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Stichingtime Time 2 Kombucha I have 3 sections below with pictures of what kombucha look like & how they can progress after being mailed. I also have a section with links to Kefir,Kombucha,White tea,Green tea & Black tea articles. As well as a link to one of my buyers blogs, If you want me to add a link to your blog on Kombucha contact me.
About us We sell only items we would want to receive !! We sell Organic Kombuchas & Now selling Natural Milk & Water Kefir grains Please read on down down the page for links to some great articles on Kombucha and Kefir. Thank you for stopping by to check out our items!!
What a Culture looks like after being mailed??? Some of my buyers were interested to know what a culture look like after being mailed. Below you will find: Section 1 you will find pictures of a kombucha fermenting that I decided to mail to myself,I then left it in the package longer to see how it would work once I started a batch. Section 2 is what a kombucha looks like after being returned to me 7 weeks lost in the mail, and how the fermentation went. Section 3 is another kombucha package that was returned after being lost for over 12 weeks in the mail. 2 cultures & different results. Scroll down to look at all 3 sections
Section 1 The Kombucha I mailed to myself.. Here are the pictures of the kombucha I mailed myself then left out in the heat after being delivered.(in the package around 2 weeks total during the heat of summer from the time they were mailed until I opened) I took pictures once opening the package. Click to enlarge any of the pictures.
 You can see that dark brown slime formed in the starter tea during mailing and it sitting in the package.    When I dumped out the culture and tea you can see that the slime had used up some of the 1/2 cup of starter tea, But the culture looks really good. It smelled kinda vinegary but it was not far off from the normal kombucha smell.
  I put the culture and starter tea slime and all in a QT jar of sweet green tea. This is day 1
Below are Days 2 to day 9, The baby culture did start off a little slow but it really turned out OK by the end.
       
You will notice that above I said the original was floating just under the baby on the top, It does not matter where the orginal stays Top or bottom or anywhere in between its all fine.
On Day 9 I pulled the cultures, The Kombucha tea tasted great, The baby was not as thick as I like it to be but it was still thick enough to ferment up to a gallon of Kombucha tea,as seen in the 3 pictures below.   
Next all I did was add the baby to a clean QT jar with 1/2 cup of starter tea and the orginal to a QT jar with 1/2 a cup of stater tea and added sweet tea to both jars made from green tea and in 8 to 10 days I will have more kombucha tea and another new baby in each jar.
Section 2
A Kombucha after being in the package 7 weeks lost in the mail..
I had a buyer back in the first week of November that I mailed a kombucha to, The address wound up being wrong so I mailed out a replacement(a Paypal address glitch). Meanwhile the other one never came back or even had any updates on the DC# After 7 weeks the package showed back up at my house returned to me.
I opened the package all looked good, the bags and even the culture looked better than the one I had mailed myself during the summer(above).
I opened it it had very little starter tea left, it was mostly a clear to brownish gel just like above. But it smelled and looked perfectly fine.
So I started it and it did move a little slow, but by day 9 it was done and had worked fine.
I used a 1/2 gallon clean pickle jar.
Below are the pictures of what the kombucha looked like when I pulled it out of the baggies, Then a picture on day 9.
Click to enlarge.
  Notice how the original Kombucha is on the bottom of the jar, this is perfectly fine, I prefer the ones that go to the bottom, because then I do not have to pull the baby loose from the mother.
Section 3 Here are 2 kombuchas that were lost in the mail over 12 weeks. This package was returned just over 12 weeks after i mailed it.The address was right, & until I got it back I was not aware the buyer did not get it. The package contained 2 of my kombuchas, 1 regular size & small size. They looked similar to the others that were in the mail. The color of them did look very well for so long in the baggies. Once I opened them They smelled fine, & even looked better than the 1 that was in the mail 7 weeks.Again they had plenty of slime with them that I added in the batch. In the bags The small one I started in a 16 Oz clean jelly jar. It started off very slow, by day 6 there was just a very clear thin baby on the surface of the tea.But by day 9 it looked normal & was ready by day 12 as seen below in the picture. The original/mother stayed floating in the middle of the jar, So mother & baby were not attached,This is fine. The baby is on this side of the picture The regular size I used a clean 1 gallon Pickle jar.It also started off very slow, by day 9 it wasn't looking like it was working. But by day 17 it was ready, the baby is thinner than the 1 above but is fine, And the hole that formed in it was from a gas bubble, but the hole will not harm it.The hole had a thin layer, but the original/mother was just below the baby, so they were attached. The thin layer tore when seperating them, Its still fine.
Links to some great articles on Kombucha,Kefir,Green tea,Black tea & White tea by www.naturalnews.com Click any of the links to be directed to the articles to read them
Here is a link to one of my buyers blog,Look at Fri Feb.6,2009 to read about their Kombucha journey. http://www.eathealthybehappy.blogspot.com
About www.Stichingtime.com items:
Kombucha culture/ scoby Mushroom: A great Natural immune Builder, It has been hailed by many as a cure all, It does have many amazing health Benefits. Milk Kefir grains: A great Probiotic milk, It has a taste and feel of yogurt.
Water Kefir grains: You can make a great soda like Probiotic drink.
When you buy from us, you are getting our easy live culture guarantee.
Here are my Culture info links: All these links can be found on my eBay store homepage, Or on My eBay My World page under my eBay Guides Do you have a Kombucha question? go here: Kombucha FAQ's & info Guide Do you need to take a look at a Kombucha recipe? Go here: Kombucha tea step by step directions
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