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Here is a step-by-step that I created to start my SCOBYs.

Final steps!

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I'll post all the steps to grow one in a sec btw. I took photos of all the steps at one point. Wait a sec.

Pardon all the spelling errors, running around doing errands and want to make sure you have all the info you need. I hated waiting around for answers.

Make sense? If you need some advice on the details I'd contact lion heart kombucha themselves, look on their website. They are great. Took a class there to get started, totally worth it. I'd look for somewhere near you that gives classes. Some are listed on craigslist sometimes or your local...

It's kinds like how when you prep the brine for pickling it reacts with the stainless steel pot and strips the top level. It's similar acidity, not dangerous but close to vinegar than anything else. I have seen this first hand. It was totally safe to drink if I didn't use steel. It is like how...

i used a cosmic cranberry and it worked great. I love the faint cranberry ghost flavor after 5 subsequent batches. The left is black tea and cosmic cranberry, the right is an original gt with white tea. The white tea brewed quicker and became very sour.

The ph of kombucha is very corrosive to steel and aluminum. Not sure exactly the chemistry but there it is. The recommended is glass, avoid plastic if possible. To note, your batches even after "completed for drinking" will grow SCOBYs. I had the idea to use a glass carboy to drink from and use...

I'm growing another batch of mothers today from some varying types of store bought. I'll post later with before and after and then again every 2 days till they are grown. I'll list the temp, highs and lows, and the local reported humidity.

Oh and based on your tea you use or the sugar content, some SCOBYs will float and some will sink. It has to do with their chemistry makeup. You'll notice the black tea floats and the white tea sank. Totally normal.

Oh and whatever you use needs to be pickling safe and cannot be corroded. My stainless steel has been corroded. Don't use your keg. It will eat through the metal and taint the batch plus kill the SCOBY. Glass is best. No metal should come into contact with the tea. Only when boiling the water...

You won't know. You have to taste it as you go. It turns sour very quickly (some like it vinegary - me not so much). This week I had two batches going. 1 black tea and one white. The black is still soft and mild with a hint of vinegar. The white however is very tangy. Same day and conditions...

Here are some links to a couple of my post showing you how to grow your own + easy to build incubators. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f167/step-step-481710/#post6239703 https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f167/step-step-481710/#post6239713

Hello! So I was worried about getting a SCOBY here in Portland. I went to the grocery store and bought a bunch of different GT's, a some Kombucha Wonder Drink India and an unknown one that is called Invisible Alchemy Kombucha Zinziver. In order of effectiveness: If I get going with some...

Made a new outdoor kombucha incubator to grow my own SCOBYs from store bought GT kombucha. Flavored SCOBYs! I used a 30 gallon plastic tote from Lowes (ignore the bad reviews, this tote is amazing), 39 gallon black trash bags from the Dollar Tree and plastic tape from the Dollar Tree...

Also here is a link to a post of an indoor incubator I built: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f167/growing-scoby-new-gts-304592/index2.html#post5892389

Here is a step by step I got at a class I took from a local kombucha pub here in Portland, Oregon. Yeah I know, Portlandia. Hope this helps.

Hello! So I was worried about getting a SCOBY here in Portland. I went to the grocery store and bought a bunch of different GT's, a some Kombucha Wonder Drink India and an unknown one that is called Invisible Alchemy Kombucha Zinziver. In order of effectiveness: If I get going with some more...