How to Use SCOBY in a Sentence
SCOBY
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Kombucha Kombucha is made by combining tea with sugar, which serves as food for the symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts (SCOBY) during fermentation.
—Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2026
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It's made by combining tea (usually green or black), a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY), and a touch of sugar to feed the SCOBY.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 8 June 2026
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It's made by combining tea (usually green or black), a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY), and a touch of sugar to feed the SCOBY.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
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What is in tandem here is the exuberantly generative possibility of life itself (SCOBY, water) alongside the very synthetic polymers that are literally wrecking life on an individual and systemic level.
—Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
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