How to Grow Your Own Kombucha Mother!

You can try the following:
Put some of the pure unpasteurized kombucha in a glass, cover it with a cloth and just wait until you get a mushroom. This works for me.

Always add some of your kombucha tea to your tea of your new batch to make it sour.

Yes, I know. I used unpasteurized. I tried 4 times and it didn't work. I gave it one last go and it's 'brewing' right now. This time I put in 3 mini-scobies, strong black tea, and a bit more sugar than the previous batches. Hope it works. I'm spending more on this experiment than if I'd just gone and bought a damn scoby.

It doesn't work with pasteurised kombucha tea.

This didn't work for me. It's been way over 2 weeks and a mushroom didn't form. I did 4 different teas, and none worked. Weird thing, though, is none went bad, either. My room smells like wine :). But only some foam type stuff on top and that's it. I keep thinking it might work so I leave them; but I suppose I should dump them now. I did throw one out at the very start because a fruit fly got in and the spot where it landed turned molded.

Keep in mind that your kombucha mushroom needs nitrogene from the tea to grow, oxygene to breath and sugar to eat. So never use a hermetic cover.

Don't move your jar for > 7 days or there won't grow a new mushroom. If you wait longer, your new mushroom still grows on top, but your tea becomes even more sour. You have something like vinegar after around 20 days, but this acid protects your mushroom, too.

Normal is a water to sugar ratio of 10:1, but I use a bit less sugar.

Started mine last week, but I live in the mountains... so my house never gets all that warm, even on top of the fridge. Checked it yesterday and I saw the carbonation bubbles... so I assume its working. Also, I got a tea jub with a spigot thinking I could do a continous batch, just replace what kombucha I take out with new sweet tea. Any feedback on that? Also, what would you say the ration of sugar to tea is... cup sugar for how many cups tea?? Thanks!

Do a Google search on "kombucha mushroom"...and you should find some suppliers. I found some there myself. Best wishes with it!

Is there a followup, Guys? Really appreciate this vid; but need to know what next!
would also be helpful to know how to store the mushroom. Also, is it indefinite? Will I never have to make another mother? Lots of questions; I have not found a really good explanation of the process. Your short vid, here, is actually the best, and most easily explained I've seen.
Now, about that followup...

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Thanks for this informative video! I can't wait for someone to go snooping through my room and find the murky jar with a fat layer of mother in my closet.

walmart my friend 10 bucks for a huge glass jar with lid

I purchased High Country Kombucha tee and opened it and took a few drinks, then I let it sit at room temperature for a couple of hours, then refrigerated it and then the next day I had a mini baby.

well, on top, there´s green mold, but on the ground there´s white,scummy and wet stuff. do you think I can still use the kombucha that´s developing on the ground, even though there´s mold on top?
thanks a lot for your support. greatly appreciate it!!!

green fuzzy mold? No, don't use that! But if it is like a bunch of scummy looking wet stuff, that is the way it should look.

alright thanks! I started my tee-sugar-culture one week ago and it has green mold on opt of it. is that normal?

can you get the bottle of starter off the internet? i cant find it anywhere...