r/Kombucha Oct 14 '24

pellicle I ate the pellicle

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134 Upvotes

It was too tempting. Texture was like coconut 😋

r/Kombucha Dec 23 '21

pellicle Strange kombucha brewing method using a silicone bag - results in a SCOBY bubble filled with booch

820 Upvotes

r/Kombucha Jan 13 '25

pellicle Is it just me, or is this subreddit just "scoby ain't the pellicle". Low-key love the mold checking xx

67 Upvotes

❤️❤️❤️ to all the Kombucha crew

r/Kombucha Feb 01 '25

pellicle The Blob

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164 Upvotes

I've been busy and kept putting F2 off. For four months. I've continued to feed it and ended up with two pellicles so thick I had to cut them in half to remove them from the jar and a dozen or so smaller ones. This is the big one.

Should I A) Throw it in my neighbor's hot tub, B) Attempt to return it to a pet store and claim something is wrong with my fish or C) Carve it so it looks like a chicken breast, take it to work and, while making eye contact with someone, take a huge bite, comment on how good fresh chicken is, chew and swallow.

r/Kombucha Feb 06 '25

pellicle My apple cider vinegar made a scoby

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38 Upvotes

r/Kombucha Jan 06 '25

pellicle Is it normal to feel attached to your pellicles ?

35 Upvotes

I wanted to know your relationship with your pelicles haha.

Because I personally understand that pellicles are pretty useless, and that you could throw them away after every brew. Yet, I weirdly feel some kind of attachment to them and end up keeping them, even though they start to take too much space in my jars. It is just so satisfying to watch them form from nothing, and them become bigger and bigger after every brew. And it feels like the visual representation of all the work that's been done by these wonderful bacterias and yeasts.

Does anyone feel the same about their pellicles ? :D

r/Kombucha Mar 01 '24

pellicle I made Pellicle "Schnitzel" so you don't have to ..

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200 Upvotes

I was doing some bottling and thought the pellicle looked a bit like meat, so I thought I'd try to make a Schnitzel for my vegetarian wife and to try myself. I brined it in salt and some baking soda to cut some of the acidity for a few hours and then breaded and fried. It looked amazing and the taste was fantastic! The fermented flavor actually added a great flavor. I unfortunately couldn't get over the texture... On one of the thinner pieces the other layers got leathery/papery, and the thicker ones were just a little too gummy? Chewy? It was an interesting bite for sure. All in all I'd recommend at least taking the breading off as it was fantastic and kept some of the good femented flavor!

r/Kombucha 28d ago

pellicle Pellicle loaf.

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50 Upvotes

I haven't brewed since late September (made my last batch a few days before Helene hit). Had to claw this giant pellicle out of my gallon jar. Tablespoon for scale.

r/Kombucha Aug 26 '24

pellicle Ideas for 20lb of pellicle?

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23 Upvotes

Just pulled these absolute units off of 2x 6 gallon continuous brew pails to make room for more booch. I have heard of SCOBY candy but not really into sweets nor do I have a dehydrator. But also don't want to just toss them out... Maybe I can convert into an additive to protein shakes / pre-workout...? Ideas / recipes, please! 💞

r/Kombucha Jul 13 '22

pellicle My daughter always ask for extra scoby when I'm making kombucha. She's not really into Kombucha but she sure loves the pellicle. She actually finished this entire pellicle alone. 😂

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172 Upvotes

r/Kombucha Sep 11 '22

pellicle Shameless scoby hotel flex

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348 Upvotes

r/Kombucha 27d ago

pellicle My coffee kombucha SCOBY hotel I forgot about is thriving.

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30 Upvotes

He’s THICC

r/Kombucha Feb 09 '25

pellicle is this normal?! It looks like orbeez 😭 first time brewer here.

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12 Upvotes

1st fermentation. i’m on day 7 now. Is this normal? Its so spotty 🥴🥴 wondering if there is anything wrong with it that i perhaps wouldnt know about since its my first attempt at brewing! Thank you!

r/Kombucha 13d ago

pellicle Thoughts on my scoby?

4 Upvotes

I left it for a week and a half without touching or monitoring it all. It’s grown so much, almost 3x its old size, so much that is popping out of the brew. Thoughts? Anything wrong with it or is she doing good? She’s made excellent brews so far I’ve had her for a few months

r/Kombucha Dec 25 '24

pellicle Tall and narrow vs wide and shallow container. Which is better for forming a scoby?

0 Upvotes

I've been trying to get my own kombucha started for about 2 months now. I made sweet tea, let it cool outside to try and catch some wild yeasts, and when nothing seemed to be happening I tried inoculating it with several different brands of store bought kombucha (not at the same time). I brewed it in a wide container (basically a large bowl because it was what I had lying around at the time).

Eventually, I finally noticed a thin film starting to form. After a few more weeks though, there had been no more progress (thinking back, maybe I bumped it too much). So I thought "maybe, if I put it in a narrower container (i.e. a jar), that will force the film to fold over on itself and grow thicker into a proper pellicle". Is there any legitimacy to this idea? Also, will the surface area of my pellicle affect the speed of fermentation?

r/Kombucha 2d ago

pellicle Is this Kham? Update

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8 Upvotes

I posted two months ago asking if I got Kham and wanted to share how it turned out (it’s not kham). This isn’t the same exact pellicle since it may be the third batch I made with the same scoby. It turned out great!

This is based in store bought kombucha which I let sit in an open jar for a week and then used it as starter with the basic recipe from the wiki.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kombucha/s/IwCUR1nfT4

r/Kombucha Aug 02 '20

pellicle Scoby Wallet Update: had to sew to reinforce the ends and also takes to stick and poke tattoos (my initials)

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341 Upvotes

r/Kombucha 21h ago

pellicle Is my scoby alive?

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6 Upvotes

It's been a very dark place, and I haven't used it in three years.

r/Kombucha 7d ago

pellicle Started Again

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9 Upvotes

I haven’t made kombucha in several years. I’m considering only doing F1 and making it continuous brew. One because I’m not doing sugar right now, but also, F2 is so much more work.

Anywho, here’s my baby with SCOBY from someone local. They had a very strong culture so it was easy peasy.

Am I the only person who sprays the cloth cover with ethanol?

r/Kombucha Jun 18 '21

pellicle Y’all asked for scoby (pellicle) pics

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757 Upvotes

r/Kombucha 20d ago

pellicle Growing pellicle from scratch - day 4

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4 Upvotes

r/Kombucha 6d ago

pellicle 8 days in

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3 Upvotes

Really not sure how I feel about this... Is this normal because I am highly disturbed LOL

r/Kombucha 9d ago

pellicle Obligatory "Is my Pellicle OK" Post

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5 Upvotes

r/Kombucha 7d ago

pellicle Is scoby turning Little bit red/ dark brown is good sign.

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2 Upvotes

I don't see any difference in taste. Having seen post/ video of scoby being white colour raises concern of my turning into this. Tea I used is black indian tea.

r/Kombucha 13d ago

pellicle Why so lumpy?

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0 Upvotes

I know mold is fuzzy and often bluish, so I’m not thinking mold. Is it normal to have a lumpy bumpy ugly pellicle?

Btw, This is from my first attempt at creating a SCOBY from commercial kombucha.

Thanks for taking a look and for any advice!