SCOBY

Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast

the weird slimy thing that makes kombucha

Using a prexistant SCOBY create basic recipe as if making Kombucha.

Scoby protocol:

• strong tea (or other source of tanins) + 10% sugar in weight
• using protocol and recipes from NOMA fermentation book making the tea and sugar in a smaller amount of water (no less that 1:1 ration of sugar:water) and dillute into full volume of starter batch
• use vinegar or backslop (kombucha) to lower PH to 4-4.5
• introduce SCOBY
• keep at warm temperture to increa and encourage growth

Observations:

• pre existent SCOBY from previous brews thick and small round circle
• currently roughtly 15cm or so in diameter