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It works! I read your blog and tried it at home a...

2010-04-21T17:04:33.197-07:00

It works! I read your blog and tried it at home and it came out great, I let it grow for about a month and had a beautiful hearty mother. Now I'm just about ready to harvest my first batch!
Thank you!

The water kefir I've tried does taste and smell mi...

2010-04-10T18:26:51.060-07:00

The water kefir I've tried does taste and smell milder than kombucha. But I don't think there are culture strands in commercial water kefir, so you would have to locate another source of water kefir grains. I think you can convert dairy kefir grains to water kefir grains, but I've never tried it!

I LOVE store-bought kombucha...except for the pric...

2010-04-10T15:48:28.710-07:00

I LOVE store-bought kombucha...except for the price! It's outrageously expensive. I would love to learn to make it, but I'm afraid my husband would turn me out of the house for running a distillery out of our kitchen! :) He hates the smell of vinegar or anything else fermented. Is water keifer signficantly friendlier on the nose?

I'm scared of the mother.

2010-03-29T17:35:43.606-07:00

I'm scared of the mother.

I'd suggest that if you're using tap water, let it...

2009-11-09T16:56:22.680-08:00

I'd suggest that if you're using tap water, let it sit overnight in an open container to dechlorinate first. That way it you won't be killing off the stuff you're trying to encourage.

Sounds a lot like water (sugar) kefir, except wate...

2009-11-06T06:50:14.226-08:00

Sounds a lot like water (sugar) kefir, except water kefir is a whole lot easier to make (and doesn't smell strange) but is also a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.

They sell it at Whole Foods in the section that ha...

2009-10-25T20:27:04.746-07:00

They sell it at Whole Foods in the section that has the Naked juices and things like that. It's tart and slightly sweet. It smells awful and yeasty, but doesn't really taste like it smells.

Sprouts Food Market has GT and High Country (both ...

2009-08-26T18:58:59.634-07:00

Sprouts Food Market has GT and High Country (both unpasteurized and plenty of sediment.)

But any whole foods place should have a bottle.

Mostly, one finds kombucha in places like San Fran...

2009-07-15T14:40:40.983-07:00

Mostly, one finds kombucha in places like San Francisco, where you can likely find a DJ swilling it on any street corner, a cigarette in his other hand.

It tastes kind of like light beer, and kind of like vinegar, and often comes flavored with ginger, pomegranate juice, or blue-green algae. The upscale & health-focused markets tend to carry it.

I want a baby kombucha. I'd hug it and squeeze it,...

2009-07-15T14:17:24.812-07:00

I want a baby kombucha. I'd hug it and squeeze it, and make nice baby. Honestly still never tasted the stuff. Where do you find kombucha in the first place?

Yes, but what does it TASTE like?

2009-07-06T04:50:00.247-07:00

Yes, but what does it TASTE like?