Does SCOBY size matter in homemade kombucha? 

I started culturing mine in a 2 gallon jar, because at the time there were no 1 gallon jars available when I bought my several years ago. So my “SCOBY”, tends to be very large. I always use 2 cups of starter when making a new batch. When I get a bunch in my SCOBY hotel, I take the old ones and purée them and put them in a vinegar based salad dressing and get all the benefits of consuming the SCOBY. I know it may sound gross to most people, but try it it’s good and you would never know it is in your salad dressing. Just purée it up, mix with Apple cider vinegar, olive oil, minced garlic, salt, oregano, Dijon mustard. Here’s a recipe I use. FOR THE VINAIGRETTE: 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/4 cup good red wine vinegar or apple cider or any vinegar 1/2 cup good olive oil 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/4 of a SCOBY. Next, make the vinaigrette: Place the garlic, oregano, mustard, and vinegar in a small bowl and whisk together. Whisking constantly, slowly add the olive oil to make an emulsion. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and the pepper and taste for seasoning. Let me know how you like or even if you didn’t. Cheers! Love your videos.

I have made it with the left overs from store bought bottles after they set out for a while they get loogys in the bottom didn't use anything eles no liquid at all and I grew a beautiful scoby from loogys

A pH meter is ~$10 on Amazon. So for me, taste and pH dictates quality.

Hi, So my sister gave me a scoby but it's really fine (baby scoby) will it work for making kombucha?

I used a full bottle of Synergy pure in my gallon of sweet tea. More can't hurt right?

You can cook up the SCOBY. It's kind of like squid or octopus.

Is it wierd to used my sode stream to carbonate my kombucha. My second fermentation never carbonates like i want it to so usually after day 3 of second ferm. I just soda stream the rest

So how much % of starter tea should I use i regard to my sweet tea? 10%? 20%?

I only put 1 cup (250ml) second batch and it was fine. No difference imo. Second time I added 2 cups and we shall see how it goes. ❤️

I have the opposite question. Can there be too much SCOBY? That thing is pretty big now. I don't want to throw half of it in the garbage, so all of it goes into the next batch. Can that become a problem? I know I can make a "SCOBY hotel", but then I'll have to sacrifice some kombucha tea ;)

Can I cut my scoby in half?

You are spectacular. I have learned so much from you. I have rewatched all of your RU-vid posts many times. One gallon is in my fridge now and YUMMY. I now have 5 gallon bottles going now. All are 3.00 ph. Day 6 fermenting now. QUESTION: will it go lower? And tested today at 3.00 again. Should I test them again ? My 2 scoby hotels are also 3.00 . Plan on making black raspberry next - with added sugar. THANK YOU. I am a retired RN so know ph.

It’s not the size of the scoby it’s the motion in the the hotel.

Thank you for the videos… I’m learning a lot here.

I've been following your channel and I have a question about scoby hotel how often do I feed my scobys ? And thanks for all the info I'm going to order you book.

First of all - the cellulose doesn't do anything. It' the product, not the producent. The only thing the cellulose does is hold the liquid with becateria, so the size does matter, because the bigger the cellulose, the more tea it holds inside.

I’ve been wondering where you got the clothes that go over the jugs for the longest 😂 I have mine out and would like them to look kinda cute ☺️

Oops, I meant to say after I Cold Brew Tea for 3 days, then I remove tea. ♥️💗♥️

How do I stop my scoby's from sticking together in my 'nursery' jar please

Mine came with about 2 tbsp or less and it worked okay.

Hey, is there a way to pasturize our homemade Kombucha ?

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Hi there i am enjoying your video. One quick question - can I use beet sugar to brew Kombucha?