563806 Fri Oct 10 09:27:49 -0700 2008 5 22 Quebec (including Montreal) 0 4095638 Any ideas as to whether/where I can buy kombucha culture or commercial kombucha drink in Montreal? Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks! Fri Oct 10 09:27:49 -0700 2008 48563 mainsqueeze 1 4095775 The Crudessence people sell it, from their cafe. But you can also call them, and buy it directly from their catering office, by the case. Fri Oct 10 10:23:38 -0700 2008 4095638 81072 lorie 1 4096301 You can find a culture at kombu.de - I would happily send you one but I'm in the states and who knows what they'd so with it at the border? Also I priced it - homemade costs about 20 cents a pint and at Fairway in NYC it costs between $3. and $3.50 a pint! And I like the taste of homemade better. Little learning curve, but worth it. The culture reproduces itself every time you make a batch. Enjoy!!! :) Fri Oct 10 13:45:35 -0700 2008 4095638 231803 chesterfielddavenport 2 4096330 Thanks for the link. Can you clarify what a kombucha baby is? Fri Oct 10 13:58:40 -0700 2008 4096301 48563 mainsqueeze 3 5021362 when you use a scoby to ferment a batch of sweetened tea, the original scoby is the "mother" and the new tissue which develops on the surface of the liquid is the "baby". fyi: if you're trying to cultivate scobys, after your KTea is fermented to your liking, pour off the KTea. peel the baby from the mother and let it sit in a minimal amount of the old KTea (i.e., don't add fresh tea or sugar). I guess, like plants, the harsher the conditions, the harder they work to pass on their genes. the baby will grow much thicker than it would in a depth of tea; it will grow very white. these always remind me of calamari steaks. if you need more KTea while you promote growth in the baby, re-use the mother. hope this helps. I've been fermenting KTea for most of this year, and still as enthusiastic as when I first started. Fri Sep 11 00:39:26 -0700 2009 4096330 287097 meowzebub 1 4096756 I occasionally see people advertising on craigslist. Sometimes they give it away (those alien things take over your house easily, scaaaaaryy); or look for people that could barter for it, Fri Oct 10 18:11:03 -0700 2008 4095638 53259 emerilcantcook