diff --git a/docs/files/recipes/kombuchascoby.md b/docs/files/recipes/kombuchascoby.md index 2726841a86d06907de44a51043d87632c8305828..ff26febfa5f3986efa1d5055eccb46681d08b3f9 100644 --- a/docs/files/recipes/kombuchascoby.md +++ b/docs/files/recipes/kombuchascoby.md @@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ This is a living microbial culture also called a kombucha SCOBY (Symbiotic Cultu Surfaces -Color without additives: varies, often yellow/brown-ish +Color without additives: varies, may be white transparent with darker areas, or get yellow brownish. ### Fabrication time -Preparation time: 1 Hour +Preparation time: 2 hours (incl cooling) -Processing time: 5 days +Processing time: 21 days or more -Need attention: every day +Need attention: check for mold growth and irregularities every few days. -Final form achieved after: 5 days +Final form achieved after: 3-5 weeks if all goes well. ## Ingredients @@ -85,11 +85,17 @@ As many SCOBY's as you have jars with kombucha or kombucha/tea if all goes well. 1. **Use your SCOBY** - Use your SCOBY to make paper or leather (or kombucha tea) see [this recipe for Kombucha paper](https://class.textile-academy.org/2020/loes.bogers/files/recipes/kombuchapaper/) + - Use your SCOBY to grow more SCOBY: + - sterilize everything and wash your hands again thoroughly + - prepare another jar of sugary tea as described above + - consider: should you wash your hands and sterilyze your tools again? + - cut a 5x5 cm square (approx.) off your fully grown SCOBY + - seal the jar(s) with a coffee filter and rubber band and let them grow undisturbed like you did before. ### Drying/curing/growth process -[Free text] +It is important not to distrub the SCOBY, just leave it in peace. Use glass jars so you can peek inside without touching it. Check for irregular growth. Start over if unsure. - Mold depth and diameter: height = 20 cm or less, diameter = 10 cm or more - Shrinkage thickness N/A @@ -124,6 +130,9 @@ Yes, there's a huge kombucha community out there. Get connected and learn all th - Try out different treatments for the kombucha, such as coconut oil or other natural and essential oils. - Research the use of growing mats and temperature controlled boxes to keep your SCOBY at 22 to 27 degrees Celcius for optimal growth and the smallest chance at mold formation. - **The NOMA guide to fermentation** is a great resource on microbial growth for safe human consumption that describes how you can make a fermentation chamber form a styrofoam cooler. +- Try growing a mature piece of SCOBY in other liquids such as **Lorena Trebbi's recipes** using 200 ml (organic) red wine, 200ml water and 40g sugar. Or start a new one with 200 ml raw kombucha tea, 200 ml of organic red wine and 20 g sugar. +- Or Lorena's beer version that is said to grow very fast(!) using 300 ml organic craft beer, 300 ml water, 60 g sugar and 60 g white vinegar with a piece of mature SCOBY. +- Or try growing it further on 500 ml of dyed water (consider autoclaving it first to sterilize), 50g sugar and 50 ml vinegar. ### Cultural origins of this recipe @@ -225,6 +234,7 @@ Techniques for growing kombucha SCOBY are documented widely and considered somet ##References +- **How to Make Your Own Kombucha SCOBY** by Emma Christensen for Cooking Lessons From the Kitchn, 5 june 2019: [link](https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-your-own-kombucha-scoby-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-202596) - **How to Start Brewing Kombucha Without a SCOBY** by Kathleen Quiring, for Becoming Peculiar, 6 November 2013: [link](http://becomingpeculiar.com/how-to-start-brewing-kombucha-without-a-scoby/) - **How to Grow a Kombucha SCOBY from Bottled Komucha** by Carol Lovett, for Ditch the Wheat, n.d. [link](https://ditchthewheat.com/how-to-grow-a-kombucha-scoby-from-bottled-kombucha/) - **How to Grow a Kombucha SCOBY** Kristen Michaelis, 2 February 2018: [link](https://www.foodrenegade.com/how-to-grow-a-kombucha-scoby/) @@ -233,6 +243,7 @@ Techniques for growing kombucha SCOBY are documented widely and considered somet - **SCOBY hotel maintenance** by Kombucha Camp, n.d. [link](https://www.kombuchakamp.com/scoby-hotel-maintenance) - **How to Trim SCOBYS: Kombucha Care** by Kombucha Camp, n.d. [link](https://www.kombuchakamp.com/trim-scobys-kombucha-care) - **The NOMA guide to Fermentation** by René Redzepi and David Zilber, Foundations of Flavour 2018. +- **Kombucha** by Cecilia Raspanti (Textile Lab, Waag), Fabricademy Class "Biofabricating", 2019, [link](https://class.textile-academy.org/classes/week05A/). ### Images of final product