Scoby care part 1~ how to start your Kombucha

When you get your scoby, it will be in a small 6 ounce jar. You must baby it, in order to grow it.

Week 1~ brew 6 bags of black tea in a quart mason jar. When warm,  remove bags and add one and a half cups of sugar. I use raw cane sugar.  When room temperature, add scooby and starter liquid. Keep in a warm place with a loose lid for 7 days.

Week 2~ Harvest your booch. Leave enough liquid to cover scoby. Repeat week 1

Week 3~ Harvest again.  Brew 10 bags of black tea in a half gallon jar.  When warm, remove bags and add 2 cups of sugar.  When room temperature, add scoby and starter. Seven days later, you can harvest or begin a second ferment.

Do not use herbal or green tea honey or other sweeteners in this process. You must use only sugar and black tea.  You may add fruit for flavor during the second fermentation.  Watch for those instructions in a part two of this post.

If you notice baby stories growing during this process, you may harvest them and begin with step 1. Be sure to include starter liquid.