wild kombucha starter?

[CactusCrab]

I was looking around to see if anyone has created a SCOBY from wild yeast and almost everyone said that it's nearly impossible. but why? why can you ferment tea like you can other things. so i went outside with a knife and some clean labeled bags and collected a few different things. i collected oak bark, birch sap, apple bark, spruce sap, tamarack bark and sap, and some flowers and fruits. some of these things should contain yeast, so why dont i just use them to ferment tea? when i asked some question on other sites they all said i would need a store bought SCOBY of some kind. i have lots of different samples and i was wondering if anyone had any tips of how i should do this. i am not intending this to work the first time but i have a lot of time and a lot of tea so why not try?

 

[pvpeacock]

A SCOBY is not just yeast. It is a "Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast." That means the yeast and bacteria need to work together. I'm no biologist, but I assume that not all yeast will work in tandem with the bacteria needed to make Kombucha. Also, I'm not sure where you would get the needed bacteria in the wild.

 

[CactusCrab]

you make a good point, so far i have done no thinking about this, all i have done is take a large knife to some trees and hope for the best. i have a feeling that when i finally figure out what i'm going to do with all of my samples im gonna end up with a jar full of green tea flavoured vinegar. i'm currently looking for sources of the main bacteria used in it, and i may not create an exact store bought SCOBY but i might end up with something close