I looked
at water kefir grains on other sites before finding Kombucha Kamp, and I'm so glad I found this site!
I purchased my first grains a month ago from Erin
at Water Kefir Grains, and just as she promotes on her site, my grains have been growing about 25 % at each fermentation.
Not exact matches
However unlike dairy
kefir grains water kefir grains are not actually
grains at all.
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Water kefir grains can be found in natural - food stores or online
at Amazon.
Cover the jar loosely with a lid or cheesecloth and allow the
kefir grains to culture the coconut
water for 24 to 36 (and no longer than 48) hours
at room temperature.
Another thing that is plentiful
at my house is
water kefir grains.
Start with simple steps by repopulating your gut flora with super drinks like
kefir and beet kvas, eat fermented vegetables daily, liberally consume bone broths (properly prepared — see Nourishing Traditions book by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig), eat
grains that are only properly prepared (soaked for
at least 12 hours in salty and slightly acidic
water), make sure your diet consists of foods rich in vit.
The simplest way to make
kefir soda is to use approximately one Alcoholic fermentation is the conversion of quart of mineral - rich
water, such as spring
water (a quart canning jar size with about an inch left
at the top), 4 to 6 tablespoons of
grains and 3 to 4 tablespoons sugar.
I received a scoby as a trade for some
water kefir grains, but to my surprise I had bought a bottle of plain kombucha
at whole foods a couple weeks before and had left the half finished bottle in the refrig.
There are non dairy yogurt starters to make
at home as well as non dairy
kefir (
water kefir grains).
Simply
at 2 tablespoons of
kefir grains to 4 cups of coconut
water.
The teaspoon of dried
water kefir grains bought and mailed to me have not multiplied
at all and are actually decreasing in size, although they give me a sourish drink with some fizz every 3 days.
Reply: I know
water kefir will work with coconut
water but never used the «so delicious» coconut milk with milk
kefir... just make sure that you have grown your new
kefir grains in fresh milk for
at least six weeks so that they have a good micro flora balance when they are transfered to a new medium to grow in.
While
kefir is originally a dairy based ferment,
water kefir grains are not related to them
at all.