I really enjoyed this video. I just started fermenting last year when Covid hit. I live in Mexico on the Coast! It´s impossible to keep my ferments happy. I am looking at a fermentation Box or Tent to control the environment. Thank you for sharing, so many TH-camrs don´t consider high heat/humidity climates. I just started looking into Koji, so this will be a saved video. Thanks again. #ferment #tropics #fermentinginthetropics #fermentationchamber
Do you have a link to the peltier cooler you used? I'm building a tempeh fermentation chamber and the summers where I live are too hot for the mold to survive.
Hi, im living in Bangkok and also looking for a diy Koji Chamber. Whats the temperature likes over there that too high for the koji? Can you just use fan as a ventilation to decrease the temp and increase the airflow instead of refrigeration unit? I thought 30degree C is typical for indoor climate?
Yes, you can grow at Tropics room temp. But it will typically be kept in a box to prevent contamination and Koji is exothermic, it creates heat and can send the box temperature to too high. Before I had this refrigeration unit, I open the box every 6 hours to let cool air enter to regulate the temperature. Good luck!
I really enjoyed this video. I just started fermenting last year when Covid hit. I live in Mexico on the Coast! It´s impossible to keep my ferments happy. I am looking at a fermentation Box or Tent to control the environment. Thank you for sharing, so many TH-camrs don´t consider high heat/humidity climates. I just started looking into Koji, so this will be a saved video. Thanks again. #ferment #tropics #fermentinginthetropics #fermentationchamber
Yes! It's as if everyone lived in temperate weather. I had to think really hard how to grow koji in this super hot weather. All the best!
Hello from the tropics in Australia and thanks for this info!
Do you have a link to the peltier cooler you used? I'm building a tempeh fermentation chamber and the summers where I live are too hot for the mold to survive.
Kenneth, I didn't realise deep down you were a techie! Quite impressed with the DYI skills, especially when considering I have none!
lol my engineering degree came in useful for once
howdy from Saigon! thanks for this!!
My pleasure!
Hi, im living in Bangkok and also looking for a diy Koji Chamber. Whats the temperature likes over there that too high for the koji? Can you just use fan as a ventilation to decrease the temp and increase the airflow instead of refrigeration unit? I thought 30degree C is typical for indoor climate?
Yes, you can grow at Tropics room temp. But it will typically be kept in a box to prevent contamination and Koji is exothermic, it creates heat and can send the box temperature to too high. Before I had this refrigeration unit, I open the box every 6 hours to let cool air enter to regulate the temperature. Good luck!
@@TheMixtapeChef gotcha thanks Chef
Will the air circulate inside the box ?
Not much. There is a small fan at the refrigeration unit. Can always add a small USB fan if needed.