Mold?

[infielders3]

This is my first attempt at making Kombucha and there is a brown formation at the top that has me a bit nervous. It has been going for about a week. I fear it is mold, based on what you can see in these pictures- do you think this batch is ruined?

thanks
-Ben

 

[kyt]

Yeast chains, you'll get used to them. You can strain through a kitchen mesh strainer to catch most of them when harvesting.

 

[snarf]

Yep, that definitely looks like yeast to me. Maybe it doesn't look very appetizing, but they're pretty harmless...

 

[infielders3]

wow, thank you. This is a major relief. I appreciate you looking at this and weighing in before I did something drastic!