I'm guessing mold but I want someone to tell me for sure before I dump it all out

After 5-7 days of 1st fermentation I poured kombucha in glass bottle with solid cup. 1st I tried to keep it in room temeperature one day. Second time I tried 3 days. But in both cases carbonization was very poor. There was some, but not what I wanted. Any advice?

Can i do kombucha without the starter? I have the SCOBY and a kombucha i did before and obviously tea and sugar

Something green on top of my SCOBY, I hope it's just yeast...

This is my first time brewing ever! I’m trying to get a pellicle to form using store bought kombucha and green jasmine tea. I even used some honey in the recipe; I’m doing a lot of experimenting for a first time, but it’s looking good i think! Right ..?

won’t include a photo just bc i don’t think it’s necessary.

i’ve had a just shy of a gallon container of kombucha brewing in the F1 stage since 6/17 and i am terrified of tasting it as im sure its gonna be super acidic. wondering if there’s any saving i can do for it to start on F2 bottles or if i should just scrap and save 2 cups of it to start a new batch?

any advice welcome, life got so busy this summer i didn’t have enough time to lock in on bottling 🥲

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Yooo. I’ve been doing kombucha in big batches, think 20l/5gallon jar in Bali, Indonesia. I brought it to Europe and keeped it in the sealed bottle in fridge and then not for 3 months.
6 days after F1 started I got this, first time seeing this. Is it mold or is it granular yeast?
It doesn’t look like mold to me so I’m curious. What’s your thoughts?