Monday, July 13, 2015


Unfortunately, when I went to check on my kombucha today I noticed tiny little worms inching around 
on top of the scoby. After some research, I am pretty confident these are fruit fly larvae. Apparently, 
the primary source of food for fruit flies is fungal growth, which makes the scoby a perfect food source 
for them. While this makes me sad to say because I was pretty excited about this experiment, I think 
I have to start over with my fermentation project. The lesson I have learned is to make sure the lid to the
 fermenting kombucha is breathable but also not penetrable to fruit flies. I guess the double layered cheese
 cloth I used was not the best choice. Perhaps I will choose something different for my new fermentation
 project. Either way, I will decide today and update this blog. Until then, a moment of silence for my 
kombucha please :( 

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