How To Grow A SCOBY From Scratch 

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Lmaoooo love the comment I’m only 22 and first time hearing scoby Guess theirs a first for everything 😂😂🤷🏻‍♂️

It's actually an acronym of: symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. There. You just learned something else.

Scoby doby doo

Raven Matthew you need a starter culture somehow. Easier to use one you know works and is good other than guess.

@@kakashi1234777 but... What if all the kombucha in the world disappeared.... How would one go about making it? That's what I'm wondering and can't find an answer to.

Raven Matthew it’s a mixture of bacteria and yeast. There are thousands of different kinds. If they all died off no kombucha I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Raven Matthew it’s made up of Acetobacter, Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus, Gluconacetobacter, Zygosaccharomyces. Pretty much a bunch of bacteria and yeast. There is a bunch that is just in the wild. I don’t think we would be around if they all died.

kakashi1234777 Right. But it would be cool to see a video on how to harvest all those organisms without buying an existing kombucha brew. In prisons, inmates are able to brew alcohol. They get yeast by doing stuff like chewing on paper and spitting it into their sugary liquid. Are there more sanitary ways of culturing the organisms used in kombucha? Perhaps by some natural process involving fresh fruits and vegetables? That’s also what I thought this video was going to be.

alien growing? lmao

I call it an alien as well because it totally is !

@shinyvids k if you see this please explain is this used on the second ferment because I love hibiscus and have a bunch I bought recently..

@shinyvids k thanks for your quick reply.. Now I don't have a Scoby so this with store bought kombucha is alright?

@shinyvids k thanks one more question how much if tea, sugar and water please

Thank you!

Ohhhh please! You need a starter. It takes longer to make a scoby from a starter than from adding a developed scoby.

You can boil the water in your kettle, and make tea!

at molecular level microwaving, heating or inducting or rubbing your palms against each other ...all are same. Heating meang, raising the speed of the molecules of a substance, it doesn't matter how you do it.

Yay! I’m so glad!

Jen Spice hahahahaha. I’m reading the comments and here you are. I’m so not stalking you.

@@positivelyprobiotic8918 Awesome! I have a Jun on the go and a lovely Hibiscus Kombucha that is so good we decant about a gallon a week. The kids love it!

If I have extra Scoby what should I do with it where should I save it in Reefridge or on top of the kitchen counter thank you so much your video is very helpful.

Jen Spice how do you make the hibiscus kombucha?

On craigslist and kijiji you can find them for $5, plus you won't have to wait weeks for your scoby to form

@@rivahkillah can you trust buying a scoby from some random individual on Craigslist

I drank half my kombucha and there is already a scoby forming in the bottle, so I'll just grow it out, I'm patient

@@KrazieSevin Perhaps. If you're going to their house and they're willing to drink from some of the starter fluid.

I paid $3 for mine at the farmers market. You over pay

I realize this is from 5mo ago, but, generally for brewing, set aside one-to-two cups of matured kombutcha from each brew to use as starter tea for the next batch. That way you always have "fresh" starter tea. Older scoby layers will stop producing as well, and can be discarded, but since you make a new "baby" every time you make a brew, you'll always have plenty of scobe to work with. Generally, you can keep a scoby "layer" going for about 4 brew cycles before it starts to "age out." But, it's a living entity, so this will vary!

The mother of all scobys

You can leave your scoby for forever as far as I know as long as it’s in some starter. You want to “feed” your starter each month to give it something to eat. You’ll have fabulous starter tea for when you decide to brew again.

I’ve only used the unflavored kombucha so I can flavor it the way I want without mixing flavors.

That’s sounds tasty😀

HAHA! We are.

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Charlie everything and the red dyed tea tabs too? I guess she did say “don’t get judgy, it’s not organic!” I was successful in making my first SCOBY following these simple instructions. For that, I am grateful 🥰

Ahahahhahahhahaahhah! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🙌🙌🙌🙌

I had the exact same thought!! I love the vid and channel, but please tell your kids we don't ever put metal in the microwave! I don't know if the water kept the sparks from flying or what...pretty interesting. all in all though a fantastic video. Loved seeing the Kham yeast part and that it's ok to keep going if that happens. Very informative so thank you!

Lerissa thank you!! My first thought was “well she just radiated her water and tea which KILLS all good things”. Don’t microwave anything that you want to ferment. You kill ALL good things. If you check out other people’s scoby s from start that use boiled or purified water their scoby is but nicer looking.

@@noniabizinezz6867 Clearly you don't understand how a microwave works. It's not killing things with radiation. A microwave in consumer grade products, just excites the atoms which then creates heat, just like a flame does.

@@Resist4 , first i was a USN USMC Corpsman, later a USN Officer. (1976 - 1996, and 1997 to present in civilian healthcare) I have worked in Nuclear, Hazmat and Xray areas, so i might know a little bit more about radiation than stating something from a textbook. Yes what you stated is correct but out of context via making it sound safe. When one works in radiation we wear TLD (measure the rads we have been in contact) devices that are tested weekly minimally and placed in our medical records for LIFETIME, for the radiation 1/2 life is longer than humans live, so it doesn't leave our bodies. We also wear anything from a lead apron to a lead hazmat suit depending on what level of radiation we are working with. NO ONE would go into a room that is radiated similar to what a microwave does even with a triple leaded hazmat suit; which is the max weight suit most people can wear and still move. Food which is microwaved still has low levels of radiation in it. That is eaten. Here is a scary question for you, ever see a radiation testing device sold with a microwave, how does one know if their microwave machine is in tact and not leaking? We have done studies on how smoking decreases our life span, but not anything about food microwaved. Radiation is shown to decrease lifespans, so why no studies on microwaved food? See my separate reply and do the plants test, before stating from microwave machine selling manual.

Dead to Self, Holy shit learn a basic understanding of physics and the different kinds of electromagnetic radiation before you type a load of horse crap. Ionizing radiation such as X-rays or y-radiation is many times more energetic than microwaves. They interact with matter in totally different ways. Also hazmat suits dont protect you from electromagnetic radiation.

I've been brewing for about 3 years and never filtered my water.

I know this post is older, but why use only unflavored kombucha? Just curious.

I don’t understand for your scobies having kombucha and how that is bad. Does your country not allow imported liquids? Scobies need a little bit of kombucha in them to stay alive while it ships to you. There are scobies available on Amazon. Try to order kombucha online and make your scoby from that. If you cannot get your hands on kombucha or scobies, do not try to ferment tea yourself and Frankenstein yourself a scoby. You will not be able to know what kind of bacteria grows and you can cause great illness or death.

@@kageoashj2912 most of the scoby, bacteria and yeast is in the liquid! It is absolutely important to put it in the tea/sugar mixture or it won't work. My sad experience

Just look up "second fermentation kombucha."

They have them at a lot of grocery stores where they keep the smoothies like Naked and Bolthouse. That would be a good place to look. I’ve bought Kombucha at Aldi, Walmart, Kroger, and Meijer. I’ve even seen them at gas stations :)

Lol no, they’re gonna get judgy about microwaving the tea...

Actually it depends on the amount of sugar in the liquid. If there is not enough sugar or if it’s cold, it will sink.

That’s awesome! I didn’t know if that would work or not, but that’s good to know!

I’m going to try that too!

Hi Matt! I’ve not heard of anyone using an Earl Gray for kombucha, but it’s fun to experiment! Good luck!

Dont use earl grey! Has oil in it

yeah, what is called starter tea is basically kombucha that has been left to ferment for a longer time and therefore gets more acidic, which then helps bring down the ph of a new batch, thus creating better environment for the scoby whilst protecting against mold and such

Joshua Yachouh Get of the metric train

Kristine Faith Ocampo you have to have some kumbucha for the scoby to grow or else it will die off

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Not likely. The tea towel looks like a cargo net compared to grains of rice (microbes), falling through the cargo net. The tea towel is to keep larger items from getting in, i.e. flies and other insects. The beneficial bacteria, yeast, and low ph will keep the bad stuff at bay.

Most homeschoolers teach their own children. You can order the plans and everything online.

I’ve started one with the Trilogy flavor and that turned out well.