Kombucha: Water Sources

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Kombucha: Water Sources
« on: April 26, 2007, 10:25:04 AM » by morningglory

So what kind of water CAN you use for kombucha Huh

? The Laurel Farms instructions said distilled water. Wal-Mart has been out for the past two weeks, but they still have the spring water and filtered water. Makes me wonder if I have fellow kombuchers in my town Cheesy

! Even Kroger's was almost out of the distilled water, and I need to make tea tonight or tomorrow. I'm only on my second batch, so I guess I'm still alittle overprotective of my babies. They look so nice and healthy, I would hate to kill them. Besides, I've already got 4 requests for SCOBYs

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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2007, 11:27:58 AM » by 4myhoonie

Quote from: morningglory on April 26, 2007, 10:25:04 AM

So what kind of water CAN you use for kombucha Huh

i think the main thing is not to have any chlorine in it. my mom used to make distilled water by leaving reg. water out for 24 hours uncovered.

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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2007, 11:45:10 AM » by lotsaboys

We always use our good country well water and have very healthy scobys and great kombucha. Undecided

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« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2007, 12:27:17 PM » by amazonmama2five

I second the well water. I believe boiling for 5 minutes purifies the water sufficiently. We have never had any problems with bad Bucha or mold on the SCOBY. We just use our well water.
Lisa

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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2007, 01:25:16 PM » by morningglory

We have city water, unfortunately. I might try a batch with just bolied tap water, but I have no idea what kinds of junk are in our water besides chlorine Sad

. I don't know if boiling would get rid of other chemicals that are harmful to the kombucha Huh

. If it does, I'm going to start boiling all of our drinking water too. Anybody know if boiled city water is okay for kombucha-ing? And how long would I boil it if it is?

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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2007, 01:56:16 PM » by Whiterock

The spring water from the grocery store is fine.
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Re: Kombucha: Water Sources
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2007, 03:52:53 PM » by violet7

Would it be okay to also use the water from the Berkley light? I am sick of buying gallons of water and want to get one of these. But I am wondering also if it can be use for Kombucha. We have city water and I don't like it, yuck! I also don't want to kill my first scoby.

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« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2007, 03:55:03 PM » by Nickole

Quote from: violet7 on May 12, 2007, 03:52:53 PM

We use our water from our Berkey system. That's some GOOD water! Grin