Kombucha - Grow your OWN Mother without a Baby! SCOBY - Symbiotic Culture of Bacterias & Yeast

[TPhreak]

Anyone making Kombucha should consider buying bulk, loose leaf black tea online. Using green tea is fine but I've read else where that it requires a supplement of Brown Sugar to speed up the culturing process.

[KillerCompilations]

can you bring the water to a boil then steep them as it cools down?

[theoneandonlyolya]

where did you get that wooden spoon?

[HoFoShAo]

it's effervescent, not carbonated!

[12quillemall5321]

Target has Yogi Tea Green Tea Kombucha tea bags. Is that the real komucha?

[12quillemall5321]

I made ice tea and forgot it in the refrige. It formed a thick layer by itself. It threw it away. Was that a "mother" that grew on its own?

[TrippyScarecrow]

The kombucha mushroom people sitting around all day. Who can believe you who can believe you? Let your mother pray. SUGAR!

[MannySteinerBIeeky]

i find that gaia organics kombucha does produce a culture (ie - if you don't drink it all and leave the top unscrewed), but it's not as strong and obvious as the ones i got from red sun kombucha in the 90s.

some other brands i tried a few years ago - there doesn't seem to be any live kombucha in them at all. nothing grows. they must have pasteurised it and killed it.

[MannySteinerBIeeky]

i used to be able to get natural kombucha bottled back in the 90s, and to get a culture all you had to do was not drink the whole thing! and leave the top unscrewed, you'd get a culture the shape-size of the bottles diameter,

which is the traditional method for making more cultures, except to use a bowl so it's bigger in diameter.

what i wondered - anyone know what was originally used instead of sugarcane? as they won't have had that.

ps - don't smoke near the kombucha, they don't like that

[fayonaise69]

actually, it does matter what kind of tea you use- you can't use anything that has oils in it... so , if you use black tea- make sure it doesn't have bergamot or orange oil.. etc. the culture wont grow in that environment. it has to be pure green or black tea.

[illustriouschin]

Did you add those background sound effects later?

[smguerra23]

I used the multigreen for my first batch which is now 3wks old. I think is ready but I noticed some greenish/grey areas on my kombucha mother. I'm thinking is normal because of the type of raw kombucha used. It does not look like mold but I wanted to make sure.... thoughts?

[MachuLawl]

@smguerra23 Nah, it's from the algae.

[morgadaan]

do you have ny idea how bad that teflon pan is for you. I wouldn't be worried about plastic nearly as much as I'd be about non-stick crap lol. All in all though good video. Ive been trying to figure out how to start kombucha , thanks!

[cozmicfarside]

I think this brand is USDA approved. It may therefore have the controversial neotame in it, which like gmo's are never labeled. I encourage you to google neotame USDA and inform yourself.

[Buddy14873]

are you able to drink the kombucha tea that you used to grow the mother? or do u just start a new brew using the mother you created? what do you do with the original tea you used to make the mother?

[RedHawkHealing]

This is absolutely brilliant!! thank you! I just started my own kefir from water kefir grains (which were seriously difficult to obtain). I love that brand of kombucha and you can be sure I'll be making my own soon! Thank you again!

[scorpionkeeper]

when you squeeze out that little bit of extra water you also force out all the tannins that slow brewing wouldnt otherwise release. Tannins are oils that make it bitter and may effect your culture growing.

[jlb4288]

Kombucha Express coming through at 4:55? :) Thanks for the vid!

[lookin4space]

SO, my kombucha is 10 days old and there's a lot of white stuff on the top, it smells vinegary, but no "mushroom". Do I wait a little longer until there is one before I bottle?

[TTwinTTurbo]

I wanna have sex with her she's hot

[lookin4space]

From what I've read, the only teas you should avoid are oily herbal teas, as the oil can kill the mother. Traditionally black (or red as the Japanese call it) is used. I used G.T.'s cranberry flavored because the store was out of the Multi-Green like what you used.

This is my first time, you here's hoping!

[bobsgirl28]

Hi ,I i was wondering what i should see as far as growth in a week? Its been about that long for me and i see nothing at all. Is that normal?

Thank you

[howtotakeawalk]

hey! excited to find this.

can you write out what the proportions/ recipe are?

how much sugar to how much water?

thanks!

[mirpaterska]

thank you for making this vid, i suspected I could do it without the mother but didn´t know.

[slapflipable]

i just made some today flavours i used to flavour it blackberry bananna orange apple lime...blackberry the best but all great

[PliSsK]

Useful video, thanks

[AceLockCo]

OK does anyone know how to make a mother without buying Kombucha Drink at a store? The problem is they no longer sell GT'S Kombucha anywhere (they took it off the market).

[RatGrid]

@AceLockCo It is coming back in the marketplace (at least Whole Foods is getting it back).

[AceLockCo]

@RatGrid Kind of, they are selling it again, but the retailers are not bringing it back in. At least not the retailers near me.

[ta6aka10]

Is it possoble to make the mother without adding kambucha drink 'cuz I can't find it anywhere.

[saki7sura]

thanks i'm making a scoby now!

[NewMillionaire]

Did the cat "meow?"

[jhoa001]

It worked for me! I'm excited and can't wait to make my next batch of tea!

[darbymethod]

She's hot and she has a nice voice! Thanks!

[MYSISTERSBOX]

be my mom

[johnism1970]

Saw you post about Kombucha and was wondering if I can ask you a couple of questions?

Now I started my first batch / mother and it has been about tens day and a mother is forming.

This mother is bout 1.5-2mm think right .

So my questions are is this mother done or should I let it grow more and how can you tell when a batch is done?

[adamavina]

Very annoying voice!

[Hndsmbrute]

Thanks for the good (and interesting) info...both in the video and in what you wrote.

I like the idea of using an oven as an incubator, using the oven light for the heat source.

[PyramidHeadRox]

what if i bought kombucha that is ginger flavoured and I don't have ginger tea

[NiveousErmine]

@PyramidHeadRox I dont think it matters what type of tea you brew. I have used different flavors, cuz it was all I had. The kombucha culture itself isn't really going to have a specific flavor, it's the tea that gives the flavor (if that makes sense) The culture is just yeast & bacterias used for fermenting the sugar.

[PyramidHeadRox]

to NiveousErmine. The kombucha didn't work for me... It's been a week and there is no life growing at all. I think it's the brand of Kombucha I used. I can't seem to find GT's brand in my area. I used USA brand. Well, I'll keep trying, but thank you for your reply.

[NiveousErmine]

It should work if the bottle says "raw" on it. Maybe look for a bottle that has more globs floating around in it. Also, if it's winter & colder in the house, it may take much longer.

You can try pouring a bottle of raw kombucha into a small wide-mouth glass, cover & let sit in a warm, dark spot for a couple more weeks. (without making any sweet tea, just use what's in the bottle).

Some just take much longer than others to grow. Keep trying & you'll get one to work ;)

[shannonsurreal]

@NiveousErmine if i don't have any cultuers what can i use to make a scoby proboiotics what?

[CondemnedPatriot]

@PyramidHeadRox Then the world as you know it will end abruptly. The very fabric of space time that surrounds you and forms your reality will cease to exist. All life throughout the entire universe will end and all will be forgotten and lost. You MUST find ginger tea, let no nothing doubt your ability to get it and let no force stand in your way. All and everything depends on you finding the ginger tea. God speed friend.

[mianno58]

Great information and i must say that you are a beautiful woman; in a respectful, asexual way.

[makeupbynumbers]

this is cool I have never heard of this before

[alinainriverland]

Ohhhhhh :O i have no idea what this is .... what it tastes like? so curious now

[phanie12]

I've never heard of it. Thanks for the info.!

[HelenBee123]

I had the tea from the company you used to make your mother Kombucha. I didn't know what it was at the time so I couldn't really like it. I think I'm going to try it again since it's so good for the body. :d