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Medusomycete (Medusomyces Gisevi), or kombucha, is a symbiosis of yeast and acetic acid bacteria. The drink obtained with its help, called kombucha, is closest to kvass, only not bread, but tea. It is not difficult to prepare it, but a substance that really looks like a jellyfish needs to be looked after and kept clean. It is very easy to rinse a kombucha, but many do not know how to do it correctly. As a result, the medusomycete becomes ill, and kombucha becomes dangerous to health.
Do I need to rinse the kombucha
Rinsing the kombucha is the most important step in the care. A sweet solution, dormant or containing little infusion, is an excellent breeding ground for any microorganisms, including pathogens. If hygiene procedures are not carried out, they will multiply in the body of the fungus, in the drink and on the walls of the vessel. The kombucha will become harmful, the jellyfish will get sick.
If the substance is not rinsed regularly with water, its surface will become stained and begin to deteriorate. This should not be allowed, since the drink will cease to be useful long before the appearance of external signs of spoilage.
How to rinse kombucha
Medusomycetes are often advised to be washed under running water. But it comes from the tap, which is not very useful. You can do this, but it is highly undesirable. The correct method is a little more laborious, but it allows you to preserve the health of microorganisms, get a tasty and actually healthy drink.
How often to rinse the kombucha
Not everyone knows how often to rinse the kombucha. For hygiene procedures, the interval of 2-3 weeks is too long. If everything else is done correctly, during this time, the jellyfish may not have time to get sick so that external signs appear, and the drink becomes dangerous to health. But it will "work" worse, and kombucha will lose some of its healing properties.
You have to wash your kombucha often - preferably after each serving. Some even argue that in summer this should be done every 3 or 4 days, in winter - twice less often. However, you cannot remove the substance from the jar during the kombucha preparation process, and the drink takes longer to prepare.
But there is a certain logic in this - in summer the temperature is higher, and microorganisms are more active than in winter. It takes less time to prepare the drink, therefore, washing is carried out more often.
What water to wash the kombucha
It is highly undesirable to wash the jellyfish under running water:
- it includes chlorine designed to destroy microorganisms, the amount of which in the liquid cannot be controlled;
- contains many other undesirable impurities that can harm microorganisms;
- under the pressure of a jet from a tap, the delicate substance is easily injured.
Kombucha is washed with spring or boiled water, pre-cooled to room temperature. In hot or cold, his cells begin to die off.
It is recommended to wash the kombucha after preparing each serving of kombucha.
How to properly wash kombucha
At first glance, the method of how to properly rinse a kombucha may seem time consuming. But everything is very simple, to make sure of this, it is enough to carry out hygiene procedures once.
Sequencing:
- Boil and cool water to room temperature.
- Drain the kombucha, leaving some liquid in the container.
- Gently shake out the mushroom in a wide, deep bowl or low saucepan with boiled water.Important! It is impossible to pull, grab onto it with nails, push with a spoon or other objects, injure the gelatinous substance in any way.
- Rinse gently on all sides. If several records have already grown, pay special attention to the space between them. You need to act carefully, with light massaging movements, and not tear apart the layers.
- Drain the bowl, rinse it, refill with a new portion of the liquid.
- Rinse the jellyfish again.
- Return to the familiar environment.
A video on how to wash a kombucha and prepare a drink correctly will be useful even for those who believe that they know everything about kombuche:
How to wash kombucha jars
Banks must be washed at the same time as the jellyfish. If necessary, remove mucus and other plaque from the walls with soda. Then rinse thoroughly so that not even a trace of sodium carbonate remains. Scald the jar with boiling water and let cool.
How not to wash Kombucha
It seems to be easy to wash the jellyfish. But for some reason, through negligence, inattention or ignorance, people make mistakes during the procedure. Many of them are repeated quite often.
When flushing, you must not:
- Use hot or ice water. In the worst case, the medusomycete will die, in the best case, it will be sick for a long time. An error in the temperature regime will not pass without a trace in any case.
- Wash the substance in dirty water or dishes. This is not a hygienic procedure, but a deliberate harm to one's own health. All pollutants in a sweet environment will decompose during fermentation, pathogens will multiply. What kind of drink will turn out, it is better not even to think.
- You can not wash rarely or completely neglect the procedure, otherwise he will get sick and die. But before that, the drink from a healing and tonic will turn into a dangerous one for the body.
- The use of detergents for the treatment of the medusomycete will lead to its rapid death. The consequences will be slightly less depressing if they are used to cleanse jars.
- Rinse the substance carefully and only with your hands. You can not use improvised means, especially brushes or sponges. Scratching it with nails, forcibly tearing the plates, pulling, tearing, crushing, twisting is prohibited.
The jelly substance must be handled with care.
Conclusion
Rinsing the kombucha is not difficult, but it should be done often and carefully. If there is no time or desire to properly care for it, it is better to cook compote or buy something in the store. To get a tasty healthy drink, jellyfish should be kept clean.
