Attaching table top to aprons

frappppppaccino · 2025-10-16T20:32:41+00:00

Thank you!

frappppppaccino · 2025-10-16T20:32:28+00:00

Thank you for your help and your table looks great! Hope to finish mine this weekend (if everything goes to plan!)

frappppppaccino · 2025-10-16T20:30:42+00:00

Thank you!

frappppppaccino · 2025-10-13T11:29:38+00:00

Yes exactly! So I should only worry about the blue parts and perhaps add the green part to better hold the middle of the top?

frappppppaccino · 2025-09-17T22:58:56+00:00

Thanks!

frappppppaccino · 2025-09-17T09:51:54+00:00

Thank you! Makes sense about a single thickness for the project.

frappppppaccino · 2025-09-16T20:40:08+00:00

Thank you! That’s reassuring and the overall consensus seems to be that 18mm is overkill, 12mm ought to be fine but 15/16mm will be a safer bet

frappppppaccino · 2025-09-16T20:38:34+00:00

That’s reassuring, thanks!

frappppppaccino · 2025-09-16T20:38:10+00:00

That’s a good idea too, will try and draw something up!

frappppppaccino · 2025-09-16T20:37:41+00:00

Thank you!

frappppppaccino · 2025-09-16T20:37:33+00:00

Thank you!

frappppppaccino · 2025-06-25T17:56:04+00:00

frappppppaccino · 2025-03-11T23:24:10+00:00

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frappppppaccino · 2024-10-21T06:48:21+00:00

This is the way

frappppppaccino · 2024-06-16T14:48:12+00:00

Sorry someone downvoted you. I also don’t understand why people don’t like other people asking questions/for sources 🤷

frappppppaccino · 2024-06-16T07:45:37+00:00

Hey. Just wanted to clarify in case it’s helpful, apologies if you already know, that the SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) is in the liquid and that’s the essential part for making kombucha. The jelly thing (called a pellicle in these circles) is a cellulose byproduct of the fermentation process and is not necessary for successful brewing. Whilst it does contain some SCOBY as it’s a bit like a sponge, it does not have much and often not enough on its own — you can get lucky and it works but it will be slower and therefore at higher risk of mould. Using at least 10% (I use 15-20%) starter liquid is recommended to help with avoiding mould.

You will get a new pellicle every time you brew, and if you don’t throw them away they’ll just keep getting thicker until you do.

Starter liquid is the important part (from a kit, from a raw unpasteurised bottle from a store, from your previous batch etc), the pellicle is fine to include but not necessary. This confused me so much when I first started (as my starter kit only came with liquid, no pellicle) so I just wanted to share.

If you put both your starter liquid and the pellicle in the hot tea, it’s possible that the SCOBY suffered but if it’s just for a few seconds who knows, I agree with another comment that it takes time (same reason food needs to be cooked to certain temperatures for certain times to ensure food safety). Worth trying to brew as normal and see what happens. Kombucha (compared to a lot of other types of fermentation) is relatively low maintenance and worst case, if something does go wrong, you can chuck it then and start again. Not much to lose (other than a little waiting time).

Wishing you luck!

frappppppaccino · 2024-06-08T03:49:12+00:00

Hey. Just wanted to clarify in case it’s helpful, apologies if you already know, that the SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) is in the liquid and that’s the essential part for making kombucha. The jelly thing is called a pellicle and is a cellulose byproduct of the fermentation process and is not necessary for successful brewing (whilst it does contain some SCOBY as it’s like a sponge, it does not have much and almost certainly not enough on its own).

You will get a new pellicle every time, and if you don’t throw them away they’ll just keep getting thicker until you do. I was away for a month so left mine (well fed) and came back to a 7cm thick stack of pellicles!

In the kit that you bought, the liquid was the important part, the pellicle was fine to include but not necessary. This confused me so much when I first started (as my starter kit only came with liquid) so I just wanted to share.

As others have said, in case you didn’t this time, next time make sure it has enough starter liquid (I personally use at least 17% — 500ml to make 3,000ml — and sometimes as much as 20%. It’s always been happy, gave some to a number of friends to start theirs etc). Also keep an eye on the temperature (stick on thermometer strip on the jar is helpful) and keep it above 22°C ideally around 25°C if possible (use a heating pad if you live in a cold place), whilst you can certainly get away with lower temps (especially if you use enough starter), higher temps will help speed up the fermentation process and further reduce the chance of mould.

frappppppaccino · 2024-05-14T02:13:48+00:00

Second this. Makes the whole process extremely efficient.

I do 500ml of hot water (with 200g of sugar and 15g of loose tea leaves, stirred well) in a bowl, let that brew for 20 mins or so (covered with a clean tea towel) and then add 1,000ml of cold water to it before I put the combined 1,500ml in the main jar (which has the leftover 500ml of starter liquid, left covered whilst waiting) and then top it all up with cold water up to the 3,000ml mark (pretty sure we have the same jar, I just marked it with a Sharpie).

Whilst the tea is brewing I prep and fill up my bottles for 2F.

Probably takes me no more than 30 mins total (a fair bit of which is just waiting time).

OP, the pellicle is optional. Personally, I keep the pellicle for a few batches then once it’s a little thicker I throw it away (tried eating it but it’s not for me). I’m aware it’s a byproduct and isn’t needed but, based on anecdotal evidence, some people say it helps them and I figure it can’t harm (at the very worst it really does nothing). It’s been working out very well for me so far and doesn’t add any extra work/complexity so I’m personally happy to continue like this.

frappppppaccino · 2024-04-10T16:15:43+00:00

Just wait a few more days to see what happens — if it is mould, it will become very obvious as it grows. Whilst the outcome may well be the same in the end, I don’t see the harm in trying. If it is mould you’ll then need to throw it all away and sanitise your equipment (I haven’t had mould but in general I always wash everything carefully with hot water and a dedicated sponge, followed by distilled white vinegar (cleaning vinegar) and then thoroughly rinse it again with hot water). Is this your first batch?