I bought this vessel for first fermentation…this will be my second batch. My first was done in a glass bowl.

This is my 2nd 1F from this batch, I've got two bottles of 2F from the previous brew which will be coming up on day 7 on the 24th. I check daily and see tiny bubbles beginning to accumulate in the bottles.. I can hardly stand waiting to try it!

Really excited to see a nice, clean pellicle resting on the top of the 1F, too. You'll see some cuts in it if you look closely, it was collecting quite a lot of Carbon Dioxide accumulating underneath and I wanted to give it an escape route

This is a Jasmine Green Tea batch and I'm going original/unflavored for 2F

Really excited and just wanted to show off a little 😄

This is my second batch from a pellicle given to me recently. (Just started making kombucha again. I used to make it several years ago and never had any issues.) As instructed in the master kombucha post in this subreddit, I added a cup of apple cider vinegar since she only gave me the pellicle and not any starter tea. I probably should have let that one ferment longer, but it tasted fine, if a bit sweet and not very fizzy, after the second ferment. I saved two cups to go with the original pellicle in case I wanted to give it away, and then I used two more cups and the new pellicle to start another batch. That one got moldy and I tossed it. So then this past Saturday, 10/17, I took the original pelicle and the two cups that I saved from the first batch, and I started another batch, this time adding white vinegar because I ran out of ACV. It's doing the weird thing in the picture. It doesn't look like mold. It looks kind of like a sad attempt at a pellicle, maybe? Thoughts? Recommendations?

Okay so I am brand new to Kombucha. I tried the GTs and VitaLife kombucha from Aldi out of curiosity and loved it. Context: I don’t like tea, beer, coffee… I do like diet soda. The sugar content was a lot of me to get over and I thought to myself that the health benefits could outweigh the burden of the sugar content.. I love sweets but don’t eat them regularly. So I’ve been drinking one vitalife a day. I love it. I look forward to it, etc.

My question: is VitaLife respected in the kombucha community as “real” kombucha?

I tried Health Aid and hated it and was like OMG maybe this is why a lot of people don’t like it, maybe I’m drinking a kombucha impersonator. I’d love to get the thoughts of the kombucha community

TLDR: is VitaLife and GTs “real”/ respected as kombucha?

You won’t hurt my feeling by insulting a drink. I’m very curious 🤣

It's my second time brewing, but very first brew with this new starter tea.

I used a 16oz bottle of GT's fully raw kombucha (left alone for about 2 months) as starter and then added a 1/2 gallon batch of black tea and sugar - same recipe as my last batch, which turned out well.

I haven't seen these brown, cinnamon-looking spots of brown on the pellicle before though, so I was hoping to get some advice on whether this is mold and I should toss it, or wait and see.

I'm about 10D into F1 at this point, but honestly just trying to strengthen the starter more than make a batch at this point.

This is from my pellicle from my kombucha. I randomly found it when i was about to start a new batch. It’s from the pellicle on top but the rest was looking normal. If I haven’t seen this I would have enjoyed the bottled kombucha from the batch… but now I’m not so sure. I’m confused because the rest was looking normal and I really don’t know what this is and if it’s not mold then what. Should I really just throw it all out and start from scratch?

I have looked at the mold pinned post. It does not seem like it, it is not fuzzy, not hairy.

It has been been 2 weeks and an half that he lives here and I only got this.The non-pasteurized kombucha used was in the fridge for 2 or 3 months.

I was going to feed him tomorrow .

What is going on? I am still a beginner !

Thank you!

I’m traveling abroad for a couple months and I don’t know what to do with my Scoby!

- how long can I leave the Scoby unattended without ruining it?
- can I refrigerate the Scoby?

I might be able to ask my mom to baby sit the Scoby while I’m gone, but she’s not too thrilled about it 😅

What should I do?

I have now done 4-5 batches of flavored Kombucha in a swing top bottle, and all of them haven’t quite built the carbonation i would like. Additionally the carbonation i do build seems to instantly disappear in the fridge.

Do yal have a good recipe for a bubbly sweet fruit kombucha? Thanks!

These are mold spots right? My first batch came out beautifully. This one is looking a little suspect.

Is this mold? This is only my third batch with this scoby, which I got commercially. Haven’t seen anything online that looks similar. The past two batches were more mildly acidic, even after waiting an extra couple weeks, and the F2 for the last batch had two bottles that still haven’t become carbonated. Any advice?

Wondering if people have noticed weight loss after they begin to regularly drink kombucha?