lonelemming said:Hi all, quick question about the sprouted teas. This is my first time exploring them thanks to CC, and was wondering about the odor when finished. There is no visible mold, just a little bubbly foam on top....but it smells like vomit/stomach bile. I was going to give it a taste to get more information that I could provide you all, but couldn't bring myself to do it.
Pick-up a cheap, cheap air pump at PetSmart (around $10.00) and a small airstone (around $2.00)
After the seeds have sprouted and you begin the soaking period, stick the airstone into the water and let it bubble. That will preclude the smells.
Please get 'fermented' out of your lexicon on this one. Fermenting is not a goal in any way. And if some jamoke comes along and tells you to add EM-1 or whatever lactobacillus bacteria concoction - ask them to take a flying leap at a rolling pastry - i.e. go screw a doughnut!
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Man I couldn't figure out how to describe the odors comeing from my sprouted barley tea. Vomit is close but mine was more like sour milk. I used what I needed to water my cannabis and house plants and they loved it. The rest I put into a 2 gallon bucket encouraging it to ferment by adding plant material to it as time goes by. The "solution", for lack of a better term, was really thick with these white masses floating around attached to plant material. I cut the solution in half diluting it roughly 1:1, kept half in the bucket and threw the other half on the compost pile. The dog and cats go searching to see what what I put in the pile so I assume it's OK. I'll be cutting the solution in half again today and throwing it onto the pile again recharging the other half, so to speak for the next go round. As long as the aroma isn't bad I was thinking about continuing to do this throughout the winter months. Hopefully it will revive my compost pile like it did the house plants. Oh yeah... The fermenting solution does get stirred once or twice durring the week or so that it sits around.