Second this. I'm a fairly experienced cook and I was surprised at how easy it was to make kombucha using a bottle of organic kombucha to grow a SCOBY. /r/kombuc

Second this. I'm a fairly experienced cook and I was surprised at how easy it was to make kombucha using a bottle of organic kombucha to grow a SCOBY. /r/kombucha has some good starter recipes. The only important thing I can think of is to be scrupulously clean.