Flies and Fermenting

You've heard the old saying "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar," right? If you've brewed kombucha, you know that it isn't true! In nature, vinegar (acetic acid) indicates fermenting activity, which signals to scavengers like flies that there's a bounty of rotting food nearby … Continue reading

Kombucha (from a mother)

Kombucha is a fermented tea drink that probably originated in ancient China. The active culture is called a SCOBY (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast), also known as a "mother" or a "mushroom" (although it is not actually a mushroom or fungus). There can be one or two fermentations in … Continue reading