My Square Scoby: A Kombucha Tale

in #health7 years ago (edited)

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I’ve been brewing Kombucha for a little over a year now. This journey started when I was given a scoby by a friend, and I hit up good old Google for some advice. Most articles explained that Kombucha scobys need an extremely bacteria free environment to flourish, and I took that advice very literally.

Medical gloves, medical grade sanitizer, gallons of vinegar, bleach, you name it...I bought it all. To say I was being OCD about keeping my scobys clean and safe is a dramatic understatement. I even figured out the coolest space in my refrigerator to keep the scobys happy.

One day, I had my scoby-giving friend over. I over-zealously showed her all of surgical-grade Kombucha supplies, and she just starts laughing at me.

“I keep mine in the linen closet near the cat litter”, she said.

I asked, “You don’t need to be that careful?”

“No.”, she said, laughing at me.

I moved them to my linnen closet, and they’re doing so well, they formed a whole other scoby on top in the shape of the container. I’ve never seen a square scoby before, but here you go, for your viewing pleasure:

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Hi there,

I am too lazy to go to google or youtube for the recipe but I would really appreciate if you can share the recipe with me or a video will do. I am somebody with the common interest.

Thanks!

I have upvote the post. you can follow my page as well.

I should be starting a new brew next week. I’ll make sure to make an entire post on how to start your own.

You're so lucky your friend gave you a scoby! 😮 I have been wanting to make my own kombucha for so long now but I can't get my hands on a scoby! 😂

Thanks for sharing this, I can't wait for a full recipe! 🌱

I’ll be making a second post on how to grow your very own scoby. It’s really simple, it just takes having patience.