First batch, 7 days in, white fuzz

Is this still normal? Specifically the white fuzz? Smell is pungent, but good pungent, not foul …

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harsh3466@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 118d (1 reply)

That's bad mold. Gonna have to dump it. Just happened to me too on two batches in a row.

Dorgel@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 118d

Thank you, and everybody else. I tossed and sterilised. And i realised my ph level was too low, I needed more starter liquid for the amount of tea I went with (3 litres with 15 grams tea, 200g sugar, but only 200ml starter)

barkingspiders@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 118d

That looks like the bad fuzz to me, I would not recommend drinking that

degen@midwest.social · 4 pts · 118d (1 reply)

Talkin' dang ol' invasive whitestuff, man

- a, uhh, mushroom friend

Dorgel@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 118d

Boomhauer?

winkledinkle@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 118d

Kombucha doesn't fuzz. That's mold, toss it.

Kombucha does develop pellicle, but its smooth and kinda looks like jellyfish skin. That would be normal.