Make Your Own Kombucha At Home

Step 9 Put in your SCOBY

Put your first SCOBY in with the tea and give your other SCOBY to a friend to start their own kombucha. Some people take their second SCOBY and dry it. It dries into a leathery material.

Comments

[CydeSwype]

 You can use dried scoby for dog treats (they prefer it dried to fresh, as it's more like a jerky).  I read horses like it also.  You can eat scoby dried or fresh (I haven't done this yet, but read of others doing it).  There's even a method for using it as a skin treatment:

http://kombuchakamp.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-to-do-with-extra-babies.html

[craftinsusan]

What would you use the dried scoby for?  Would you be able to use it(rehydrated)  later as a starter?

[ElissaMeyers]

 Unfortunately, the scoby is unable to be rehydrated, (that I know of). I have just heard of people using the dried scoby for art projects. It can be strong, and when dried it feels like a leather.