u/overthinker2510

I noticed some white patches on my ginger lemon kombucha which gives me the bad feeling that its mold. Only started my 2F 1.5days ago. Never encountered mold before so I'm not sure how exactly it would look like.

This is the first time i left quite a bit of empty space in my 2F jar (jar is probably 60% filled up). Kombucha was definitely carbonating cause when i opened the lid, i could hear all the gas escaping and some air bubble started rising to the top of the liquid.

If it is indeed mold, any tips for me to prevent this from happening in the future?

Just flavored my kombucha for F2 with mandarin orange, pineapple and mango (all juiced). A couple of hours later, i started noticing black/brown residues which I'm not sure if its the juice rotting or something else i should be worried about.

I'm suspecting its the mandarin orange cause i also flavored another kombucha with pineapple and mango and that bottle still looks perfectly fine.

Anyone else experienced this before? And whether its safe to still drink or should i toss this out?