I got MOLD on my Kombucha SCOBY 

Congratulations on getting monetized!! Holy cow bells lol. Great video Liz! If anyone can figure out how to prevent mold, it's you. Love your happiness. Super cute mug too! 💗💞🌸

Hi LIz just thought I would drop you a line to tell you yay!!!!!! No mould on my kombucha.....its been a long process but finally I did it. Thank you so much for your advice greatly appreciated and when I had my first glass I thought of you. Cheers and have a great day

Using a pH meter should be standard practice. Not just because you’ll know from the start that your pH is at the right level to avoid mold, but also because you’ll get a better understanding of how *little* starter is actually needed if it’s very strong. Under pH 4.5 is safe, but the way the pH scale is calculated is not linear, so the stronger the starter the less of it you actually need to get your brew in the safe zone. Anyone using volumetric measures of starter, and wondering why they get wildly varying results from batch to batch, need only start measuring pH to quickly work out the reason! There’s no need to guess all the time when it’s so quick, easy, and cheap to get precise accurate data to guide you.

There is some black mold on the top of the inside of my metal container but doesn't appear to be any on the scoby or in the kombucha liquid. The scoby has continued to grow to the size of the container and seems healthy. Is it necessary to dump out the liquid and throw the scoby away even if the ferment reaches a safe PH?

Holy Cow Bells!!!! bahaha 🤣 Im so tempted to buy a scoby from you ... 🤔 Im still trying with this scoby i got from a friend ... who started over with a new one .... 😬 i don't want to give up ... yet I want kombucha now! LOL

I have started a batch without using a starter I just used the SCOBY to start a batch of jun for the first time it worked out good.

I just got mold first time and it was a thin layer of black and what looked like fine dirt weird.

I got mold because I used a scoby that was in a hotel too long and almost dried out.

The mold was on the surface and it was green. I think some oranges that went bad which had the same green color mold was the culprit.

That is interesting I didn’t know how important pH is I need to get one of those!

I have mold in my Scoby hotel and my kombucha :( this is my first time doing this and I don’t have more scobys 😣

Where can you get strong starter tea to avoid molds?

I just got mold! Ugh! I could tell it was mold because it looked just like the little green fuzzy spot I had found on my hamburger bun a few days ago. But it wasn’t just one spot. There were many spots! This is my second batch of kombucha ever. My friend gave me a scoby and tea she received as a Mother’s Day present. She asked me to brew it. I did a great first batch, which now is in second fermentation in grolsch style bottles. I had a nice scoby that grew in the first fermentation and I stupidly added that to my new batch plus the small piece of scoby from the gifted kombucha and a skin of kombucha that grew in the few days in my scoby hotel. Yep, rookie mistake, because I threw all of it away. Mold was only on top of the new scoby growth so I am now wondering if any of those scoby could have been saved? I started over with a disinfected gallon jar, fresh black sweet tea, and a bottle of the second fermentation kombucha from my first brew. I hoping this will grow a new scoby. My kombucha tea from my second fermentation had cranberry juice added to it but after 4 days in the bottle had no carbonation. Should I start over completely? Purchase a new scoby? Will this work as I have it? I used decaf black tea, could that have anything to do with the mold? I hope you can help. I got so excited about my brew! I was planning new flavors to try and going to start another batch do I could have two going at the same time. I ordered more bottles and stuff!

I'm quite confusing with my kombucha mold. First timr I tried without the starter, it became molded very fast which I suspected might be the tea and the location storage (store quite close to sink). Second time which still without starter tea (somewhere dry), at beginning starting it be like good, new scoby grown on top, but then after 2 weeks added with more sugar, another new scoby formed but then it started to mold just like yours.

Hi I really need help from anyone. is the kombucha has mole can be clean and reuse scoby? my 1st time did it is good but the Second time about 6 Months ago I did it without the starter tea few days later it grow very ugly look on the top( I don’t recall it was mole or not). I removed whatever look ugly and I drain it and continue brew on same tea and same Scoby . After few time I add new tea the scoby grow very healthy but the tea look dirty. my question is if was a mole in my brew but now not grow mole any more can I still use it scoby? is it going to cost you health problem? Thank you

I was curious how bad is it to keep a scoby hotel in plastic?

I think I have mold on my apple cider vinegar. I did not have a scoby and I think what I did wrong trying to make to much from the beginning.

Someone said if you get mold it will stink. Did it stink? 2 yo video you prob don't remember.. I started a gallon with a scoby and tea that i got on line for ten bucks, but it only came with .. maybe .. a half cup of tea at best. It's been brewing for two weeks and smells like mild alcohol beer smell, not strong at all.This is my first kombucha brew, I hope it doesn't kill me.. LoL PS.. I clean all bottles and utensils, then sterilize in the oven. Bake @ 250 / 15 - 20 min.

Oh man my last 3 batches I have encountered mould. I don't know what I am doing wrong, this must be my 15th batch and all of a sudden I am getting mould. What I am having trouble with now is not enough starter tea. I do have scoby's but not sure how to go about making starter tea as my scoby hotel has only a little bit of starter tea left. Any suggestions I am so missing my Kombucha lol.

No mold yet ... 😬 Im nervous

Never had mold but one of my first batches tasted sour, like tea that had been left out of the refrigerator. I think it was the same problem though, not enough starter tea.

Usually if using flavored tea will up the chances of getting mold. If the environment is not acidic enough or not enough starter liquid also encourages mold. 🙂