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

Grow your own Kombucha (Kom - BOO- cha) mother easily using store bought organic raw kombucha (beverage), 100% green tea, white granulated sugar & filtered water!

Works best if the room temperature is quite warm, perhaps 75-85 degrees. Warmer temps will promote faster culture growth.

Alternatively, turn your oven into an incubator! Just leave the oven light on 24-7 & keep the door closed! The light bulb will generate enough heat to keep the oven cozy warm for your cultures to grow!


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Kombucha culture has a wide range of organic acids, probiotics, acids and enzymes that give it its extraordinary value. Heres a brief look at the benefits of each: Beneficial Probiotics - Due to the prolific presence of pesticides, antibiotics, and preservatives, the beneficial micro-organisms present in our bodies are being destroyed and killed off on a regular basis. These friendly microbes play a huge role in our digestive and immune systems. Therefore, it is crucial that they are replenished from natural sources like kefir, yogurt, and Kombucha. Our beverages contain Lactobacillus Bacterium and S. Boulardii, which can help support a healthy digestive and immune system. Live Active Enzymes - Active Enzymes are generally only found in foods that have not been cooked, processed, or refined. They are like the spark plugs for the bodys cells because they put life back in our bodies. If you think about it, the body is a living thing; why would you feed it something that is dead? Polyphenols - These are antioxidants that fight off the free-radicals that stress the body and compromise its youth and health. Organic Acids These nutrients can help promote tissue and blood alkalinity and help normalize the natural process of homeostasis throughout the body.
# Lactic acid helps maintain healthy digestive action (through the probiotic lactobacilli) and for energy production by the liver
# Acetic acid is an antiseptic and inhibitor of pathogenic bacteria.
# Glucuronic acid, normally produced by a healthy liver, is a powerful detoxifier and can readily be converted into glucosamines, the foundation of our skeletal system.
# Usnic acid has selective antibiotic qualities which can partly deactivate viruses.
# Oxalic acid encourages the intercellular production of energy, and is a preservative.
# Malic acid also helps the liver to detoxify.
# Butyric acid protects human cellular membranes, and combined with Gluconic acid strengthens the walls of the gut in order to combat yeast infections such as Candida.
# Nucleic acids, like RNA and DNA, transmit information to the cells on how to perform correctly and regenerate.

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[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 ;)

[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.