I received a scoby yesterday and have no clue where to start.

Any help would be much appreciated!

@spacecoyote said:

There are many recipes available online.

Thanks buddy. I am well versed in the ways of google. Was hoping there was a real person I talk too rather than just following a recipe.

@KimboSlice said:

@spacecoyote said:

There are many recipes available online.

Thanks buddy. I am well versed in the ways of google. Was hoping there was a real person I talk too rather than just following a recipe.

try the forum at northernbrewer or midwest.... i remember someone posting on one of those to sites a while back...
NB's forum MidWestern

the NB forum is much more active, but medwestern is more like .net

you can message me if you have any questions, ive been brewing for about 6 months.

my standard recipe is 1 gallon of water, 2.5 cups sugar, 2 iced tea bags, 8 flavored tea bags

just brew tea with sugar and let cool to room temperature, then add to your scoby
let sit for 5-7 days and then harvest, after each brew cycle save about 10% of your kombucha to add to the next batch, this will jump start it and make sure nothing bad brews, after a couple cycles your scoby will get thick and you can peel the top layer off and use that for a new batch.
i havent really done much research but the kid who gave me my scoby told me how to brew and its worked fine for me so far. good luck. like i said message me if you have any questions, i just turned on a good friend TODAY with a starter brew

EDIT: forgot to mention that your brew jar should be covered with a cloth and rubber band for a lid so that it can breathe and left in the DARK