pH Test Strips for Kombucha Brewing 06 05 Intervals 100pc Kit

Its important to test the pH of your kombucha both at the start and end of the 1st ferment Testing before For a safe brew that free from harmful microbes, ensure that the starting pH of your kombucha first fermentation is 4.5 or below Note: If you need to lower the pH, mix in small amounts of plain white vinegar. Retest until you reach a pH of 4.5 or below Testing After The target pH for kombucha thats ready to drink or bottle is 2.5-3.5 Kombucha Chemistry strips are ready to use straight out of the box ? No fiddly scraps of test paper to cut to length or tear-off ? No finger or bench staining to worry about ? No messing around with calibration and buffer solution ? Just test your booch and drop the used strip in the trash Each strip measures - 3.13 total pH strip length - 2.63 white cardboard - 0.5 test area 1-years supply If you brew once a week and test before and after your 1st ferment. This pH testing kit will last you a whole year (allowing for a 2 week brewing holiday) Includes an easy reference color chart for 0-6 (0.5 intervals) and pH matches 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 *NOTE Test strips with 1.0 intervals (i.e. 1,2.3..) are not precise enough to safely test kombucha. This is because of the importance of your brews first ferment starting pH at or below 4.5 and 3.5 on finishing, 1.0 increment strips will not provide this accuracy. Always use test strips with 0.5 intervals to safely test your home brewed kombucha