what is my scoby supposed to look like after a week?

November 29, 2011

Can anyone give some pointers here? I started my own scoby by scratch, using a

raw Kombucha (GTs) and its been about a week.

During the first 4-5 days my brew was bubbling away. Tiny effervescent bubbles

were fermenting and I started to get some nice floatees.

Its now been about 9 days and there is a thin coat across the top of my jar, but

all of the fermenting seems to have stopped; there are no more bubbles coming up

and there is a lot of sediment on the bottom.

No mold though.

I have a light on the jar to help it stay warm and I have the top covered with a

towel, so it can breath.

Is my scoby dead, or am I just being too impatient? Some feedback would be

great.

My orignal recipe was

1qt water

2/3 Cup of sugar

about 3 black tea bags and 3 green tea bags (loose Jasmine and green tea)

1 bottle of raw Gts Kombucha

thanks ahead of time for the feedback.

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