Isithombe: Indela eLabhorethri Yezotshwala Ezibona

Isithombe sibonisa isigcawu esikhangayo buthule ngaphakathi kwendawo yokusebenzela yezindela yesitayela senkathi ephakathi, egcwele ibhalansi yesithunzi nokukhanya okuthambile kwe-amber. Maphakathi nendawo kumi indela efake izigqoko egqoke ingubo elula, enemibala yomhlaba, ubuso bayo bufihlwe kancane ihood eveza isithunzi esithambile kuzo zonke izici zayo. Ukukhanya kuvela ngokuyinhloko elangabini elifudumele, elizinzile le-Bunsen ngaphansi komkhumbi omkhulu wokuvubela wengilazi, okhipha ukukhanya okusagolide okufiphele okudansa ezindongeni zamatshe ezigugile zegumbi. Umkhumbi, ogcwele uketshezi lwenhlaka olugwedlayo, uhlezi ngokuvikelekile phezu kwe-tripod yensimbi, futhi ukufiphala okufiphele kuyabenyezela phezu kwawo. Amaflaski amathathu amancane, ngalinye liphethe izinhlobonhlobo zoketshezi olumnyama nombala wezinyosi, ahlala ngaphambili phezu kwetafula lokusebenza eliqinile lokhuni elimakwe ngeminyaka yokusetshenziswa.

Ngemuva kwendela, uchungechunge lwama-alcove aqoshwe odongeni lwamatshe lasendulo abamba amashalofu ane-alembics, ama-retorts, namaflask ezingilazi anobumo nobukhulu obuhlukahlukene. Le mikhumbi, eminye ingenalutho kanti eminye egcwele okuqukethwe okungaqondakali, ibonisa ukukhanya okucwayizayo ngokubenyezela okuthambile, okwengeza ukujula nokuthungwa emkhathini obumnyama. Izintuli zothuli zintanta emoyeni obonakala kancane, okuphakamisa ukuthula nesikhathi esimisiwe, kuyilapho ukuxhumana kokukhanya nesithunzi kugcizelela kokubili ubungcwele obuthule kanye nokunemba kwesayensi kwendawo.

Ukuma kwendela kwenziwa ngamabomu futhi kunenhlonipho; izandla zakhe, eziqinile futhi ezijwayeza, lungisa intamo yomkhumbi wokuvutshelwa ngokunakekelwa okulinganiselwe. Ukuba khona kwakhe kuvusa umuzwa wokuzinikela, njengokungathi isenzo sokuphisa nokubilisa akuwona nje umsebenzi wezandla kodwa kuwuhlobo lomthandazo. Ezungezile, izakhiwo zamatshe—iminyango enamakhothamo, amafasitela angumngcingo, nezingongolo zemiphongolo—zidlulisela ukuqina okungapheli kwendawo yezindela, lapho amakhulu eminyaka olwazi namasiko ehlangana khona ngokuzinikezela buthule ocingweni lokuguqula.

Inkungu encane yesitimu indiza eduze nelangabi, ihlangana nephunga elicebile, elicatshangelwayo le-yeast, ama-hops, ne-oki esekhulile. Umoya uzwakala ushubile ngenxa yephunga lendalo—i-alchemy yokuguqula izinhlamvu eziphansi zibe i-elixir eyinkimbinkimbi, enambithekayo. Isigcawu sivusa kokubili isayensi nengokomoya, sihlanganisa ubuciko obuphathekayo bokwenza utshwala nokuphishekela ukukhanyiselwa okungaphatheki. Kuphalethi yaso yombala othulisiwe—okunsundu okujulile, amawolintshi ashisiwe, kanye nezithombe ezinhle kakhulu ezisagolide—isithombe sithwebula imfudumalo nesizotha seminyaka ekhohliwe, lapho ukuzinikela nokutholwa kwakuhlangene ngaphansi kosilingi lwamatshe afanayo.

Yonke imininingwane, kusukela ohlamvu lwetafula lokhuni kuya ekuboniseni okucashile engilazini, kunomthelela ekuvumelaneni okuphelele kokubunjwa. Ukukhanya, nakuba kuthambile, kulinganisa kahle ukuze kwembule indlela ebaluleke ngayo—ubushelelezi bengilazi, ukuba matshe, ukugoqa kwendwangu, nokuhamba koketshezi olugwedlayo. Isimo esiba umphumela siwukuzindla futhi siyacwila, simema umbukeli ukuba angene buthule kule workshop engcwele yesiko, lapho ukukhanya, ubuciko, nokholo kuhlangana khona esikweni lendalo esingaphelelwa isikhathi.

Isithombe sihlobene: Ukuvubela Ubhiya Nge-CellarScience Monk Yeast