<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Anyone around with nice growing mother (or at least one hibernating in the fridge?)? <br></span></div><div> <br>I'm sure that you can get one from Three Stone Hearth kitchen if you are willing to make a trip to Berkeley, I can ask their brewer etc. (or you can just call :-))<br><br>http://www.threestonehearth.com/<br><br>Otherwise you can also buy a non pasteurized kombucha drink from any local shop, however if I can recommend I would rather get home brewed starter with piece of SCOBY in it - I'm not sure what process the industrial producers are using, the "health" or rather level of biodiversity of their SCOBY's may be lower.<br><br>I think that you should have a SCOBY in your hands within next few days, it should be easy.<br><br>Best of luck with your experiments, if you have any questions in the process just
ask :-)<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br></div><div>Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck</div><div><br></div><div>PS Not sure about the size of your first batch which you aim for but 100 ml of liquid/SCOBY should be more than enough for up to 2-3 l, you could go even bigger but if you dilute your culture too much you may have problem to get it established (1% (w/v) should be doable, for the first batch I would go 5-10% (w/v), so 100 ml would be fine for 1-2 l easy, 500 ml fine for 5-10 l lets say).<br><br></div><div>biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker</div><br><div><br></div><div>http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org</div><div><br><br></div><div>"There is no way to peace, peace is the way." Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi<br></div><br> <div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font face="Arial"
size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Nicholas LoCicero <nick.locicero@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> noisebridge-discuss <noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 22, 2013 7:32 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Noisebridge-discuss] Looking For 500 ml Kombucha Starter<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv8150917514"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi.<br><div><br>I have read <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Kombucha_Brewing_Manual">the wiki on making kombucha</a> and am assembling the tools and ingredients to implement the project on my own.<br>
<br></div>Can someone please direct me to the appropriate place to acquire the 500 ml starter?<br><br></div>Thank you,<br></div>Nick<br><br><div>bridge_log: 122<br></div><div>Date: 092113<br></div><div>Day: Saturday<br></div>
<div>Weather: Overcast<br></div><div>Temperature: Moderate<br></div><div>Humidity: High<br></div><div>Dogs on premises: 2<br></div>Vibe in the common areas: Productive<br></div><div>noise_level: low<br></div></div>
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