To help maintain the integrity
of the kefir grains over time, rest them in dairy milk for at least 24 hours every other batch or two.
It depends a lot on your particular
colony of kefir grains, so as you point out it's hard to say anything definitive!
The
picture of kefir grains below is for illustration as to what kefir grains actually looks like and is obviously more than a tablespoon.
I only got about a teaspoon, but after a couple of months, I have probably a
cup of kefir grains (WAY too much for what I brew in a day!).
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.
I am so disappointed that I just got my cultures for health
delivery of kefir grains and went out to buy a really good gallon of milk — and just learned that I have to rehydrate the grains for 5 - 7 days!
From a gallon glass jar with about 1.5 inches
thick of kefir grains, I can bottle about 4 - 5 Grolsch resealable bottles.
The misinterpretation of the
behavior of kefir grains happens often enough that you should read this in case your first batches of kefir are questionable.
They will lose the growth factor in non-milks so if you insist on using non milk, at least use your extra kefir grains in a separate jar so you don't ruin the growth factor of your entire
stock of kefir grains.
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Storage of kefir grains — If you're not ready to make more kefir right away, put your grains in the fridge, either in a bit of fresh milk or in some kefir.
To produce your own home - made kefir drink ñ whether milk - based or water - based ñ simply put 1 tablespoon
of kefir grains in a 500 ml glass jar and fill it up with milk or water to ferment.
After you have made it about half a dozen times you will work out exactly how
much of the kefir grain you need to mix with the milk to get the desired taste and texture.
To your friends, family, and co-workers, you're the weird one for that crock of fermenting cabbage on your counter, the
packets of kefir grains you're always giving away as gifts, and the fact that you have a shovel designed specifically for digging kimchi fermentation holes in your backyard.
There are two
varieties of kefir grains: water kefir which has a yellowish crystal color, and milk kefir which has a white creamy cauliflower - type appearance that of the size of wheat kernels.
I benefit daily from Weston A. Price via my crispy nuts and my daily
feedings of kefir grains neither of which I would have known without this Foundation.
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.
A few days ago I started a new
culture of kefir grains (sadly, they're now widely available for SALE rather than giveaway), and I'm very optimistic than at least in one sense or another, I'm about to feel somewhat better!
Today, there are two
types of kefir grains being circulated in the market: real kefir grains and commercialized ones.
In our experiments, we found that after 3 days, 2 cups of coconut milk with 1
Tablespoon of kefir grains had a refreshing, lightly tangy aroma.
Later, in court, the freed Ms. Sakharova offered to drop the charges if Baichorov gave up
some of his kefir grains, to which he agreed.
I always give
some of my kefir grains (and other ferments) to friends who live close by.
In our experiments, we found that after 3 days, 2 cups of coconut milk with 1 Tablespoon
of kefir grains had a refreshing, lightly tangy aroma.
Kefir drink is regular milk that has been fermented by a culture
of kefir grains.
Also for the first time I gave
some of my kefir grains away to someone else!