The large batch kombucha was perfect. We juiced 9 large ruby red grapefruit and used a 1/3 cup per bottle with 1 tablespoon sugar. We made 15 bottles.
We pulled at 3 days and it was perfect. No pop but was fizzy and just enough sweetness.
The medium batch was also perfect we made 7 1/2 bottles and used 1/2 tablespoon of sugar.
The large batch was on sweet side not very vinegary and had good fizz. We took tart cherry juice 32 ounces and mixed in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Poured a 1/3 cup per bottle with 1/2 tablespoon of sugar. We made 12 bottles.
The plain batch was a little stronger so we used 1/2 tablespoon of sugar and made 10 bottles.
We pulled the cherry at 5 and half days. It had good fizz but could have used more vanilla.
Found nice big Cara cara oranges at the market to make this weeks large batch buch! We added 1/3 cup of Cara cara orange juice per bottle and a tablespoon of sugar. We made 15 bottles.
We pulled the Cara Cara at 5 days and it was highly explosive. Greg said all fruit should be pulled at 3 days. Will pull first one at 3 days to test. Previous Cara Cara blogs said we pulled ‘at least a week’ and was not explosive and another said anywhere from 5-7 days. This maybe due to sugar content – in the ‘at least a week’ only a teaspoon of sugar was used, in the ‘5-7 days’ batch we used 2 teaspoons of sugar. Greg has temperature app will start checking and logging temperature as well.
Plane batch we made 7 bottles and added 1/2 tablespoon of sugar.
Our neighbor Rindon brought over frozen pureed blackberries and raspberries that he strained to removed the seeds. We used this to flavor the large batch 1/3 cup of blackberry (or raspberry) plus a tablespoon of sugar. We made 8 bottles of raspberry and 7 bottles of blackberry.
We pulled the raspberry and blackberry after two days. Was not explosive, the raspberry had enough fizz and was delicious, however, the blackberry was flat but tasted really excellent.
The medium batch was also strong so we used 1/2 tablespoon to each bottle. We made 8 bottles.
The large batch tasted just right and was very good. We took the large batch and added 1/3 cup pureed raspberries and 1 Tbspn of sugar. This is the first time we are using frozen raspberries. We made 14 bottles.
The medium batch was strong and vinegary so we used 1/2 Tbspn of sugar and we made 8 bottles.
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