Are Dried Kombucha Colonies Safe to Use?
by Colleen Allen A while back, because of a flurry of interest in drying and rehydration of Kombucha, I decided to try an experiment with dried Kombucha just to see what would happen. There are several reasons why this is not a good method for the treatment of Kombucha by the home grower. The most important reason being, because people normally don’t have the proper facilities or equipment in their homes to protect the Kombucha from contamination during the drying process. When I dried the Kombucha colonies to use in my recent experiment on rehydrating dried Kombucha, I never took any sanitary precautions whatsoever. My Kombucha colonies were exposed to practically everything under the sun while hanging for months by strings in my kitchen skylight. Cat hair, dog hair, cooking fumes, and the occasional smoke from burned food; plus handling the Kombucha with bare hands and not taking any precautions whatsoever to prevent contamination with bacteria, dust, molds and whatever else decided
