My neighbor's kid thought my kombucha SCOBY was a 'pet jellyfish'

Charles Butler · 2026-04-19T17:50:06.81126+00:00

I was carrying my jar outside to burp it and this little girl from next door pointed and yelled 'cool pet!'. She was dead serious, asking what I fed it and everything lol. I had to explain it was a symbiotic culture for making fizzy tea, not a sea creature. It made me realize how weird our hobby must look from the outside. Anyone else have a fermentation project that got seriously misunderstood?

the_henry4mo ago

Figured out @carr.james is burping kombucha wrong AND feeding a pet jellyfish apparently.

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john_singh5mo ago

Honestly I keep my jar in a plastic tub when I burp it, learned that the hard way after a geyser ruined my counter. @carr.james, you're playing with fire over the sink, trust me. The kid thing is funny though, my nephew thought my sourdough starter was pancake batter and tried to drink it.

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carr.james5mo ago

Wait, you burp your kombucha outside? That's the weirdest part to me. I just do it over the sink like a normal person.

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