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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