Comments on: How To Grow A Kombucha SCOBY

By: Dellaina

Dellaina — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:13:08 +0000

The Cultures for Health website says to be sure and use white sugar (organic if you can) and black tea, then you won’t have to worry about or monitor pH levels. If you use any flavored teas or any other kind of tea that has more oils in it, you should monitor the pH.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:26:53 +0000

This is great, I can’t wait to try it!! A couple of questions…
What happens if you use a flavored organic raw kombucha?
Can you use a flavored green or black tea?
How do you handle the skobi without contaminating it?

Also, side note, it’s so weird to see someone on here named Marnita. I went to school with a girl with that name and have NEVER seen it anywhere else. Her parents named her from a combo of their names (Morris & Juanita)!!!!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:39:07 +0000

Glad to see someone actually post this. I have done this a number of times when I have wanted a new SCOBY.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:02:19 +0000

Awesome! Gonna try….

By: Margot

Margot — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:22:37 +0000

So today I am harvesting a beautiful 1/4 inch Scoby! Yay! Fingers crossed that it’ll make the kombucha taste good!

I made it in a french press, lol! Sans the press of course. But the width seemed perfect for the scoby to grow and now I am actually ready to ferment my tea. Oh, I hope it turns out well!

By: Sylvia Solano-Guillen

Sylvia Solano-Guillen — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:15:19 +0000

Kristen, could you please send me the info on how to obtain the kombucha ingredients to make my own scoby or where I can buy a
mother? I have alot of problems w// mybody from a brutal attack ;fractured back, elbow, knees to name a few. Thanks &God bless

By: erin

erin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:39:55 +0000

thank you so much for this info!
i made the mistake of using honey instead of sugar, but i figured i’d wait and see what happened and now my scoby is looking really good! it’s only been about 6 days and it’s about 1/4″.

By: grace

grace — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:22:00 +0000

can we drink the liquid that we grow the mother in? I got a little impatient last week and stuck my jar in the oven (not on, just in it while it was off) with the oven light on to keep it a little warmer. It’ll be 2 week Tuesday and it looks almost 1/4 inch. Should I wait just a bit longer to make sure its stable?

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:16:26 +0000

Thanks for this helpful post! I just bought a bottle of kombucha with not one but TWO scobys!! I’ve never seen a bottle with a thick scoby on top, I think I found the luckiest bottle ever! Anyway I’m excited to see what happens.

By: Margot

Margot — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:01:57 +0000

Thank you for such a needed online resource! I need help though. I am a trifle ADD and just finished pouring out a bottle of Raw Kombucha #9 into the jar which means its flavored with fruit, dang it. Should I drink the Kombucha then make the 20+ mile drive to the health food store to purchase plain kombucha? or Should I just keep going with what I’ve started and see what happens? I am curious..

Thanks!
Margot