Kombucha Mother - After 1 Week - SCOBY

[christinad690]

we call it mold in the hood!

[PeaceWithTheseEyes]

A young journalist is threatened by an army of spies when she stands before the secret behind Quantum Energy.

[Sporadicus1]

My mushroom brought me here

[cocobrownallaround]

Kombucha looks nasty and it sounds disgusting to me. Yuck.

[Boognish247]

this looks unlike most of the Booch I've ever seen before

[annasophia1123]

i just have a quick question. after i saw your video i decided to grow my own kombucha but its being a month now and i havent change the water because im scared that my scoby will tear apart or something wrong happens. what do you recommend? i tasted already and taste like vinegar so i do not know if that is how it suppost to taste? i will appreciate if you reply back thank you

[iraziel1]

Your kitty was my favorite part of this video, just cute!

Nice work with the oven =P

[trinakria1282]

You HAVE to be from the Midwest. You couldn't have a stronger accent. So how'd they come out? I'm thinking about trying it.

[dhc360]

Hi...I started my first batch using a kombucha starter kit..OK Oregon kombucha....I got it at my local coop, who I trust. I bought a large gallon glass jar and started the whole thing about a 5 days ago....I have an ordinary home heating pad sort of wrapped around it.....the scoby seems to be forming about half way up the bottle. Is that ok....I sipped some out through a straw and and had a faint taste of kombucha...am I doing ok so far?

[thexbigxgreen]

I LOVE this idea of using the oven as an incubator. I'm in Canada so only in the middle of summer is the temp ideal for brewing Kombucha. Thanks for this awesome technique!

[svasq]

I Like Your Cat!

[svasq]

Pretty cat :P

[chechubelo]

i thought tha kombucha hates warmth! isn´t it?

[kingmanted]

I know it defeats the purpose of the whole project but could you eat the mother?lol thanks =)

[Sorrel555]

I ain't drinking that shit.

[amandacerney]

Ok.. so my tea hasn't fermented and Its just sweet tea. Is it because my scoby is to small? I got mold and had to start fresh. This is my second batch and Its still sweet. How long will it take?

[FindingSalihah]

I like your idea of using the oven with just the oven light on to maintain temperature. Perfect for cold winter months! Thank you!

[CanadianNewYorker]

lol, "It's hard to seee!" 1:41

[condiNyc]

that kombucha is molded!

[magicktrick777]

@condiNyc that's not mold...it's just the culture thickening...everything is going according to plan in this video. I find i get a 1/8-1/4" mat in my kombucha in 8-14 days....for some reason, about 30% of the scobys i propagate take much longer...like these are.

[kungfuminou]

What is the font you use in your videos? I love it!

Love you videos too. I have kombucha brewing as we speak. Made mine without a mama scoby and it's fine. Just about to add the new mother to a new batch.

[whatsarobut]

My mother used to have a large jar with that stuff in it when I was little. Now I know what it was. :) Neat!

[chechubelo]

@whatsarobut my mother had one too! now i have a huge one! one year with me it is like my son! haha! i think warm is not good for kombucha that´s what i have learned in most of the instructions

[theCheskys]

I stumbled through the internet onto your youtube page about Kombucha. I have a few questions if I may.

The Scoby, is this stuff the forms on top or on the bottom of the jar?

I am going to try to make some myself. I am interested in seeing if it really does what I've read it does.

Thanks

Peter

[twixtbetwixt]

The SCOBY is the "rubbery" beige layer - it could form on either the top or bottom! Sometimes it starts on top, then sinks to the bottom. It basically looks like a pancake when it's well formed.

[talula0658]

What do they look like now? I'm completely entranced...

[phanie12]

Wow, very interesting stuff! Thanks for the lesson.

[SugarLH]

My aunt made this stuff when I was in high school. I remember my friends coming over and going into the fridge to emerge horrified. "Why is there a huge jar of dirty water with what looks like a thick slice of bologna floating on top?!!" She drank that stuff all the time and her friends would come over and have some too. I never tried it.

[makeupbynumbers]

that looks so strange, I def agreed with the candle wax comment, I def want to see what you do to it next

[alinainriverland]

what i dont understand doll is that u drink the tea under the "nasty" thing or u drink the thing? i mean i know it's just tea and water and all but gahhhhh im a coward lol

[NiveousErmine]

haha you just drink the tea ;) The nasty looking thing is the culture, you remove that & just put it into a new batch of tea. Mine look really weird because they are still forming. When they get big they will look like a rubbery pancake, very solid & thick. I know it looks crazy, but it's not that bad... sorta like eating yogurt which is just like a bacteria pudding. LOL

[alinainriverland]

Ohhhhhhhhhh u need to show us how ur kambocha grows :D sounds really interesting i may dare to try it once lol

[xhonxhon3x]

@NiveousErmine how are you,i live in albania.asked for kombucha and also found your videos.

I ask to know as used kombucha.how many drinks per day?and are there any risk?Restore to me the answer please.send me mesage .Thank you for video, and for explanations

[jerrybob18]

This reminds me of "Sugar' by SOAD. :D

Very interesting!

[KoDs]

What do you plan on doing with it when it's done?

[NiveousErmine]

Since this is the 1st batch, it is only for growing the culture & will be used to start a 2nd batch of kombucha.

If my culture is large enough, I will end up drinking the tea that the culture is floating around in. You need good sized culture for it to ferment the tea properly, etc. (of course it's also dependent on how much tea you've made!)

From there it is just brewing sweet tea, adding the large culture & letting it do its thing for 2-4 weeks (until it reaches the flavor you prefer.)

[shannonsurreal]

@NiveousErmine do you ever sell your cultuers?