What this means is, you can make
kefir grains into kefir for as long as you want.
Hi Lynn, you can put the extra
kefir grains into a smoothie, blend and drink it for a extra pro-biotic boost.
Add the water
kefir grains into the jar of sugar water.
Place about 1 tablespoon of
kefir grains into a clean glass jar.
So go ahead and do all your experiments, including putting milk
kefir grains into sugar water and water
kefir grains into milk or anything else but understand that they will not grow on these other mediums.
It can be as simple as putting water
kefir grains into fruit juice until the juice is fermented, straining off the grains to reuse them, and drinking your cultured juice.
I have been making kefir for a little while and was reading about turning milk
kefir grains into water kefir grains.
Can you just pour the milk and
kefir grains into the new batch?
Transfer the strained
kefir grains into another mason jar and add a cup of whole fat milk to repeat the process again.
Not exact matches
But one day while making regular coconut milk
kefir, I accidentally dumped my water
kefir grains (instead of the milk
kefir grains) and about 1/4 cup of pre-made water
kefir into the wrong container.
It fits right
into a canning funnel and I can stir or tap the
kefir through and easily collect the
grains for the next batch.
, I also avoid cows» milk (I can eat unlimited goat & sheep cheeses,
kefir, butter, etc, but I am allergic to cows» milk), and I now eat all
grains (except I have not added gluten back
into my diet yet, but I enjoy all other
grains), and I avoid refined / cane sugar as my body no - likey (I can eat all the honey, maple syrup, fruits, juices, and natural sugars I want, but refined sugar makes me feel icky so I simply avoid it).
The
kefir grains that you strained out earlier can be stored in a smaller jar, in the fridge in sugar water or the extra
kefir water you will have after you merge the two jars
into one.
Then strain both jars of the fermenting
kefir into the third clean jar with the fresh fruit in it, straining out the
kefir grains (set them aside) filling the jar to a 1/2 inch from the top.
I strained out and rinsed the
grains and they were fine, but since I'd already dumped the finished water
kefir into the coconut milk, I decided to let it ferment and see what happened.
After 48 hours, strain the water
kefir grains through a bamboo or non-metal mesh strainer pouring the liquid
into another container.
When mixture reaches desired thickness, strain
kefir into glass, stirring gently until only
kefir grains remain in strainer.
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Pour milk
into pint - size glass jar, and stir in
kefir grains.
Dairy
kefir grains can be converted
into water
kefir grains, but check with your local WAPF chapter to see whether anyone has water
kefir grains to spare; they self - replicate rapidly.
Alcoholic fermentation is the conversion of sugar
into carbon dioxide gas (CO2) and ethyl alcohol through the work of yeasts found on the food itself and within the culturing agent (
kefir grains, kombucha culture, whey, ginger bug, etc.).
To make
kefir, all you have to do is stir the
grains into the milk, cover with a cloth, and leave the mixture at room temperature for 12 to 48 hours.
Water
kefir is made specifically with «water
kefir grains» that need to be purchased once before they quickly multiply, providing many opportunities to share with friends, mix
into smoothies, or make larger batches of
kefir soda.
I also would love to know how to dry
kefir grains for the purpose of making my own
kefir powder which I think you can then use to make
kefir butter from cream (the
kefir grains re too hard to remove when put
into the cream!
The
kefir bottle should be washed at least once a fortnight after transferring the
grains into a fresh clean bottle.
Unlike the norm, I also do not use a sieve to strain my
kefir, I ferment the
kefir in a mason jar overnight and just dump it all
into a bowl and scoop out all the
grains with a spoon.
Though it is fermented from sugar, the enzymes in water
kefir kefir grains break down sucrose
into more easily digested fructose and glucose.
So which of these two categories does
kefir grains fall
into?
If you prefer your
kefir from vegetable «milk», after a few weeks place your
kefir grains back
into regular milk for a few days just to give them a break.
Put the
kefir grains back
into your fermentation or mason jar and repeat the process by adding more coconut milk.
To make another batch of
kefir, simply transfer the
grains into new milk.
Traditionally,
kefir is made by dropping «
kefir grains»
into milk (raw milk or pasteurized, but not ultra-pasteurized).
It'll require some experimentation, and you may not get consistent results every time unless you get scientific about it and measure out the same amount of
kefir grains each time (necessary, since they multiply), put them
into the same amount of milk, and culture at the same temperature.
When 24 hours has passed, you just need to take a plastic strainer (like one you'd use for straining vegetables, or rice) and gently pour the
kefir into a bowl, making sure the strainer catches the
kefir grains, and it's ready to use.
, I also avoid cows» milk (I can eat unlimited goat & sheep cheeses,
kefir, butter, etc, but I am allergic to cows» milk), and I now eat all
grains (except I have not added gluten back
into my diet yet, but I enjoy all other
grains), and I avoid refined / cane sugar as my body no - likey (I can eat all the honey, maple syrup, fruits, juices, and natural sugars I want, but refined sugar makes me feel icky so I simply avoid it).
If I'm tired of the babysitting and want to take a break from water
kefir for a while, I put the
grains into a small jar with some sugar water and put them in the fridge.
After 24 hours, the
kefir grains should be thickened and starting to separate
into curds and whey.
Just get a tablespoon of
kefir grains (you can purchase from multiple sources, such as Cultures for Health), add about 8 tablespoons of milk (we use raw milk from a local farm), put
into a glass jar, cover, and store at room temperature (out of direct sunlight) for 12 - 24 hours.
Gently stir
kefir grains or one packet of
kefir starter powder
into the raw milk.
Since the
grains grow so well, the smaller amount of
grains will take more time to ferment and the milk won't separate
into whey and curds as quickly by the time you are ready to drink
kefir.
The mother, called in some applications, a «scoby,» is a colony of live probiotic organisms that forms
into a mass, actively making more
kefir grain babies and clear evidence that culturing is going well.
Has anyone tried putting coconut oil
into your
Kefir grains & milk to make your
Kefir?
If you ask the
kefir grains themselves (pretending they talk), they'd tell you they won't mind diving
into any type of milk.
For example, I keep two sets of
kefir grains on hand, and when one is making my coconut milk
into kefir, the other set will be sitting in some cows milk to keep them from dying.
For example, keep two sets of
kefir grains on hand, and when one is making my coconut milk
into kefir, the other set will be sitting in some cows milk to keep them from dying.
This is because the water
kefir grains have broken down the sucrose
into fructose and glucose, making it easier for your body to digest.