I am homebrewer that is brand new to the Kombucha scene. As in, I drank my first booch last week. I loved it.
So now I’m trying to make my own SCOBY out of some raw unfiltered Kombucha, just because it sounds like something fun to try. I googled and found a simple recipe of 4 green tea bags in 7 C of boiling water, 1/2 C table sugar and 1 C Kombucha (I used GTs plain “Original” raw Kombucha). I cooled it down to 75-80 F before “pitching” my Kombucha.
It’s about 1/2 gallon “starter” in a sanitized 1 gallon wide mouth jar. I have it covered at the top with a rubber band and coffee filter. It’s in a dark room at 75 F.
I know this is supposed to take 1-4 weeks, but 24 hours in I expected to see SOMETHING happening. I know it likely won’t be like a rolling krausen or anything, but shouldn’t I see a little activity? Bubbles? Little floaties chomping on sugar? Anything?
So now I’m trying to make my own SCOBY out of some raw unfiltered Kombucha, just because it sounds like something fun to try. I googled and found a simple recipe of 4 green tea bags in 7 C of boiling water, 1/2 C table sugar and 1 C Kombucha (I used GTs plain “Original” raw Kombucha). I cooled it down to 75-80 F before “pitching” my Kombucha.
It’s about 1/2 gallon “starter” in a sanitized 1 gallon wide mouth jar. I have it covered at the top with a rubber band and coffee filter. It’s in a dark room at 75 F.
I know this is supposed to take 1-4 weeks, but 24 hours in I expected to see SOMETHING happening. I know it likely won’t be like a rolling krausen or anything, but shouldn’t I see a little activity? Bubbles? Little floaties chomping on sugar? Anything?
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