SCOBY hotel If you need a break from brewing or want to go on a vacation (please take me with you), you can make a SCOBY hotel. Simply prepare your tea as usual for kombucha—brew, sweeten, cool, innoculate—and add all your SCOBYs. Cover the vessel with a cloth and let the tea sit for up to six weeks. At that point, make a new hotel for your hungry SCOBYs. Like all living creatures, they will need some food to survive. At any point, remove a SCOBY or two to brew more tea when you feel ready