Lisa, yes, it's your scoby
and I had your boocha, and I know it was fine. I use filtered (clorine free) water, reg. black tea, plain organic white sugar (before then, non-organic, still plain), and i was using glass containers with cloth over them.
The batch that was never gonna be done I didn't have the heart to dump out. so, i poured the liquid into a plastic pitcher and left it there for a few days. Suddenly it turned into perfect, bubbly, tangy boocha
So, now i'm using that tiny scoby that formed on top of that to brew more in that same pitcher. it's looking to be the best batch i've had yet
While the set i have in the glass, made from a back-up scoby is not looking that good. go figure!
PICKLES: wanna make some half-salts? i love those