OHN- Cinnamon slimy
I am making OHN for the first time. Everything seems to be going well and I am in my first week of stirring everyday after mixing with vodka. My cinnamon jar always comes out with a bit of slime or what looks like clear snot on the end of the wooden spoon I am stirring. Is this anything to be concerned about? Thanks for your help!
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The clear snot is likely a bacterial growth that is definitely not supposed to be in your cinnamon and vodka. I think it might be related to the type of sugar you used, did you use brown or light brown sugar, or did you use refined white sugar? Also did you keep your implements and bottles clean when making the inputs from start to finish?
From the KNF library
From the KNF library
Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books
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Sep 2026
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For the cinnamon jar, brown sugar goes in two days after the rice wine or beer, enough to bring the jar to 2/3 full (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 25).
The jar then sits 5-7 days before vodka fills it nearly to the top (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 25). After the vodka, stir daily (Cho's Solutions, p. 9) (Cho, Recipe, p. 25). The sources differ on how long: ten days on the Cho's Solutions chart (Cho's Solutions, p. 9), two weeks in Cho's recipe (Cho, Recipe, p. 25).
The library does not say what clear slime on the spoon is, or whether it is harmless. Compare your steps to the ones above.
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- p. 25 Student's Manual, Basic Course · “After two days add enough brown sugar to the 4 jars to bring them each to 2/3 full.”
- p. 9 Cho's Solutions · “Add vodka, stir daily for 10 days to tincture.”
- p. 25 Cho, Recipe · “Diligently stir the mixture clockwise every day for two weeks in the early moming.”
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The slime is just a part of cinnamon bark and alcohol. It is a pain, but once your own is done, it will dissolve into the entire volume just fine.
