Hey, I drink Kombucha and love it! x) I only get to drink it when I have the money, and being a student thats not too often. I'm 100% pro Kombucha. Also I don't have any home fermenting advice, sorry. Gl though, and blessings.

I used to drink GT's Kombucha every single day and ended up getting really sick: Candida. I did research to find out that Kombucha is very detoxifying and in Chinese Medicine they use it a couple times of year to detox. They don't drink it every day and I wouldn't either. I know how good you feel afterward, but too much of a good thing can end up harming you in the end.

I did try making my own a few years back, and can confirm that if you don't know exactly what you are doing it's better to buy it bottled when you want it. I do have a very sensitive gut though from years living in India.
I think like many things it depends on your body, mine doesn't do well with vinegars and the like - which is what my kombucha tasted like!!

I brewed Kombucha tea at home on and off for many years. It is cheap to get a mother "mushroom" and start your own. It doesn't take much to perfect the brewing to create sparkly, apple-cider tasting tea. The problem, which I remember every time I try it again, is that the timing is very precise, so if you miss the day you are to harvest the tea and begin a new batch you may as well throw the whole jar away. It became such a pain, and with my busy schedule I usually give up after about 6 months. I have read that the health benefits of bottled tea is not as good as home-brewed, but not sure.

I would love to pay someone else to make it for me, but as you mention, it can be dangerous if not done properly and I do not know if I trust anyone else to keep up my strict sanitation standards!

Hope this helps!