Old Kombucha?

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Hi, my name is Sonya and I started making Kombucha tea about 3 months

ago. The Kombucha I was given is very dark brown and only produces

very thin babies. My father was visiting recently and I gave him two

of them but they were also very thin. Does that mean he won´t be able

to make decent tea either? Those that I have seen on the internet are

always very white and big so I´ve started wondering if there´s

something wrong. I´m using a combination of black and green teas and

adding about 130g of white sugar per 1.5 litres of mineral water. I

have washed the Kombucha twice under the tap and I read today that I

shouldn´t have done that. Could you help me out? The final product

tastes ok but not as good as my friend´s. Thanks for your attention!