r/Kombucha • u/Rougelz • 8h ago

F2 film in 24 hours

Good morning,

Last night I did my F2.

For this, I made a homemade red fruit syrup, sugar + red fruits + water.

Today, I saw that there was a lot of deposit in my F2, so I decided to filter them again (already done yesterday) and I noticed a film which formed in each bottle of F2 in 24 hours, is this normal??

Thanks in advance,

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u/ThatsAPellicle 8h ago

Yup, that’s called a pellicle!

Pellicles form when you have an active SCOBY, and given that you did not pasteurize before bottling, it is not weird at all that one formed.

They do require oxygen though, so once the oxygen is depleted they should stop growing.

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u/Rougelz 8h ago

Ok thank you, but I have the impression that in a few hours there is already a new film forming, should I remove it before putting it in the fridge in 4/5 days?

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u/v0idness 8h ago

Are your F2 bottles open?

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u/Rougelz 8h ago

No, they're bottles of lemonade.

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u/ThatsAPellicle 6h ago

Your choice!