There's no comparison to microbiology grown in soil where you found it in the first place. Sure maybe there's some bacteria multiplying but if you cant make a fungal dominant tea, how much better is it? I made a hugelkultur bed using this: One of the best points to the article is that it's not needed and much time and energy is spent making and cleaning equipment. Most of the members here do not use compost teas. Mostly our reasoning is there's no point and it's unneeded work.