[peggybac]

Where do you purchase a starter kit and what exactly is it?
Thanks.

[ClearCase_guy]

You really just need a SCOBY. That’s a Symbiotic Colony Of Bactria and Yeast. It’s like a floating disk that ferments your tea into Kombucha. Lots of helpful videos on Youtube. You can buy a SCOBY or you can make one from scratch using a bottle of store-bought Kombucha:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUqvSz4p3fw

[Irenic]

You can get a skin off Amazon. (kombucha scobies and starter tea) I like the water Kefir, delish! The Kombucha is harder for me to get down. It's fermented tea, the scobie is the skin/mold that grows on top.

[Organic Panic]

All you really need is a gallon jar and a bottle of unflavored kambucha from the store. I used those big 1 gallon ice tea jugs with the spout on the bottom and always see them at thrift stores. Drink the kambucha but not the last table spoon with the hazy stuff on the bottom. Make your recipe for the tea snd sugar mix (recipes all over the internet) mix in the last bit of commercial kambucha and set it aside about 70 degrees. Don’t want it too hot. And let nature run its course. Soon you will see a thin film of “SCOBY” (the yeast and bacteria) that will grow and grow everytime you top off your jug. Soon it will be so big you can divide it and get more jars going. I like it very sour so I let it ferment a long time. Just drink when you like how sour it is.

You can check health food stores or craigslist for people who will give you a “SCOBY” because they grow with each batch and need to be thinned out.

Fermenting is a big hobby of mine and I usually always have batches going.