I purchased a Jun Scoby and was disappointed in the size and thickness of it. I added matcha green tea to my regular green tea bags and it finally started creating a scoby on the top after the original scoby went to sit at the bottom.
I'm doing an experiment. Put a single layer of kombucha scoby into green tea and honey. Going to leave it for a few weeks, til it tells me it's good. Then, remove that scoby and wait until the jun forms it's own scoby. I expect to add sweetened tea at one or two intervals. I may eventually buy a jun scoby online. but wanted to make the distinction between the flavors and tastes of a jun beverage made from a kombucha started brew and a true jun brew. ALL brews taste varies anyway. If you have any tips or suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them.
Janice B I made my first Jun w/ a Kombucha SCOBY. I didn’t go through the steps that you did. My Jun tasted like Kombucha. Jun is similar anyway, but much milder and you can distinctly taste the honey. For your experiment, I would not use sugar at all, only honey. Keep me posted.
Do you use both scobies in your next batch until the baby gets thicker? Also, I thought the baby was supposed to attached to the mother and you’d have to separate them later.
mstinaswu One SCOBY is enough no matter the thickness, but you can put as many in as you wish to feed them. It will not speed up the process. Usually the baby will be attached to the mother, but not always. If the SCOBY does not rise to the top, the baby will still form on the top. 😉
From Chronic To Cure I honestly don’t remember the exact site. Just that I got it from Etsy. This is a link for Jun SCOBYs www.etsy.com/listing/286857419/honey-jun-scoby-live-organic-mother
If it is a kombucha SCOBY hotel, you should be using tea sweetened with sugar, organic if possible . If it is a Jun hotel, honey sweetened tea is the food of choice. If you poured straight honey on your SCOBY’s, I would rinse them off in either case and start over. 😉
@@DTWellness it was the honey green tea mixture (for a gallon of jun tea)and it got poured into the jun scoby hotel which already had sweet honey green tea with 4 scobies. :(
It's me again, 😁. I saw a video with a gentleman drinking Jun with chaga mushroom. It was premade, so I'm not sure exactly how it was made, so my question is, do you do a second ferment and then put the chaga mushroom in it?
Angel Smith Yes. Any flavors would be added during second fermentation. I don’t think I would like that flavor. I do put medicinal mushroom powder in my coffee. It masks the bitter flavor.
DAVID UFC This is the normal process. The SCOBY is a concentration of the bacteria and yeast living in the liquid. It builds a biofilm around itself and that’s what you see. The older the SCOBY gets, the thicker it will get. Each brew starts this process over. You are the proud father of a baby SCOBY. Congratulations!
Derek Vela If using raw honey, you will destroy the health & life of it if you add it to boiling water. Honey bees gather nutritionally dense nectars adding to them important enzymes, and probiotics. In the end we have a life sustaining source of energy. With many different sugars, amino acids, vitamins, minerals etc.
DT Wellness oh ok, thanks for that info, wouldn't of known that, thank you so much for the reply. I will keep that in mind when im ready to brew some Jun!
Love Jun but not Kombucha made with black tea and sugar. Jun is much more mild and you can taste the honey and tea and is not so vinegary. It is the champagne of fermented tea. Tiny bubbles in the wine, make happy make me feel fine.
You have great content on your channel! Are you now on another platform? I am making your cocunut pouding today and just finished my first batch kombutcha tea :D
Thank you, I appreciate your kind words. I have a website that has some of my recipes posted, dtwellness.org and an Instagram, dtwellness. So glad you enjoy the content. I welcome any questions you may have. 😁
@@DTWellness yes I was just on your dt wellness site, great, want to try almost all recipes thankyou! Going to add you to instagram I just dont have the same name over there lol. Have a blessed day.
DAVID UFC If you use sugar it will be Kombucha. If you use honey, it’s Jun. the SCOBYs are slightly different. You can get both SCOBYs from Amazon and yes it does make a difference. 😉
DT Wellness ah!! I forget about NC, LOL! My accent is VERY thick. I’m actually from Oklahoma but my dad is from Arkansas and has a super thick accent (which I ended up with). I’ve lived in SC for 3 years, though, and it has just made my already existing accent a million times worse, LOL! 😂 I always enjoy seeing videos from other southerners. ❤️
Erika Witha'K' Raw honey is unprocessed and has life. If you want your Jun to be as natural & healthy as possible, you should use raw honey. But to answer your question - no it doesn’t have to be raw.
I agree she did an excellent job on this
I purchased a Jun Scoby and was disappointed in the size and thickness of it. I added matcha green tea to my regular green tea bags and it finally started creating a scoby on the top after the original scoby went to sit at the bottom.
Great video!! and love your kitchen. :) I'll definitely make my second fermentation with fresh ginger.
Alicia O Thank you!! 😁
I'm doing an experiment. Put a single layer of kombucha scoby into green tea and honey. Going to leave it for a few weeks, til it tells me it's good. Then, remove that scoby and wait until the jun forms it's own scoby. I expect to add sweetened tea at one or two intervals. I may eventually buy a jun scoby online. but wanted to make the distinction between the flavors and tastes of a jun beverage made from a kombucha started brew and a true jun brew. ALL brews taste varies anyway. If you have any tips or suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them.
Janice B I made my first Jun w/ a Kombucha SCOBY. I didn’t go through the steps that you did. My Jun tasted like Kombucha. Jun is similar anyway, but much milder and you can distinctly taste the honey. For your experiment, I would not use sugar at all, only honey. Keep me posted.
Well done and very informative, thank you!
I make kombucha. I can't wait try Jun!
Do you use both scobies in your next batch until the baby gets thicker? Also, I thought the baby was supposed to attached to the mother and you’d have to separate them later.
mstinaswu One SCOBY is enough no matter the thickness, but you can put as many in as you wish to feed them. It will not speed up the process. Usually the baby will be attached to the mother, but not always. If the SCOBY does not rise to the top, the baby will still form on the top. 😉
Can you provide link to where you bought scoby? THANKS
From Chronic To Cure
I honestly don’t remember the exact site. Just that I got it from Etsy. This is a link for Jun SCOBYs
www.etsy.com/listing/286857419/honey-jun-scoby-live-organic-mother
COOL. thanks
I added a half cup too much honey to my scoby hotel. What can I do to fix this?
If it is a kombucha SCOBY hotel, you should be using tea sweetened with sugar, organic if possible . If it is a Jun hotel, honey sweetened tea is the food of choice. If you poured straight honey on your SCOBY’s, I would rinse them off in either case and start over. 😉
@@DTWellness it was the honey green tea mixture (for a gallon of jun tea)and it got poured into the jun scoby hotel which already had sweet honey green tea with 4 scobies. :(
@@shawnnahuskey1482 That’s good news. I’m sure it is fine, but you can add some unsweetened green tea to balance it out.
@@DTWellness thank you!!!
It's me again, 😁. I saw a video with a gentleman drinking Jun with chaga mushroom. It was premade, so I'm not sure exactly how it was made, so my question is, do you do a second ferment and then put the chaga mushroom in it?
Angel Smith Yes. Any flavors would be added during second fermentation. I don’t think I would like that flavor. I do put medicinal mushroom powder in my coffee. It masks the bitter flavor.
Can you use a regular scoby in order to make Jun?
Laura Esperanza If you use a kombucha SCOBY, your brew will taste more like Kombucha than Jun. it is worth it to order a Jun SCOBY. 😉
My scoby has doubled in size and the top layer has produced a new one ???? Any ideas why
DAVID UFC This is the normal process. The SCOBY is a concentration of the bacteria and yeast living in the liquid. It builds a biofilm around itself and that’s what you see. The older the SCOBY gets, the thicker it will get. Each brew starts this process over. You are the proud father of a baby SCOBY. Congratulations!
@@DTWellness no not more kids lolol
I thought Jun was made with green tea ?
evelyn denton It is. Green tea, honey & a Jun SCOBY. If it’s made with sugar and a kombucha SCOBY it’s green tea kombucha.
Can you make it with local honey or does it have to be the creamed honey?
Angel Smith You can use any honey preferably raw. 😉
why not out the honey in when water is boiling?
first time I tried jun was with alcohol version of blue tonic... it was delicious
Derek Vela If using raw honey, you will destroy the health & life of it if you add it to boiling water.
Honey bees gather nutritionally dense nectars adding to them important enzymes, and probiotics.
In the end we have a life sustaining source of energy. With many different sugars, amino acids, vitamins, minerals etc.
DT Wellness oh ok, thanks for that info, wouldn't of known that, thank you so much for the reply. I will keep that in mind when im ready to brew some Jun!
Derek Vela 😉
Nice tutorial, I think its pronounced june like the month.
No, I'm pronouncing it correctly, I'm sure of it, but thanks for your feedback.
Love Jun but not Kombucha made with black tea and sugar. Jun is much more mild and you can taste the honey and tea and is not so vinegary. It is the champagne of fermented tea.
Tiny bubbles in the wine, make happy make me feel fine.
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why do you pasteurize good bacteria
You have great content on your channel! Are you now on another platform? I am making your cocunut pouding today and just finished my first batch kombutcha tea :D
Thank you, I appreciate your kind words. I have a website that has some of my recipes posted, dtwellness.org and an Instagram, dtwellness. So glad you enjoy the content. I welcome any questions you may have. 😁
@@DTWellness yes I was just on your dt wellness site, great, want to try almost all recipes thankyou! Going to add you to instagram I just dont have the same name over there lol. Have a blessed day.
You can also find me on Instagram @ dianamtanner.
@@DTWellness thank You
Do you reuse the scoby ???
DAVID UFC Yes. Over and over. As long as only plain sweetened tea touched it. No juice or fruit.
@@DTWellness thank you so much also would it work with unrefined sugar ?
DAVID UFC If you use sugar it will be Kombucha. If you use honey, it’s Jun. the SCOBYs are slightly different. You can get both SCOBYs from Amazon and yes it does make a difference. 😉
Very informative! Thanks so much! Incidentally, are you in SC or Georgia? Your accent is similar to mine! 😁 Upstate SC, here.
Diminishing Erica North Carolina, I know, sometimes I hate to open my mouth. Lol. At least you didn’t say Tennessee like most.
DT Wellness ah!! I forget about NC, LOL! My accent is VERY thick. I’m actually from Oklahoma but my dad is from Arkansas and has a super thick accent (which I ended up with). I’ve lived in SC for 3 years, though, and it has just made my already existing accent a million times worse, LOL! 😂 I always enjoy seeing videos from other southerners. ❤️
Diminishing Erica Too funny! I have lots of family in NJ, they all give me a really hard time!!
DT Wellness bahaha! Tell them to mind their own and learn how to make iced tea. 😂🤣
Diminishing Erica lol! That’s right!!
Does it have to be raw honey, or does it matter?
Erika Witha'K' Raw honey is unprocessed and has life. If you want your Jun to be as natural & healthy as possible, you should use raw honey. But to answer your question - no it doesn’t have to be raw.
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You look like Caroline from 2 Broke Girls.
Steve Haahn lol. Too funny. That cart guy at Walmart told me the same thing.