrator or oven for the pups too.
I just made a new scoby for the first time & started my first batch of kombucha yesterday. Now I have this liquid in a jar. Should I feed it or leave it?
I am sorry this is so late. I am finding a bunch of comments I never saw. I'm thinking you got it all figured out. Did you ever try the lavender & lemon?
@@KombuchaLiz Yes! I’m an old pro now 😂 I make kombucha, jun & herbucha. Love them all! I haven’t done lavender & lemon, but I did a lavender/ginger recently & it’s really good. I enjoy playing with all the flavors.
@@KombuchaLiz “They” say you can’t use a kombucha scoby to make booch with a different type of tea, but you sure as heck can! I used chamomile tea with a sachet of hibiscus. Worked like a charm & tastes good.
Hi. It really depends on the person and their body. When I first started drinking it I got my first bottle from the store. Came home and drank it on 6 minutes. Jumped back in the car and got more 🤣🤣 i never experienced any detox symptoms but some people do. I think most people drink around 16oz a day. For me it depends on how I'm feeling..sometimes ill drink 2 16oz bottles and some days I drink none..the key is listening to your body. I hope this helps ❤😉
Hi, are there any types of people, maybe with certain medical conditions or age who shouldn't be consuming kombucha? I want to brew for my mum, but shes 65 and has a skin condition.
You are so welcome and thanks for watching all the way from Sri Lanka. Maybe you'll popularize it for your country and start your own kombucha business😉🍻🥳
I need some advice... my scoby is all torn and ripped and has been for three batches. Will it ever form a nice, solid disk? Or just be a soft, torn piece of jelly?! That said, I have made three yummy batches out of it... difficult to see a baby scoby?! Please help.
As long as the brew is good it doesn't matter. However, Aesthetics are pleasing. You could poor some of the Kombucha into a new jar separately and let it sit until a SCOBY forms to how you like it. It doesn't have to be a lot of Kombucha. Maybe 2 inches or so in the jar. Sometimes my baby SCOBYs form fast and other times you can barely see them. So you might have to let it sit for a month or so. I hope this helps.
@@KombuchaLiz may I ask you another question please? It's about kombucha but not hotels... when I've made a batch, I decant it into glass bottles with some squished blueberries... but in some of them (not all of them), a green circle appears at the bottom and occasionally I've had white dots on the blueberries when they're at the top. Is this normal or is this mould?? Sorry to bother you with questions x
@@lisanewlove8644 no problem at all Lisa. You are not bothering me. I love helping 🥰 could you send me a picture on ig? I think it's fine. The green at the bottom is probably just the yeast and as for the white spots on Blueberries, usually when I use fresh fruit it's as though the Kombucha pulls the color from the fruit. For example my strawberries 🍓always turn white and fizzy. I don't recall this happening with Blueberries though so I'd have to see it. You could also email me at elizabethsullivan1203@gmail.com
Hi Elaine. It is not ok. The SCOBY/ Kombucha need air. You can use a towel, t shirt or paper towel with a rubber band. That way air can get in and bugs will stay out 😉❤
I forgot to mention how to store your new SCOBY hotel. Place in an area where it won't be disturbed and out of sunlight. I keep mine in the corner of my kitchen. .
It's amazing how many scoby hotel videos there are and no one tells you the tea measurements!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🤣🤣🤣😅😅 you are so very welcome my dear💜❤💖
love the tip about using scoby for burns! thank you for the great video (O:
😀😀😀 you're welcome 😊
Thanks for the great video. This is one of the best all around videos about scoby hotels that I"ve watched!
I'm so happy you found it helpful. Thanks for watching.
I love you Liz lol. Your thumbnail is fantastic for this fantastic video! It really cracked me up. I'm going to get into your Kombucha hobby! The health benefits are amazing. 🍵☕☮️☯️🙏👼
Thank you. Hey let me know if you want a SCOBY I'll send you one. I can use it for a video "how to mail a SCOBY to a friend". I'm serious. I was also wondering how kombucha would be affected by 1. Crystals/stones 2. placing the 2nd ferment bottles in the full moon to bathe. Thoughts?
@@KombuchaLiz LOL! We will see. I'm still trying to get over the look of them but I fear nothing! Email me the crystals and Moonlight questions as I can go into more detail than right here in the comments. The benefits of crystals and Moonlight are pure magic. 🔮🧙♂️
I'm definitely going to need to start one. I'm still pretty new to the kombucha game but I dont think I can bring myself to just "throw away" a living thing. I have to do SOMETHING with them.
Chickens like to eat them and they are great for compost if you're into that kind of stuff
I do some gardening but right now I'm at kind of a place of transition in my life where I really dont have permanent living arrangements so I'm not really doing any gardening.
Great!! So much info!! I’m so excited to earn a scoby black belt like you
Haha 😂 black belt made out of SCOBY
Very well done, thank you.
Many thanks!
thanks for a great video
I don't keep any cellulose.
It is not needed to brew a new batch, it makes a mess, makes the process more complicated and increases the probabilty of mold. There are pretty much no advantages of using cellulose in brewing. After any brew I use the cellulose as the face/body mask and discard it.
Hi, Did you keep the burn scoby or do you toss it or do you have a scoby burn hotel lol? Also I was wondering if there was a reason you would ever use more than one scoby at a time? Thanks Liz!!
That is a great question. After I used the SCOBy for a burn I just toss it. Its good to have a few back of scobys just in case of any mishaps. But if you are brewing regularly you'll have plenty. They build up fast. Did your scoby arrive?
Hi Liz, just wanted to know if I use organic palm jaggery instead of sugar for 1st brew.
Hello. I've never used this sugar so I can't say for sure. However, I would slowly introduce palm sugar. For example, if I used a cup of sugar for my F1 I'd use 3/4 C table sugar and 1/4 C palm. Then each batch add more palm and less table sugar. Does that make sense?
Palm is 70-80% sucrose. Table sugar is 99.9%. So I think you'll be fine. Heck, you could even try doing half of the new brew with palm, then the next brew use 100% palm.
I've used 2 alternative sugars in the past. Brown sugar and corn syrup. Both brewed with no problems. Please let me know how this works out for you.
Hey Liz, thank you so much, for sharing so much information. I'm just starting to brew. I will update you with my progress, thanks once again.
@@Sseveres you are welcome and please do come back and update us ☺
I have a scoby on my cherry vinegar. Do you know if I can use that scoby in other flavors of vinegars?? Like apple or pineapple?
I do not know. I've never made vinegars. They sound tasty though. 😋
@@KombuchaLiz okay, thank you for your time
You're very welcome. I hope you find your answer
hi, can scoby be added to salads?? or can be used for pet food ??
Hi Stanley. Yes,SCOBY can be consumed. I never gave it my mom dog but I know people do. You can dry the scoby put in a dehydrator or oven for the pups too.
Can the scoby get dry on top and survive?
I just made a new scoby for the first time & started my first batch of kombucha yesterday. Now I have this liquid in a jar. Should I feed it or leave it?
I am sorry this is so late. I am finding a bunch of comments I never saw. I'm thinking you got it all figured out. Did you ever try the lavender & lemon?
@@KombuchaLiz Yes! I’m an old pro now 😂 I make kombucha, jun & herbucha. Love them all! I haven’t done lavender & lemon, but I did a lavender/ginger recently & it’s really good. I enjoy playing with all the flavors.
😃😃😃 herbucha 🌿 😊😊😊
@@KombuchaLiz “They” say you can’t use a kombucha scoby to make booch with a different type of tea, but you sure as heck can! I used chamomile tea with a sachet of hibiscus. Worked like a charm & tastes good.
Yes girl! ❤❤❤ you totally can and kudos for trying on your own. I'm so proud of you. You're a natural booch brewer 🥂
How many cups s day , can we drink kambuja?
Hi. It really depends on the person and their body. When I first started drinking it I got my first bottle from the store. Came home and drank it on 6 minutes. Jumped back in the car and got more 🤣🤣 i never experienced any detox symptoms but some people do. I think most people drink around 16oz a day. For me it depends on how I'm feeling..sometimes ill drink 2 16oz bottles and some days I drink none..the key is listening to your body. I hope this helps ❤😉
Hi, are there any types of people, maybe with certain medical conditions or age who shouldn't be consuming kombucha? I want to brew for my mum, but shes 65 and has a skin condition.
Not that I know of. She could always talk to her doctor about it if she is concerned.
@@KombuchaLiz thank you for responding. im from Sri Lanka. Kombucha is not a popular drink here. I shall see.
You are so welcome and thanks for watching all the way from Sri Lanka. Maybe you'll popularize it for your country and start your own kombucha business😉🍻🥳
@@KombuchaLiz its a very informative video.💚
haha wouldn't that be great. 😉
Totally!
I need some advice... my scoby is all torn and ripped and has been for three batches. Will it ever form a nice, solid disk? Or just be a soft, torn piece of jelly?! That said, I have made three yummy batches out of it... difficult to see a baby scoby?! Please help.
As long as the brew is good it doesn't matter. However, Aesthetics are pleasing. You could poor some of the Kombucha into a new jar separately and let it sit until a SCOBY forms to how you like it. It doesn't have to be a lot of Kombucha. Maybe 2 inches or so in the jar.
Sometimes my baby SCOBYs form fast and other times you can barely see them. So you might have to let it sit for a month or so. I hope this helps.
Thank you for your advice. I have done just that and am hoping for the best. Many thanks!
You're welcome and the best is yet to come!
@@KombuchaLiz may I ask you another question please? It's about kombucha but not hotels... when I've made a batch, I decant it into glass bottles with some squished blueberries... but in some of them (not all of them), a green circle appears at the bottom and occasionally I've had white dots on the blueberries when they're at the top. Is this normal or is this mould?? Sorry to bother you with questions x
@@lisanewlove8644 no problem at all Lisa. You are not bothering me. I love helping 🥰 could you send me a picture on ig? I think it's fine. The green at the bottom is probably just the yeast and as for the white spots on Blueberries, usually when I use fresh fruit it's as though the Kombucha pulls the color from the fruit. For example my strawberries 🍓always turn white and fizzy. I don't recall this happening with Blueberries though so I'd have to see it. You could also email me at elizabethsullivan1203@gmail.com
Liz,how many gallons of kambucha do you brew a week?
Hi Mary. It depends because I like to experiment alot. My brews usually take 2 weeks for f1. But right now I have 4 gallons going.
@@KombuchaLiz I can't drink it past 7 days:) So One gallon a week should keep me in kambucha. Thanks for replying:)
Why weren't you able to have it the past 7 days?
@@KombuchaLiz If I brew it past 9 days it is to vinegary for me. I let it go 8 but 9 is to sour for me. It's hot in GA.
Oh ok. I see. Yeah I'm in PA it's much cooler up here.
Is it safe to brew kombucha in my (carpeted) bedroom?
Hi Frankie, I believe so
@@KombuchaLiz Thanks :)
@@Fstop313 welcome 😃
I'm growing my scoby hotel, I cover mine with a glass lid is that okay
Hi Elaine. It is not ok. The SCOBY/ Kombucha need air. You can use a towel, t shirt or paper towel with a rubber band. That way air can get in and bugs will stay out 😉❤
@@KombuchaLiz thanks ill change that
8th like from my side.