How to Make Water Kefir
Here’s how to make your own kefir for your family
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/4 cup kefir grains
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon of blackstrap OR 1/8 cup raisins
- 1 quart or larger size jar
- coffee filter, or other breathable covering material
- rubber band
Instructions
- Dissolve sugar in a small amount of water and allow to cool.
- Stir in blackstrap (if that’s what you’re using).
- Place kefir grains in a jar and pour sugar/blackstrap mixture over it.
- Fill jar with water (up to one quart).
- If using raisins, add them in.
- Cover your jar with a coffee filter or something similar, and secure with a rubber band.
- Let sit for 24 hours and cover tightly with jar lid.
- Let ferment another 24 hours or so (depending on how warm or cool the area is, you may need to adjust the time).
- The kefir should be bubbly and slightly sour.
- Strain out kefir grains with a plastic strainer (not aluminum!).
- Refrigerate strained liquid and use the grains to start another batch.
- The grains will grow and multiply over time, so you’ll want to re-measure them every week or so. You can either use them to brew larger batches, give them away, or dry or freeze them for later. The book How to Make Kefir – A Beginners Guide
has good information on how to preserve grains, as well as lots of great recipes and brewing tips.
- Enjoy!
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