How to Grow a Kombucha SCOBY

Feb 20, 2018

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My personality type (INFP-T) lends me to attempting things that are novel — like growing a Kombucha SCOBY. Or owning a button maker.

Why purchase a kombucha SCOBY when you can grow your own. Right?

However, if you would rather purchase a SCOBY, my favorite kit is from Kombucha Kamp that you can snag here (for those of you reading in an email, go directly to my blog for the link).

The most important ingredient that you need is patience. Growing your own SCOBY will take a few weeks.

(NOTE: the pictures were originally featured in my InstaStory. The purpose of this article is NOT to tell you why you should drink kombucha, but instead to show you how to grow a SCOBY.)

Ingredients to Grow a SCOBY

a pot to boil water
filtered water
1 tsp of organic cane sugar
1 tsp of organic Jasmine tea
raw store bought kombucha (my favorite is Presto)
1 quart Mason jar
paper towel
a teaspoon
rubber-band

How to Make SCOBY Food

Measure out 1 cup of filtered water and pour into a pot to heat on the stove.

Bring water to a boil and add 1 tsp of Jasmine tea.

Then add 2 tsp of organic cane sugar (I typically purchase mine from Green Bean or Costco).

Allow tea mixture to cool.

Meanwhile, pour bottle of raw (unflavored) kombucha into your Mason jar.

Strain cooled sweet tea into Mason jar.

Cover and store in a safe location where the unborn baby SCOBY can grow into adulthood.

I simply use a paper towel with a rubber band over the birthing baby. She usually sits beside my continuous brew.

Actually, what am I smoking?

I grew this SCOBY from scratch just for this blog post. You see, my continuous brew method came from birthing my own SCOBY with Presto Kombucha.

Allow the Mason jar to sit for possibly up to 2 weeks before actually starting to brew Kombucha for drinking. After the SCOBY has become 1/4 inch thick you can begin to ferment kombucha using the continuous brew method or in a bowl (lacking a spout and requiring you to clean . . . every . . . . single . . . time.) But maybe you like extra work?

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