The grown material is a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, known as kombucha. The scoby, an organic mass of intergrown fibres, thrives on the surface of clean sugary black tea. The body of this symbiotic matter takes the shape of any container it’s living in, thus the size of the final material can be optionally changed. When the scoby reached the right sickness (around 2 cm) its washed and dried. To prevent the fabric from drying out completely, bee wax can be used to maintain its flexibility.