Hello everyone!!!
It has been 6 days since I started my fermentation project.
My updates:

Slowly but surely my scoby is growing. Yes, it does takes some time but I'm excited about the progress!!!
Also there is a lot of precipitation on the bottom of the jar.
Then I thought what could be the cause for such a slow growth....maybe I have chosen too big of a jar.
So I decided to transfer some of the "sludge" to a smaller jar. Maybe it will feel more "comfortable" there)))

That's the best picture I could take; it is hard to see but on the sides small pieces of "sludge".

Here is the final picture:

First I made sweet tea, like I would normally do for myself.
 Then I dumped  the entire bottle of store bought kombucha into the jar I plan to keep it in.

Then, I filled up the jar with the sweet tea from the previous step. Added as much tea as I could to get the level of the liquid somewhere within a half- to quarter-inch of the top. As close to the narrowest part of the jar as possible. 

Sampled the mixture to make sure it tastes properly sweet.

 
Topped with cheesecloth and put it in a warm or at least room-temperature place where it can sit undisturbed for a while.

Also an interesting observation that I have noticed is that the kombucha drink that I have bought in the store is very fizzy

I will let you guys know who is my kombucha doing and about any changes that I have noticed.

Let the fun begin!!!!

 I have never made my own kombucha and today I'll try to make the scoby mother from the kombucha drink and some other ingredients I bought. I went to a local whole food store and got Organic Raw kombucha drink to start my scoby with. I could not make up my mind what kind to buy so I bought two. I'll try to see the difference in taste and look of the scoby that I'm going to get.



As i have mentioned earlier, I would need following ingredients:
1. Raw kombucha
2.A clean, glass jar
3. Sugar
4. Tea, I will use black loose leaf one.
5. Clean cloth, I use sterile gauze I pilfered from a first aid kit and it works just fine. 

Hello everyone!!!
I have decided to make kombucha or how I call it chajnij grib. I'm originally from Belarus, it is a small country next to Russia. I remember drinking kombucha when I was little at my grandma's house. So pretty much this drink has been with me all my life. When I moved here I brought it with me. It is very popular drink over there and considered to be very health. In USA there are many controversial opinions about kombucha. Some consider it  very healthy, the ancient Chinese even called it "immortal health elixir", while others think it can cause disease or even be fatal. Nevertheless, I'm very excited to share my knowledge about it and eventually share the drink itself.
For my kombucha I'm going to need following:
3 1/2 quarts water
1 cup white sugar
 2 tablespoons loose black tea
1 scoby per fermentation jar