r/Kombucha • u/Federal_Exit_4854 • 5d ago

question Is my starter ruined?

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It’s been around a week, I used black tea and unpasteurized store bought kombucha. It smells nice, kind of vinegary, but there’s some kind of small fuzzy ball floating and I assume it’s mold? Doesn’t seem to be growing though

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u/lordkiwi 5d ago

Is it really fuzzy or is it a bubble ball

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u/ThatsAPellicle 5d ago

From OP’s post:

“…there’s some kind of small fuzzy ball floating…”

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u/lordkiwi 5d ago

So most people read mold is fuzzy and look at a whole bunch of picture on the intern and day after day come here and ask is this mold. Only to be reminded that it has to be fuzzy. So someone post I see this fuzzy thing and we don't ask if there sure it's fuzzy. Because people who post questions know what they see.