Milk and water kefir vs. kombucha--is kombucha harder? and mold...

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I've been doing really well with my milk and water kefir. They each thrive. So

naturally I went on to try Kombucha. I got my healthy scoby in the mail and cut

it (plastic knife) to fit my jar, and reduced other ratios accordingly.

Now it is day 4 and my scoby looks weird. I don't think it is growing mold, per

se, but on one side (near where it touches the jar) it is light brownish-grey,

bubbly, kind of like caviar! Not flat and furry like mold on bread at all. The

rest of the scoby looks okay and is growing a tremendous beard. I've compared it

to hundred of scoby photos on the web and I can't see anything like it.

This is so different than milk kefir, which I once let sit too long and it grew

a pink color, which looked so strange I knew it was not good. The water kefir

grains seem to be quite happy no matter what, they aren't very picky. They

bounce around in the jar and seem to have a life of their own.

Thanks for any info.

Kim