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Finished my b. coagulans and started a new batch of l. reuteri with about 20 other random bacteria. Used a bit of the last batch, three reuteri strains and the multi-species capsule. There's about 75 billion of the buggers in there (not including what I added from the last batch, so possibly 100 billion) so I'm only doing a 30 hour session at 37°C. Added inulin, FOS and a couple of cubes of sugar (I don't have the potato starch yet) plus a smidge of Stevia.

Interestingly*, my thermometer showed the b. coagulans at 47.7°C this morning when it was set to 46, so I'm erring on the safe side for this heterogeneous mix.

* YMMV

I'm using 1 litre of milk and 400ml of 30% fat cream (not the thick stuff, as it's a bastard to mix).

I've commandeered a rack of the fridge as I'll have three different lots on the go soon and I need to know which is which (can't find my label printer so I'm marking them with one of the bottles). I'm going to have to start noting down when I add capsules and when I add just curds from the previous batch (or just mix a bit of both each time, which is probably easier).

#superGut