Recent content by mike42506

I brewed a batch and my last one was hardly carbonated so for this one I added some goji berry juice to each individual bottle and capped them for 2 days for a second ferment.. k so I had them in the fridge for a day after that and just went to open one.. it foamed SO MUCH like mentos and coke...

my question is now, how can I avoid mold on my next kombucha batch? not sure what I did wrong to cause it to grow mold before even forming a full scoby..

alright thanks for the help, if it doesn't start spreading I will take your advice and add some more store-bought kombucha!

alright thanks for the reply I will definitely not toss it yet, then. anyone know if it would be okay to add a new bottle of kombucha just to be sure there's enough bacteria in there in case I killed some of it? or is that a no-no? I just don't wanna have to throw out a gallon of tea and a whole...

Okay so I went to brew my first batch of kombucha yesterday, without a scoby. I did 12 cups of tea, 1.5 cup sugar, and a 16oz raw organic kombucha. Because I read somewhere that the warmer it is the faster it grows, I decided to put my little space heater next to it for a little while, and I...