Easiest Homemade SCOBY for Homemade Kombucha

EASIEST HOMEMADE "MOTHER" SCOBY...

go out and buy a bottle of GT's ORIGINAL RAW KOMBUCHA

pour it into a sterilized 1 quart jar

cover with cloth or double paper towel, secure with rubber band

put it in a nice warmish place.

do not disturb the jar.

WAIT at least 2-3 weeks

(mine was in the jar for 24 days.  photo below)

DONE...proceed to brewing homemade kombucha

 raw GT scoby day 24

about 1/2 of the original kombucha liquid has evaporated...or been eaten? 

there seems to be a few layers in there.

SCOBY HOTEL

surprize!...3 scobys developed after 24 days

i thought i better put them in a hotel of some sort, so i added 2 cups tea sweetened with 1/8th cup sugar and put them in a new clean jar (along with the liquid they were growing in)  until i have time for another brewing...i already have 2 separate gallon jars brewing now....YIKES !

 it seems this looks like a super "clean" scoby...like it needs to grow some "ewe factor".  i will let you know what happens after the first brew...

UPDATE... 11-5-13

as you can see from the photo, i started this experiment 8-14-13.  then i moved them to a hotel for a few weeks.  on 9-17-13 i started the batch with the new scobys.  i put all three small discs in to brew.  within a few days the new larger baby scoby started to form.

I WAITED ABOUT 16 DAYS for the brew to finish...

IT WORKS !!!

I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BREWED A BATCH OF DELICIOUS KOMBUCHA FROM THIS EASY HOMEMADE SCOBY.

UPDATE 1-31-14

i have continued to this date to make 6 more DELICIOUS batches...

AND... my scoby hotel is more like a "RESORT"

in conclusion...there is no need to hunt down a scoby or pay for a kit with shipping and handling.  all you need is a little patience and a few bucks for a bottle of GT's RAW ORIGINAL KOMBUCHA

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