kombucha and bugs...

[echobaxter]

Hello,

I moved to ecuador and brought a kombucha drink with me to grow my own scoby. The first brew went fine but he second brew had a small amount of larva on the mother. I cleaned the mother and triple filtered the kombucha. I went ahead and bottled the tea because I have no way of growing a new scoby as I can not find kombucha in ecuador.

Do you think I should have just thrown ever thing or do you think everything will turn out and we'll be safe? Any input would be greatful appreciated.

[boschmas]

Can you just leave the filtered tea out under a towel and see if it grows a new scoby? I'd be hesitant to continue with the original scoby, but when I was brewing kombucha it always reproduced vigorously in the tea I strained out.