Jun Scoby with Starter Tea

I ordered both a Jun & Kombucha Scoby from this seller & just wanted to say they are FANTASTIC!!! They arrived quick & were healthy & am now on my 2nd gallon batch of each. It seems they make better & better brew each time too! Today I noticed my kombucha Scoby has started a love affair with the mother Scoby growing on top... They are kinda growing together & fusing. Lol. A happy couple I guess!I'd recommend this seller's products cuz the price is very good & the quality was much better than a I expected... Honestly I didn't know what to expect ordering scoby's online. Lol. They were bigger than I expected (about the size of a bar of soap which works well for anything from a quart to a gallon so is a good starter size) The brewing process is very easy & fun, & I'm kinda hooked now. After you taste Jun for the first time, you'll also think it's The Drink of the Gods! Now I'm starting to experiment with different recipes too. That's the fun part. If you save the new Scoby's that grow from each batch, you can use them to try new things.After checking reviews on countless sellers & settled on this one for the price & the good reviews. And I almost like the Jun better than the kombucha now... The taste is a bit different cuz the honey gives it some more depth of flavor in the final product.Try these scoby's! U won't be disappointed. *See pics: the bar of soap looking one is the Scoby I received, & you can see it growing alongside the mother Scoby (the other "white stuff").

Jun tea that we've made from this scoby is absolutely delicious! It has an almost delicate flavor, is definitely sparkly, and I would say compares best to a sparkling cider. You know, the kind you get in a "wine" bottle and loved to drink as a kid. Everyone loves it. Kids included! This is a fantastic way to get your probiotics, etc.Couple of words of caution. Some websites say to add fruit to the bottle when bottling. This might be great for kombucha... But for Jun tea, it makes it WAY to fizzy. We've had several bottles erupt all over the place upon opening. They've shot 5 feet in the air. What a mess!Also, apparently if you leave it brewing near other ferments, it ruins your scoby and you can no longer make good jun tea with it. We used to keep the saurkraut next to our jar of jun. It started tasting nasty, vinegary and harsh. Really hurt our daily jun tea habit! We have sense ordered another scoby and started over. Just got our first batch and once again we are all good!It takes a while to get the package, so plan accordingly...

I saw a few negative reviews, but I must post this five-star review to balance those out, since I found this Jun scoby to brew a perfect kombucha. Yes, the directions were simple and pretty right on- they say to brew 4 tea bags (or 4 tsp. loose) in 8 cups boiling water for two minutes, then let it cool before adding the honey. Once the honey's mixed in, the starter tea and scoby they sent was added. After five days, the brew was lightly fizzy and delicious, and a new scoby (like the one pictured) had already grown!I altered their recipe though, by adding only half the boiling water. After brewing 2 minutes, I added ice until it was up to 8 cups- that way it cooled quicker and I could easily finish the project on the spot.LOVE this stuff. Even more than regular kombucha or kefir. They call it the "champagne" of probiotic drinks. Well, guess I love champagne then!

Product was a lot smaller than advertised. It never grew and ultimately sank to the bottom of the brew. However, luckily, the new Scobythat was produced is alive, healthy and doing just fine. Certainly would not spend my time and/or money to reorder their product.

I am super thrilled with my Jun Scoby purchased from these folks! I have been fermenting foods and beverages for a decade and couldn't be happier with the quality and effectiveness of this scoby. It arrived well packaged (no leaking) in a padded envelope. The scoby was about 4.5" wide and about 1/8" thick, very healthy looking and smelled great (not sour). It was accompanied by about 1/2-1 cup of starter. It does require attention to the details to keep it fed and growing (as does every other scoby), but I would recommend this product if you enjoy a more mild, better tasting (champagne like and not a strong vinegar taste if it goes a few days like other kombuchas) probiotic drink that you can make safely at home!

I bought 2 of these and I believe in both cases they sent me standard Kombucha Scoby (not Jun). I was suspicious the 1st brew because it took a very long time to ferment (2.5-3 weeks). I gave it the benefit of the doubt because it wasnt grown to full size of the container yet. So I made a 2nd (my scoby is now about half inch thick and the width of my jar (ie: a good size). Here I am, 2 weeks in and my ferment is still very sweet. I know that Jun is supposed to ferment about twice as fast as Kombucha so there is something wrong here.I used 1/2 cup tea and 1 cup honey per gallon of water. My room temperature stays in the mid 70s so its not so cold that it should be slowing down the fermentation reaction.The scoby is healthy. The Kombucha its making is quite good. However, its brewing extremely slow compared to other Juns. Maybe Im doing something wrong? I just have a feeling this isnt Jun.EDIT: I have acquired a VERIFIED Jun SCOBY sample. This SCOBY verified what I thought initially about this listings product. THIS IS NOT JUN! Jun tastes different, looks different, and ferments faster. I believe this to be false advertising on this listing. I highly recommend you DO NOT buy from this seller unless they have addressed this issue. I am telling you with 100% confidence THIS IS NOT JUN KOMBUCHA!