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It should be fine. I made mine from a bottle of store bought kombucha. It's likely good to err on the side of caution with the first brew (as in, get it started, but don't drink the first batch and check the scoby for mold or other things with the second batch). Avoid any sources of metal in your set up (a sun tea jar or a big ceramic rig used for serving giant bottles of water are good.

If you're completely unfamiliar, I use the ratio of 1 gallon water (tap since you're going to bring it to boil anyways): 1 cup white sugar: 8 bags black tea (steeped for 5 minutes or so). Let it cool to room temperature and pour it into your container without the scoby in the jar (not overtly harmful but it will rip up the scoby somewhat).

There are two camps (not ideological, but practical) for making kombucha, one is continuous brewing and the other is something like individual batches (forget the correct nomenclature). The former, means you use the same fermenting vessel continusouly and the other involves transferring the scoby from a finished batch to a new one (useful if your container doesn't have a spigot).

So, all in all, make sure you have the ingredients for the sugar tea mixture and have a glass/ceramic container you're going to brew the kombucha in (with a towel to cover it and some way to keep it secure--rubber band or what not). If you've got local ethnic marts (especially Asian) you can find really good deals on black tea (I get like 100 bags for $5) that you won't find at most local supermarkets. Cheap white sugar is fine.

When you start getting neck deep in scobys and have no one to give them to, you can certainly toss them in the compost pile, but you can also make a mean vegan jerky out of them, or chewy candies of most any flavor variety.

I've been making kombucha for more than a year, happy to help you with any questions if you want.

I'm on a well so I've been making my own water using this method for a while with success.

I keep this near my brewing station and get 5 gallons of distilled water from Whole Foods as needed. That costs $2 each time. The chemicals per 5 gallon are like $.10, I think, last time I did the math. It's a little work every few weeks, but I let one of my boys "play scientist" mixing it up. It also gives you the freedom to change your recipe.

The capsules seem convenient but you don't know what's in them and you're hamstrung to their recipe. At $1 per gallon it's also more expensive.

I agree that end caps are the cheapest option, but if you spend a bit lot more this case is great for charging smell-free. Might be useful if you also want to carry the pax and some weed around with you at times.

I have been using this one for about a year and I adore it. Great case.

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Looks pretty cool

I second this idea. Something like this, I have two. I love them!

I like Mean Green. It's cheaper and I think it works better.
https://www.amazon.com/Mean-Green-Power-Scrub-Ounce/dp/B00CZIG1D0
(It's an off label use, check out the reviews.)

I try to rinse with rubbing alcohol and then water right after a round in the weeds. When I get home I use a scrubbing soap called Mean Green (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CZIG1D0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rpcFxbTMGQA59) to clean off all the oils. Has worked well so far.

You can get pumps that screw on the top of normal threaded gallon containers. Something like this.

I've got the Cocoon liner, and like it. I would recommend it. I'll either use it as a sheet over my inflatable, or as a stand alone bag when it's balls hot out.

EE has a VIDEO on how to clean their quilts.

After getting really bad-(Warning, icky) poisen ivy a few years back, I found THIS video which has all but put an end to me getting rashes. I play in the stuff every day around my house, it's terrible. Scrub down with this method and Mean Green and I haven't gotten a rash in a few years.

Hi NargleEater! Thanks for tip. :) I'm brewing in this "New Wave Enviro Porcelain Water Dispenser" from Amazon. It is advertised as "certified lead-free"; made in China.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KD3R7A0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I had previously purchased a glass continuous brewing vessel online but it broke in shipping. :-/ Where did you purchase your glass vessle? :)

It's so awful and I 100% feel your pain. My husband bought me some sort of green scrub that I basically use after every time I do yard work now because ivy affects me so terribly. I've also used it when I've had active inflammation, because the stuff just keeps spreading and popping up and it seems to help a bit.

Plain old Amazon dispenser: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KCP0O9U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And the stand it's on is a little end-table from Hobby Lobby (I can't find it on their site, but our local Hobby Lobby always has a few in stock)

> Perhaps some Zanfel as well.

Zanfel is reputed to be the exact same thing as Mean Green Power Scrub (https://www.amazon.com/Mean-Green-Power-Hand-Scrub/dp/B00CZIG28Y) but without the green coloring. The hand cleaner is way less expensive.

I can't speak to its efficacy, because I've never tried it on an existing poison ivy rash and I have a natural near-immunity, but I started showering with it after any potential poison ivy exposure and I haven't gotten a poison ivy rash since I started.

I am fully aware that this in no way constitutes proof that it works.

However, it's also a damn good hand cleaner if you work on cars and shit.