Make your own kombucha scoby

[BirdBrain]

Ive seen several folks wish for kombucha scobies and I came across this a few weeks ago. I tried it and it works great!!
http://www.foodrenegade.com/how-to-grow-a-kombucha-scoby/

 

[Dawn419]

Thanks for posting that link, Bird Brain!

I can't wait to try it, much to hubby's chagrin! His comment, when I explained what it was..."Great! Another science experiment!".

 

[BirdBrain]

Mine jokes about me brewing hooch on the counter.

 

[JuJuBean]

This is also how I got my first scoby. GTS Kombucha is about 3.50/bottle. Now I have 4 gallon sized jars going, all from that one scoby. They grow and multiply pretty quickly when they aren't kept in the fridge.

 

[Boogity]

I always thought that you could separate the new, thin, Scoby from the old one but mine is always one big thick mass. My Scoby is about 3/4" thick after about two years of brewing and re-brewing. I drink 4 oz. every morning with breakfast.

 

[so lucky]

Boogity, you can cut your scoby in half, like cutting a pie. It will grow to fit the diameter of your brewing container. On an older, full sized scoby, I believe the new one grows on top, so you could theoretically peel the old part off, in a layer. I have only been brewing kombucha for a couple of months. I did try it with the purchased kombucha, and it made a great scoby, but I wasn't quite brave enough to try the resulting kombucha. The great great grandmother of my current scoby was given to me by a friend.
I flavor mine with fresh ginger after about a week. My DH loves it, believe it or not, after he watched me drink some and it didn't kill me. Right now I have a half gallon in the fridge--It's weaker than I like , a gallon sitting with ginger in it and a tight lid on it on the counter, (this is to help make it more carbonated, but there is a slight fear of it exploding. I have a plastic lid on it, so I am hoping that would go first), and a gallon with the scoby in it, brewing up a storm. Making it is sort of an art, not a science. I have been told not to put any extra scoby down the garbage disposal, as it could take up life in your septic system, and grow to monstrous proportions.

 

[Boogity]

I have been told not to put any extra scoby down the garbage disposal, as it could take up life in your septic system, and grow to monstrous proportions.

The SCOBY that ate Chicago. I remember a movie like that a million years ago. Well, not exactly like that

I have cut my SCOBY many times to give to other folks. There must be 10 or 12 young'uns out there.

 

[lorieMN]

I dont think they would live in a septic..unless you dump hundreds of lbs of sugar down there every now and then..I give my extra scobies to the chickens,,they love them!

 

[so lucky]

I offered one to my chickens but they ran from it screaming.

 

[BirdBrain]

Cut it up in prices that they can swallow and they will get to business