Wish I could keep bees! I can’t afford to use honey, the junk you get at the store does not taste like honey and the local stuff isn’t cheap. Too risky here though, Africanized bees move in and are too dangerous.You can't make kombucha with honey. The bacteria in the honey and scoby don't play well together.
Now I will contradict myself and say, yes you CAN make kombucha with honey ... BUT... you have to "train" the scoby to accept the honey. I tried to do it, think I did, and then realized I couldn't afford to make kombucha with honey if I had to buy the honey.
Now that we have bees, if I get enough, I'll try again.
Doesn’t the fermentation process use up all the sugar?