How to easily start making Kombucha

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[Faustvonholle]

Just a slight point of correction: The Scoby is actually the "culture"- the combination of bacteria and yeasts that actually change tea into kombucha. SCOBY stands for Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast. You can buy a culture that's pure liquid without any slime/puck thing- that's a pellicle that forms from the culture and is mostly cellulose as a byproduct of the process. A healthy culture will produce a pellicle over time, but if you agitate your ferment frequently, you actually won't get a solid thin layer. It can even be counter-productive as if the pellicle sits on the surface and dries out, it can develop bad molds that could spoil or outcompete the healthy culture.

On that point though, that's why if you buy a SCOBY, you want to add all the liquid that came with it, as THAT's where most of the culture will come from. I've even seen some people pull the pellicle out and blend it with fruit and dry it out at low temp for a culture-packed fruit leather. The pellicle will still have some of the bacteria and yeast in it that makes kombucha, but most of that is in the liquid, and not the cellulose of the pellicle.

[Greenteabook]

Love watching the layers grow over the months. I miss making kombucha, it's so satisfying drinking the stuff after a few weeks of waiting.

[osielmarin]

I'm trying to start a scoby from scratch, i think i already have kombucha cause my results are like kombucha but it doesn't form a solid scoby yet

[nancyspruiell]

I would be interested in seeing you use store bought booch and also a little more detail about the feeding 2 or 3 more times...do I keep adding to whats there or throw it out each time (and couldn't we drink that instead of throwing out?) Thanks!

[akeem]

😲😲 holy crap its so easy, I'm so confident now in trying it out myself, thanks Johnny

[BDDHero]

Johnny, I need a list of materials like cookware and jars! I really wanna make cool stuff!

[fnxplatad]

Perfect timing. I just bought a large container to make my own Kombucha.

[karlroberts]

Can you use a flavoured kombucha as the seed? Or will it have a negative affect?

[sunlordsol]

My brother your vids are always so quiet