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I drank another one of my 5.5 cups sugar brew, do we call kombucha "brew"?, anyway...it was pretty sweet actually. After a month, even. I taste only a bit of tart, if that makes sense, very sweet but some tartness. Am I being redundant? Tannnick>>> I'm glad I'm not the only one who has a...

I added 5.5 cups sugar to a single gallon my first batch. Everything turned out fine, after about 1 month it was fairly vinegary, I bottled it in 16oz bottles and within a few days I had very good carbonation. I don't think the amount of sugar affects the carbonation. I let mine sit out and...

I will write more tomorrow or the next day and comment on the rest of your post...for now I will comment on the mold......I read everywhere that if any mold grows, throw it away and start anew. Personally, I would experiment and scrape that bit of mold off and wait a few days to see if any more...

No doubt you're right. I started with 5 cups of sugar for 1 gallon. When things looked as though they were not progressing I added more of this and that, here and there. This next batch I used the remaining tea from the starter and added 1 gallon with 1 cup of sugar. Now I suppose I will...

Ok, today I opened one of my bottles and do have light carbonation after 3 days. I tasted it and it tastes sweet but very alcoholic. Not sure I will enjoy drinking these. So much for my signature quote, lol.

From what I know, Black, Green or a mixture of both work for making Kombucha, no herbal teas due to their oils. I think the oils kill the scoby or cause mold. I use organic green tea and had recently started a black tea brew. Have not consumed either yet. As for the bottles, I had read...

Oh, regarding carbonation...anyone have a sure-fire process? I left an inch or so headroom.

Thank you. I added 1 gallon to my starter quart yesterday and will utilize your suggestion on tasting. Already seems to be moving along nicely. I did 1 cup sugar this time around instead of 5 cups, lol.

OK, I just finished bottling my first batch of Kombucha. It had been fermenting since the 11th of February, 1 gallon. The scoby is very thin on one side and one side is roughly 1/4 inch thick. The reason for that is I'd add sugar and tea on one side to maintain the process. I tasted the...

As strong as this round smelled of vinegar I was very hesitant to drink it, I'd recently read someone did sip their batch and it burned their throat for a few days, lol, that's not an experience I want. I did end up adding more sugar, (before your latest reply) 1-1/4 cup. The surface already...

If you were replying to my post, it would be difficult for me to believe that I would need to add more sugar to it so soon, seeing as I'd started it with 5 cups of sugar only 11 days ago. There is a film only 1/16" or so thick, assuming it is the scoby, I don't trust moving it at all for fear of...

Hello, all...I had started to brew my first batch of KT 11 days ago in a 2 gallon glass container. The first few days everything went quite well, but after day 2, It seems to have stopped progressing, visually speaking, though the smell had changed from a strong yeast odor to now a strong...