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That's a good suggestion! Will have to consider trying it. I wonder how they would all react with each other.

No, haven't noticed a flavor difference. You can do what I did, but instead of growing a GT Scoby, buy a different brand of kombucha for the store, one that has different probiotics than the GTs.

Does anyone here find that the baby starts to rise out of the liquid, due to the gas pushing it up? And if so, is that a bad thing? After a few days of brewing, I see this happening. I end up pushing it back down into the liquid, only to find that a day or so later it's risen again...

Great question! The answer comes from Gunther Franks book on Kombucha... Find a heavy, smooth rock. Sterilize it with boiling water. Then when you brew a new batch, put this rock on top of the mother Scoby so that she stays on the bottom of the jar! I do this with all of my batches from...

I tried this, and even after 10 days or so the Scoby was barely there. THEN, I thought to add some sugar, and Voila! So this works, just make sure to add some organic cane sugar and you should have a nice scoby in 7 - 10 days.

Onipar, don't give up! Let me tell you what I did... Ok, not sure if this made a difference or not, but the logic seems sound. I wanted to do what you spoke of, basically introducing more beneficial bacteria into my Scoby. And since bacteria replicate very quickly, I thought it shouldn't...