Re: How to get a kombucha scoby?

[Guest guest]

Peggy,

This group is very helpful to locate someone willing to send you a SCOBY for

postage, as well as information:

kombucha tea/

Nourished Kitchen just started a culture swap:

http://nourishedkitchen.com/

If you have a FreeCycle community near you, you can post for cultures.

Good Luck,

-PattyT

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> I would like to make kombucha and from the instructions I've found I need a

Kombucha Scoby. Are their places where it can be gotton for shipping cost, from

those who have it? Or purchased?

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[Guest guest]

Or you can get one from using a bottle of raw kombucha from the store:

Culturing Kombucha From Storebought Kombucha Tea without a scoby

1 Tea bag (black)

16 oz. pure water

¼ cup white sugar

16 oz. kombucha tea (starter tea)

Boil the water in a stainless steel pot, add sugar, turn off heat and stir sugar

until dissolved. Add teabags

and let soak for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove tea bags and allow to cool to room

temperature (overnight if

necessary). Pour into clean glass fermenting jar. Add the starter tea to the

jar. Cover securely with a

clean, breathable cloth, paper towel, or the like, and leave for one week or

more in a clean, warm, dark,

protected place. Observe after a week for the formation of a translucent white

scoby floating on top of

the tea, formed to the shape of the fermenting jar. When the brew has reached

the desired strength and

the scoby is observable and fairly white (rather than transparent), pour the

kombucha into glass jars or

bottles for storage. Stored kombucha will continue to ferment at a slower pace,

even producing small

scobies in the storage containers. Kombucha may be stored with or without

refrigeration

I did this, and it works.

Joy

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> > I would like to make kombucha and from the instructions I've found I need a

Kombucha Scoby. Are their places where it can be gotton for shipping cost, from

those who have it? Or purchased?

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