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Heres the thread where someone made their own Scoby. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=527968

Sorry I have only just seen your reply. No problem, here is the link: http://www.caffeinatedpdx.com/blog/2011/3/24/kombucha-a-new-and-kind-of-weird-way-to-drink-tea.html

I have not looked at this thread for a while but it sounds like your getting addicted to brewing now haha. Sounds like you have had some ups and downs too. Its all trial and error when your a newbie to kombucha brewing, I know I was the same doing things wrong and I sometimes do now. It could...

Thank you, someone who finally agrees with me :)

I have gone back to the site where I found the info and it doesn't say anything about being bad. It does say it might be a reason why some kombuchas come in a brown bottle—the companies don’t want you to see the sludge. So if it sells it can't be bad.

I always stick a straw in and taste mine 4-5 days in. Has the PH lowered yet?

I have had a bit of a Google search about this because it would be good to know for my own benefit and I can across this.. As it develops, the kombucha looks like a cider that has been left out to sit too long, with threads of yeast and bacteria floating around like seaweed and piling up on the...

Have you ever heard of vinegar eels? It could be these? they are harmless and nonparasitic but eventually they will start to kill your culture. I didn't know about these until I read somewhere on another kombucha forum and I googled them. Maybe just do a quick google search see if they are...

So I was googling Kombucha recipes the other day for a few more ideas and I came across Kombucha in smoothies. So I did a google search on Kombucha smoothies and there are so many recipes! who knew you could add kombucha into your smoothies. Now I have read mixed reviews with this; why would you...

This post has got me very confused. I have always known its 1 cup of sugar but I never knew about measuring the amount of sugar in my batch.

Looks like a thin slimy scoby. How big is it in size? Have you started a new batch with this scoby?

What made you want to use Ph minus? Had you seen it in a recipe somewhere? On the new batch you started did you use the same scoby? It'd be good to know for those who might end up in your shoes :)

Or even any larva?

Same here

Did you not get any fruit flys?

To me it looks fine. The brown/black bit can be off putting but it does look like yeast. I know I was put off when this happened to me and I googled a few images about yeast in scoby/kombucha tea and the images were similar to yours.

If it was me I would throw it and start again. Because you found a fruit fly and it left larva behind. But its up to you to take which peoples advice (Keep or not to keep) If it was other fermented food and you found a fly, the question is, would you eat that?

How did it taste? How long was it left brewing for?

Superdown has pretty much covered all the points. Very great tips you have given there. Many beginners to kombucha like to start off using black tea or green tea, have you thought about which tea you are going to use first? Like superdown said you can add 1tbsp of apple cider vinegar, but I have...

Wow! 4 - 6 months thats a long time shelly. I have read where people have left them for about 4 weeks and they have tasted like vinegar? What temp did you store them at, was it the normal 70-75 degrees? Or have I read the post wrong and you made the batch 6 months ago and its still going stong..??