On day 3 of my kombucha, the culture has bloomed seemingly out of nowhere. And I think it's long enough, and it was not contaminated with raw vinegar. So, in 2 days, I'll start taste-testing to see when I can add fruit and bottle it individually. Also, I can now tell when a company has cheated and added (usually distilled) vinegar and I feel like I've wasted a lot of money on fake crap. Like honey...