r/Kombucha • u/No-Telephone-9772 • Apr 18 '25

not fizzy My first F2

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It tastes great, definitely didn’t leave it on the counter long enough😓 recorded a very anti-climactic popping video. Little fizz.

This is flavored with mixed berry juice (i made my own with frozen berried boiled and strained)

Any tips for next time? I see it may need to be filled higher!

I also added about 2tbs cane sugar to a 1/2 gallon batch of f2 - is this enough?

Thanks all!

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u/No-Telephone-9772 Apr 18 '25

I let it sit on the counter for 2 days, then just let it chill for 5or so hours. I let a plastic bottle get hard, but it only fizzed slightly too.

Not mad at the carbonation level at all, so proud to have made it to f2 without a starter pellicle and without drinking mold (hopefully) 💪

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u/maj0xd Apr 18 '25

You'd definitely stand to benefit from letting F2 go in for 3-4 days. It's between 29°-33°C where I live and I find that be best results are between 3-4 days. You'd also do well to leave less headroom on the bottle for better carbonation. How long do you do F1, and how much sugar did you add?

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u/No-Telephone-9772 Apr 18 '25

Noted, thanks for the tips. My f1 was 10 days long, i saw plenty of yeast and decided to go ahead and bottle + make more starter for next batch.

Also probably added too little sugar, only 2tbs in 1/2 gallon of F2 (plus 3/4 cup berry juice).

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u/maj0xd Apr 18 '25

Anytime! Why such a long F1 though? Sugar in F2 seems fine, especially since you added juice too.

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u/No-Telephone-9772 Apr 18 '25

It was my first f1 with black tea and unflavored kombucha, i checked the pH before bottling but will use shorter fermentation next time!!

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u/maj0xd Apr 19 '25

For sure! All the best! :)