Kombucha without mushroom?

[jonsul]

I don't have a mushroom, or even kombucha to start with. Is it possible to make kombucha with only yeast? Since it's a fermented drink I assume, that at the least, yeast is all you need.

I've searched a lot for this and haven't found anything on it, all the sources just say to use store bought kombucha. Which I don't have access to.

Thanks^^

[FermentingFoods]

My understanding is that the mushroom is needed in order to get the proper form of fermentation to call it Kombucha. What kind of yeast were you going to use?

[Fubar]

No. You cannot make a mother without the bacteria involved. The bacterial component of a kombucha culture usually consists of several species, but will almost always contain Gluconacetobacter xylinus, which ferments the alcohols produced by the yeast(s) into acetic acid. This increases the acidity while limiting the alcoholic content of kombucha. G. xylinum is responsible for most or all of the physical structure of a kombucha mother. If you just use yeast, then you are simply making tea wine.