IMAGE: Transmission of Culture

I enjoy kombucha, but was hesitant to try making it myself. I’ve made homemade yogurt before to save money, and it was more work than I cared to keep doing. On a whim I decided to strain some bits of lively-looking culture from a bottle of organic-store-bought kombucha and follow Marc’s lead as show in these pictures and linked video.

And wouldn’t you know, it was easy and effective: it grew to this size after a week, upon which I upgraded the jar and brewed for another week, and by yesterday looked like this. (I’ll figure out how to do a cool slideshow later).  Hardly any work at all, it’s just like keeping a goldfish!  A creepy immobile goldfish. Whose tankwater you drink. I poured some of the tea off and tasted it: could be tangier, so I added more and am waiting til the Equinox to test again.

Also, I had dubbed the SCOBY “Crony” in reference to David Cronenberg, because it seemed like something out of his signature body horror films (Google for images from “eXistenZ” or “Videodrome” if you’re not familiar), but I’m susceptible to zeitgeist so am now calling it “Mother Monster”. If I get an avant-garde cease-and-desist missive from Lady Gaga, I’ll totally post about it!

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