Kombucha Starter Tea | Grow SCOBY From Scratch | 16 oz Bottle | Live Cultures for Brewing 1 Gallon of Homemade Kombucha Tea | By The Kombucha Company

With 6 to 7 years brewing experience, I know all you need is starter tea. The bottles arrived, I opened the bag and placed each separately bagged bottle on the counter. Yes, the bottom of each bottle bulged, as expected. Good sign of healthy tea! And it smells very healthy!! I continuous brew in a large dispenser with a spigot. I used both bottles (16oz each) following the recipe for 1 bottle. I like to keep it strong while introducing different water, different sugar, new environment. In a week I’ll add the other gallon of sweet tea. Added a picture my brewing of vessel & one taken after 5 days; good healthy formation of the “scoby/mother” ph was 3.0. So I added the 2nd gallon of sweet tea. Happy brewing! Update 3 weeks later I’m now enjoying my fizzy sparkling brew fight from the tap! Thankful I found your product!

This made it so easy to start making my own kombucha. After reading a ton of articles on how to make it, I decided to try this starter and let it form it's own pelicle and it worked perfectly! I'm now on my third batch (1 gallon), and have a scoby jar constantly going so I can make a new batch whenever I want: I just throw the pelicles in a gallon jar about half full of starter each time I am ready for a second ferment. The instructions are easy and clearly written, and my kombucha has tasted fantastic! If I ever end up needing another starter, I would 100% buy this again.

Ok ,I wrapped my bottle in a dish towel, (Don't shake it. Keep it with as little movement as possible). and placed it in the refrigerator from March 6 thru March 9 .. When I checked it today it had some give when squeezed the bottle,( not much but some. ) I couldn't open it, So my husband put a towel on the top and used pliers,and actually got the bottle opened. It did not fizz all over the place. However this stuff is really active. So glad I didn't trash it. Good product. The company just has to figure out how to get it to us so this doesn't keep happening. I AM happy with this product. Having trouble submitting this review. Product is unusable. Bloated bottle won't sit flat on countertop. Cap is not budging, probably a blessing as it might explode. This product is non refundable.

I bought this to save my almost dried out SCOBY. I brewed it and poured it in and it happily making a new one. It saved the day.

I was skeptical because of past experiences with other starters. Because I'm in the middle of a move, the bottle I bought sat in the refrigerator for over 6 months. I finally decided that I better do something with it or toss it. 2 weeks ago I mixed up a batch, not really expecting it to do anything because it's been so long. IT GREW! There's a healthy pellical mat forming in the jar! I can't wait to start brewing!

Update- The seller reached out and offered to replace or refund the item. I appreciate the seller trying to fix the issue. The bottle arrived with the bottom already bent outward. I just thought this was a different shaped bottle and thought nothing of it, until I tried to open the bottle and it exploded all over my kitchen. Will not be purchasing this again

My very first time making Kombucha and it turned out perfect, exactly how I wanted it! The starter liquid that comes inside of the purchased Scoby didn't have enough enough starter liquid so I added one half bottle of Kombucha starter with what comes with the Scoby and I had another Scoby larger than my original because the glass was a one gallon wide mouth. My second fermentation I added frozen fruit and powdered ginger because I didn't have fresh ginger and I love ginger so much! I loved ♥ the passion fruit, lemon 🍋, and ginger the best!! It was carbonated and perfect! You can also use this Kombucha to make your own Scoby if you don't want to buy one. YouTube has many videos that are available to help you make the perfect Kombucha and Scoby. Don't just watch one. Watch several.

After reading the reviews I took the jump knowing that customer service was pretty active to other issues people had. I am currently on day three and it’s alive!!! No SCOBY was used, just the bottle that arrived, tea, sugar and water. I’m really excited as I see it actually giving off lots of bubbles and growth happening on the top! Really excited. So far, so good.

It worked perfectly for my first try at making a scoby . And it already tastes so good. It has been ten days, tested the ph last night it is 2.68 . Going to start my second batch Today yay, and putting it in bottles so pleased my adventure begins.

I really wanted this to work but... it didn't. I've fermented kombucha from fully grown scobie before, so I thought this would just take a little longer. It never fermented, I waited over 3 months before I realized it wasn't gonna happen.