Brew Guides

We’ve got you covered—every step of your kombucha quest, mapped out in order.

Illustration of kombucha SCOBY, starter liquid, and finished kombucha represented as a holy trinity of floating jars. A playful visual metaphor explaining how to make kombucha at home using a SCOBY and starter tea.

Kombucha Brewing 101

You probably have a lot of questions. Who are we? Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? We have no idea. But we can answer the age old question: Is it mold?

Kombucha 101 Guide
Whimsical forest frog in hat selling kombucha starter kit on a toadstool table – SCOBY jar, pellicle, and kombucha brewing equipment displayed for kombucha home brewing

Build Your Brew Setup

Every chosen brewer must first gather their relics… and maybe read a guide or two. Set yourself up for success with the right tools, the right method, and just a little less chaos.

Build Your Setup Guide
Winter kombucha fantasy landscape with kombucha jars, tea leaves, sugar mountains, and bubbling brooks. Snowy cottages and a ‘Batch Brewlands’ sign complete this magical kombucha brewing world in the mountains.

Batch Brewing Guide

No SCOBY? No problem. Your path begins with the Starter Trials.

Got tea? Sugar? Can you boil water without supervision? Then batch brewing is your zero-to-hero method. Grow your first SCOBY, craft your first brew, and and rise as a true champion of fermentation.

Batch Brewing Guide
Fantasy forest scene of ‘Continuous Brewlands’ with SCOBY jars featuring spigots feeding into a flowing river, surrounded by tea leaf trees, sugar mounds, bubbling brooks, and cozy cottages.

Continuous Brewing Guide

Your pellicle is settled in. Your SCOBY has taken root. It refuses to leave its jar. It demands fresh offerings of sweet tea. It has become... the vessel.

You, brave brewer, are ready for Continuous Brewing.

Continuous Brewing Guide
Fantasy artwork of the Carbonation Mines with glowing lava, bubbling geyser lake, and kombucha bottle houses. A “Carbonation Mines” sign is centered, with minecarts full of bottles zipping through a glowing red and blue cave.

Carbonation Guide

Feeling flat and weary from your journey? You’ve arrived at our Carbonation Guide just in time!

Within these sacred scrolls lie two ancient paths: the slow, mystical art of natural carbonation… and the fast, high-pressure sorcery of forced fizz. Choose wisely.

Carbonation Guide
Fantasy landscape of the Troubledlands, where moldy kombucha scoby jars fill a decaying realm. Dragons breathe kombucha mold over spore-filled caves, eerie forests, and toxic swamps with floating sugar cubes. Scene features kombucha scoby mold, mold on kombucha tea, kahm yeast on kombucha, and infected scoby across the landscape.

Troubleshooting Guide

You’ve slain succulents. Abandoned your fern. The goldfish? Let’s not even talk about it. Now your brew looks cursed—another victim of your growing death toll

Don’t give up yet. We’ve seen worse. Let’s troubleshoot this—before your brew descends into the Dark Arts.

Troubleshooting Guide