Recent content by Gemstone505

Yeah, went out and bought some English Breakfast Tea (bags), Black Tea is the only ingredient listed, didn't say Organic but best option I could find for next batch. Will find some PH strips to be on the safe side, digi readers seem to have so many bad reviews. Also the carbonation was...

Yeah, 3 teaspoons of organic granulated cane sugar, 2 cups of brita filtered water left out for 24 hours in the fridge and then used that to boil/steep 2 teabags of earl grey. The tea did have bergamot oil but doesn't seem to be effecting the Scoby growth at least. I'm shopping around for a PH...

First time trying to grow a Scoby from a GT'S Organic Raw Kombucha, no Original so went with Third Eye Chai. It was 2 months from the listed expiration date and had good carbonation and a nice size Scoby floating at the top, with a nice bit of yeast at the bottom. This is 5 days of growth at...