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Nadia B

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  1. Yes it does. Now I feel dumb too. I love to take my magnesium with a nice glass of booch :) However, the content of caffeine is smaller than in a regular cup of black tea it's still there.  

     

    I wonder if decaff tea will work for brewing. I assume so. I am reading that you can do it yourself by steeping tea for a minute, discarding this water and steep in the water for brewing as usual. Per multiple resources approximately 80% of the caffeine is released in that first minute of steeping.

  2. Susan, popsicle mold is adorable! I have one with Sesame street handles and pretend it's for my cousins in case they come over :D Now, have you tried using it? I've had some of booch in ice cube trays. It becomes uhmm grainy? I wonder if there is something to add to improve texture.

    Beets kombucha. I've baked it, chopped it and added for second ferment. I've mixed it with orange juice, but it didn't add much I think. The drink will taste exactly like baked beets. Phenomenal translation of taste. I ate boozy beets after :) I would actually mix it with something sweet (strawberries) or some flowery tea (hibiscus?) next time. I loved carrot booch. Baked carrot and added chooped pieces. Carrot ginger! Love.

    We were talking about the dressing with Susan, but haven't tried it. What a luck, I have walnut oil.

    D, pretty fizz, congrats. I rarely keep them more than 24 hours. I found that it gets too boozy after this time. However I know that some people keep it for the second fermentation up to 5 days. Dunno, if I'd do that my bottles would explode.

  3. Yeasssaaasas! Congrats. Yes, put this film with Frank to the new brew. Second fermentation will add a bit of stronger flavor. Your observation is righ that it depends on the amount/type of tea too. I fell in love with white tea, very light and fruity. Green tea gives a bit of a grassy taste. Black is the most intense. See how you like your first batch and play around. You can always steep extra bag ir two in a mug and add to the jar.

    Little thing - mango didn't translate too well in my bottles, so maybe do one only? Berries on the other side, they work perfectly. Also we've learned that flavored tea works like a miracle flavor agent if you have some.

    Good luck!

  4. Two - 2gl and 1gl jars. This time I had 13 bottles, but I had some of this booch plain today and saved 2 cups for next brew. Should come to a 1,5 gl total. I think so.

    Btw, booch is my Daddy's best friend now. Due to nasty chemo it's the only thing he can drink. His scoby is gigantic. We joke that one day Dad will have to start brewing in bathtub.

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  5. Sophie, I love you. Taco scoby. You are hilarious :D

    My hard working scoby says hi from the booch factory aka kitchen. post-12442-13708274293029_thumb.jpgpost-12442-13708274375122_thumb.jpg

    I've made two with beets/orange, several regular stuff and the rest tea flavors (exotica with cardamom/lemongrass/pink peppercorns/pineapple/orange peel/coconut and strawberry rhubarb parfait with apple/hibiscus/raisins/carrot/beetroot/strawberry/rhubarb). I have more washi tape, so fancy bottles to come.

    Second batch of white tea brew will be bottled plain.

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  6. Oh so cool, first batch-ers. I've never waited for that long. Hmm. By day 7 it's vinegary to me already. Maybe i should bottle half and leave the rest for days for testing purposes.

    I've made one batch with flavored tea - white tea+green tea+jasmine pearls+white hibiscus. I've just tried it, OMG. I am not flavoring this one at all. Perfect. White/green tea needs to be brewed longer 100%, so I will keep testing. Green tea batch is not that flavorful, so I will add fruits for sure. I am thinking mixing with my giant herbal teas collection.

    Have you ever tried it, herb teas fir flavorings., Any new flavors, Susan? Have you made beets/thyme? I am out of ideas for the new jar haha.

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