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title: "Fermentaholics ORGANIC Kombucha SCOBY With Twelve Ounces of Starter Tea - Live Starter Culture - Makes A One Gallon Batch - 1.5 Cups of Strong Mature Starter Tea - Brew Your Own Kombucha (1 Pack, 1, Count)"
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# USDA Organic Certified 1.5 cups mature starter tea Sustainable, reusable SCOBY Fermentaholics ORGANIC Kombucha SCOBY With Twelve Ounces of Starter Tea - Live Starter Culture - Makes A One Gallon Batch - 1.5 Cups of Strong Mature Starter Tea - Brew Your Own Kombucha (1 Pack, 1, Count)

**Brand:** fermentaholics
**Price:** ¥4925
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🌿 Brew Bold, Live Fresh: Your Organic Kombucha Journey Starts Here!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Fermentaholics ORGANIC Kombucha SCOBY With Twelve Ounces of Starter Tea - Live Starter Culture - Makes A One Gallon Batch - 1.5 Cups of Strong Mature Starter Tea - Brew Your Own Kombucha (1 Pack, 1, Count) by fermentaholics
- **How much does it cost?** ¥4925 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/40061804-fermentaholics-organic-kombucha-scoby-with-twelve-ounces-of-starter-tea)

## Best For

- fermentaholics enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted fermentaholics brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Brew Like a Pro:** Includes 1.5 cups of strong mature starter tea—perfect pH balance for your first gallon batch.
- • **Pure Organic Power:** USDA certified organic & kosher SCOBY grown in licensed lab for unmatched quality.
- • **Eco-Champion Choice:** Skip store-bought waste—save money and reduce your carbon footprint with home brewing.
- • **Creative Kombucha Lab:** Step-by-step instructions plus endless flavoring ideas to impress friends & family.
- • **Lifetime Brewing Buddy:** One SCOBY can keep producing batch after batch with proper care—brew forever!

## Overview

Fermentaholics Organic Kombucha SCOBY kit includes a USDA certified organic, kosher live culture and 1.5 cups of mature starter tea, perfectly portioned to brew a one-gallon batch of kombucha at home. Grown in a licensed lab, this thick, healthy SCOBY ensures consistent fermentation with clear, easy instructions. Ideal for beginners and enthusiasts alike, it supports sustainable, zero-waste brewing while empowering you to customize flavors and enjoy endless fresh kombucha.

## Description

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Review: Excellent quality - highly recommend this seller! - UPDATE 3/8/18: Still going strong. I'm swimming in extra scobys now. Very very healthy starter scoby from this seller, can't compliment this company enough on the high quality of their product. Since I wrote my original review, I've seen a lot of other people's scobys and they are UGLY. Very thin layers, stained dark brown, with gross black yeast strings, sitting in blackish brown liquid. SUPER gross looking. Fermentaholic's scoby is nothing like that - they are clean, healthy looking, creamy colored and thick. Mine doesn't make many yeast strings at all, just some sediment on the bottom. All my baby scobys have turned out to be beautiful and healthy looking as well, just follow the instructions included exactly. I've also read that using green tea instead of black tea helps keep your scoby from getting stained and becoming darker, so my typical mixture is 50/50 green tea and black tea (3 green tea bags, 3 black if you use the proportions in the instructions). However, my best batch yet was when I used 100% green tea (6 green tea bags) - it was pleasantly floral and sweet, with just a hint of tartness, not the aggressive sour and tannic flavor of typical kombucha. From my research, green tea works just as well as black for a scoby food source, and my scobys have been much prettier when I do batches with green tea, so try it! Last thing, I've been making so much kombucha that once in awhile I won't have time to refresh the liquid and a batch will ferment too long and become kombucha vinegar. It's not necessary to throw this out at all - there's tons of recipes online that substitute apple cider vinegar for kombucha vinegar, and I've found my over fermented kombucha to be super handy when I need vinegar in a pinch (ie. salad dressing). This may freak some people out, but I've even tried using my kombucha vinegar as a hair rinse (diluted down with cooled chamomile tea), and it worked amazingly as a clarifying shampoo and even took care of some flakes that I've been getting from the dry winter weather. If you have color treated hair, it will strip out your color. However, I really liked that my hair was so clean, volumized, and shiny the next day. I actually got several compliments about having a "hair model" day. For my method: Brew a cup of chamomile. Drink a third of the cup as you wait for it to cool. When cool, replace the third with your kombucha vinegar (1 part kombucha vinegar, 2 parts chamomile tea). After shampooing, dump this on your head, concentrating on the scalp (careful, it might get in your eyes and ears). Rinse well (I rinsed several times because I was afraid I'd smell like vinegar later). Condition as you would normally. While your hair is wet, the kombucha smell might follow you around, but it dissipated when it dried (I had several people smell me to confirm). Best of luck with your kombucha!! If you're buying it here, you made the right choice. I can confirm it's an excellent source. -------------------------- Oh this worked out great!! I read the reviews here that said these scobys come with a full cup of the kombucha starter liquid so that when you add it into your gallon of sweet tea, it will end up the perfect ph (instead of you having to add vinegar in to adjust the ph like other kombucha sets on desertcart that don't come with enough of the liquid). As a first time kombucha brewer, I was willing to pay a little extra to ensure the ph was correct from the get go, and I'm happy to report back that this worked great. I highly recommend buying your scobys from here if you are a beginner like I was. Just to be safe, I did test the ph with some ph test strips and it was in the perfect range! Instructions are very clear and simple. My scoby was about the size of a hockey puck. I could actually see several layers already existing in the scoby I got in the mail and from what I read, I'm sure it was probably thick enough to separate the layers and give to a friend. I didn't since I was new at this and didn't want to mess with it. It definitely moved around in my gallon jug in the first week - some days floating on top, some days stuck to the bottom, some days drifting on it's side. You're dealing with something that's alive, people. Just let it do it's thing. After only one fermentation cycle, I saw the beginnings of a new scoby forming at the top of my jug so this culture does seem very healthy. I was impressed. My first batch tasted about right to bottle after about 10 days (I live in San Francisco so fermentation times might be longer since it's a little cooler here).
Review: Good quality! Follow the directions and it will work! - Healthy, nice-sized Scooby with plenty of starter. Easy and precise instructions. (Follow the directions precisely! They work!) I'm on my second batch of kombucha and the Scoby has grown enough that I can already double the amount I'm brewing. Thank you for a quality kit! I've been making kombucha for several years using a Scoby from a friend. But I lost this original Scoby recently. So sad! I tried to make my own Scoby and then tried a kit from the health food store. No luck with either. But this kit has plenty of starter and a big chunk of Scoby! Yea!!! I'm back in homemade kombucha again!

## Features

- ★ USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC SCOBY ★ Our cultures are Organic & Kosher, grown in our fully licensed lab. Quality is our priority!
- ★ BREW WITH CONFIDENCE ★ Our easy instructions guide you step by step through your first fermentation. If you have questions, we are here and happy to help!
- ★ MAKES ONE GALLON ★ You will receive 1.5 cups of strong, mature liquid starter tea packaged with a starter pellicle. This is the perfect amount to start you first gallon of kombucha at home. After that, if properly cared for, you can brew for a lifetime!
- ★ CREATE, LEARN, GROW ★ Get creative with new flavoring ideas and brewing techniques. Invite your friends over for a flavoring party or teach your kids a lesson in biology. Makes for a great gift for your favorite project loving friend.
- ★ MOST SUSTAINABLE OPTION FOR KOMBUCHA LOVERS ★ Eliminate the need for single-use bottles and energy involved in store-bought kombucha production. Save money AND help reduce your footprint!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B01N7S1CV5 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #9,007 in Grocery & Gourmet Food ( See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food ) #14 in Kombucha Tea |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (8,065) |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer  | No |
| Item model number  | SYNCHKG120352 |
| Manufacturer  | Fermentaholics |
| Product Dimensions  | 6 x 3 x 9 inches; 12 ounces |
| UPC  | 742574302301 |
| Units  | 1.0 Count |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Fermentaholics
- **Flavor:** Classic Kombucha
- **Item Form:** Liquid with SCOBY
- **Tea Variety:** Kombucha
- **Unit Count:** 1.0 Count

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: I received my scoby on Friday and started th process that evening. It is Tuesday night and my scoby is still sitting on the bottom. Is it dead?**
A: Do not worry about position of scoby  . I observe that the scoby that we have will be the mother scoby soon will produce the new one and the new one( we call baby scoby) always float on the top. This process take a while about 2- 3 weeks and it depend on the temperature of location that you put fermented glass jar . The room temp. is warmer, the shorter time of fermentation. For my first kombucha made from this product , it took about 3 weeks to get ready for second fermentation. Have patience of making kombucha tea unless you want to make from scratch  that help to increase scoby too.

**Q: is this organic?  The bag in one pic says it is and in another that it is not.  The description does not say that it is. :(**
A: Looking at the description it says "made with organic tea and sugar," but I suppose that is different than the whole scoby being organic. I thought it was organic when i bought it, but maybe I misinterpreted that description. Sadly I know longer have the packaging to be able to check. If I were you, i would contact the seller to ask before buying.

**Q: What kind of probiotic live culture is in the starter tea?**
A: This is from the sellers information:   The culture used to ferment kombucha is called a S.C.O.BY.; during the fermentation, the SCOBY converts sugar into alcohol, which further breaks down into beneficial acids, vitamins & enzymes.

**Q: this live scoby need to refrigerate or could it keep room temp with whole packaging? when i not ready to make ?**
A: As long as your house isn't too warm it should be just fine. If it gets too hot or cold it will kill the scoby. No refrigeration. I didn't make mine right as soon as I bought it. It sat on my kitchen counter for a week. My house is usually around 68 degrees.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent quality - highly recommend this seller!
*by K***C on December 16, 2017*

UPDATE 3/8/18: Still going strong. I'm swimming in extra scobys now. Very very healthy starter scoby from this seller, can't compliment this company enough on the high quality of their product. Since I wrote my original review, I've seen a lot of other people's scobys and they are UGLY. Very thin layers, stained dark brown, with gross black yeast strings, sitting in blackish brown liquid. SUPER gross looking. Fermentaholic's scoby is nothing like that - they are clean, healthy looking, creamy colored and thick. Mine doesn't make many yeast strings at all, just some sediment on the bottom. All my baby scobys have turned out to be beautiful and healthy looking as well, just follow the instructions included exactly. I've also read that using green tea instead of black tea helps keep your scoby from getting stained and becoming darker, so my typical mixture is 50/50 green tea and black tea (3 green tea bags, 3 black if you use the proportions in the instructions). However, my best batch yet was when I used 100% green tea (6 green tea bags) - it was pleasantly floral and sweet, with just a hint of tartness, not the aggressive sour and tannic flavor of typical kombucha. From my research, green tea works just as well as black for a scoby food source, and my scobys have been much prettier when I do batches with green tea, so try it! Last thing, I've been making so much kombucha that once in awhile I won't have time to refresh the liquid and a batch will ferment too long and become kombucha vinegar. It's not necessary to throw this out at all - there's tons of recipes online that substitute apple cider vinegar for kombucha vinegar, and I've found my over fermented kombucha to be super handy when I need vinegar in a pinch (ie. salad dressing). This may freak some people out, but I've even tried using my kombucha vinegar as a hair rinse (diluted down with cooled chamomile tea), and it worked amazingly as a clarifying shampoo and even took care of some flakes that I've been getting from the dry winter weather. If you have color treated hair, it will strip out your color. However, I really liked that my hair was so clean, volumized, and shiny the next day. I actually got several compliments about having a "hair model" day. For my method: Brew a cup of chamomile. Drink a third of the cup as you wait for it to cool. When cool, replace the third with your kombucha vinegar (1 part kombucha vinegar, 2 parts chamomile tea). After shampooing, dump this on your head, concentrating on the scalp (careful, it might get in your eyes and ears). Rinse well (I rinsed several times because I was afraid I'd smell like vinegar later). Condition as you would normally. While your hair is wet, the kombucha smell might follow you around, but it dissipated when it dried (I had several people smell me to confirm). Best of luck with your kombucha!! If you're buying it here, you made the right choice. I can confirm it's an excellent source. -------------------------- Oh this worked out great!! I read the reviews here that said these scobys come with a full cup of the kombucha starter liquid so that when you add it into your gallon of sweet tea, it will end up the perfect ph (instead of you having to add vinegar in to adjust the ph like other kombucha sets on Amazon that don't come with enough of the liquid). As a first time kombucha brewer, I was willing to pay a little extra to ensure the ph was correct from the get go, and I'm happy to report back that this worked great. I highly recommend buying your scobys from here if you are a beginner like I was. Just to be safe, I did test the ph with some ph test strips and it was in the perfect range! Instructions are very clear and simple. My scoby was about the size of a hockey puck. I could actually see several layers already existing in the scoby I got in the mail and from what I read, I'm sure it was probably thick enough to separate the layers and give to a friend. I didn't since I was new at this and didn't want to mess with it. It definitely moved around in my gallon jug in the first week - some days floating on top, some days stuck to the bottom, some days drifting on it's side. You're dealing with something that's alive, people. Just let it do it's thing. After only one fermentation cycle, I saw the beginnings of a new scoby forming at the top of my jug so this culture does seem very healthy. I was impressed. My first batch tasted about right to bottle after about 10 days (I live in San Francisco so fermentation times might be longer since it's a little cooler here).

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good quality! Follow the directions and it will work!
*by J***N on August 6, 2025*

Healthy, nice-sized Scooby with plenty of starter. Easy and precise instructions. (Follow the directions precisely! They work!) I'm on my second batch of kombucha and the Scoby has grown enough that I can already double the amount I'm brewing. Thank you for a quality kit! I've been making kombucha for several years using a Scoby from a friend. But I lost this original Scoby recently. So sad! I tried to make my own Scoby and then tried a kit from the health food store. No luck with either. But this kit has plenty of starter and a big chunk of Scoby! Yea!!! I'm back in homemade kombucha again!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fast, quality results
*by P***E on December 28, 2025*

Working great! Delayed getting started about 3 weeks and was perfectly fine upon opening and had a great batch within 14 days and could have started 2nd fermentation a few days sooner but was my very first experience making Kombucha. Second ferment was fantastic after 2.5 days. original pellicle is thicker and as it had initially sunk, a second pellicle aready began forming at the top

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