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  • Growing kombucha SCOBY

    Posted by Igor Berlenko on November 12, 2023 at 04:53

    In the course about kombucha which was amazing, it’s suggested to purchase a SCOBY from friends, which worked fine for me, but later on my friends recommended to try growing my own from a soil. The reason behind was explained to me, as SCOBY grown from my own soil would contain wider range of yeasts more suitable to my environment, as opposite to most commercially grown SCOBYs contain only few specific ones. In other words, it’s same situation as using commercial yeast which is usually Saccharomyces cerevisiae species only, as opposite to growing your sourdough which contains a hundreds of different yeasts from the enviornment. My inquiry is about further instructions on growing my own SCOBY, if you have experience to share I would appreciate to know which soil should I choose and what would be the exact process to grow my own SCOBY feeding it with molasses.

    Sol Damiani replied 1 year ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Sussan ScoolinaryTeam

    Administrator
    November 12, 2023 at 20:30

    Hi, @igor-berlenko

    I never heard of growing Scoby on soil, only the common way.
    I searched the internet for information but without any positive results.
    It must be a very interesting process. We will wait for the opinion of a colleague who can help you with more information on your query.
    Greetings.

  • Yair Ben Zvi

    Member
    November 13, 2023 at 13:45

    Hi

    To disclose, I’ve never made a scoby myself.

    I think there might be a confusion here with the use of the word “soil” in your message.

    Perhaps a translator was used?

    Before the kombucha became popular worldwide, it was a homemade “fungus tea” in the soviet union (чайни гриб).

    As far as I know, anyone could make their own fungi- or scoby, it would just take a lot longer.

    Here is a classic recipe (can be translated, thanks Google 😊):

    https://skuratovcoffee.ru/kombuchahome

    • Sol Damiani

      Administrator
      November 13, 2023 at 15:14

      Thanks for your help @yairybzgmail-com 🙌

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