How to Make Water Kefir | Fermented Drink with Water Kefir Grains Starter Culture

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You can use medicinal herbs in your second ferment. Lemon and fennel fronds make an absolutely delicious drink. Use moringa (fresh), use stinging nettle (fresh), and other herbs as well. Dandelion roots, burdock roots...you get the idea 🙂

I drink milk kefir every day and I'm lactose intolerant. The milk kefir "grains" "eats" the lactose. Milk kefir is very low/no lactose depending on fermentation time. Water kefir grains do the same thing to the sugar they "feed" upon.

I'm lactose intolerant, and I made milk kafir for several years. I was able to drink a gallon of milk kafir a week without issue because the kafir digests the sugar in the milk which is lactose. I've always been curious about water kafir and kombucha. I'm glad I found your channel.

I’ve been using water Kefir for more than 10 years… I love it!!! One way of keeping it for future use is actually freezing it… you can freeze it for 2 to 3 months…

I LOVE water kefir. I discovered it this summer. I usually use a brown sugar and supplement with molasses here and there. I got mine to grow to enough grain to ferment GALLONS at a time and finally cut back a lil. 😅 My fav recipes for the bottling stage are to add 1/4 cup grape juice concentrate - my kids fav grape soda. Another recipe is to add a bit of sliced ginger, fresh sliced tumeric, 2 tbsp of maple syrup and a pinch of pepper. YUM! ❤ you guys! 🙌

The alcohol evaporates off the kefir as it ferments, because it is in an aerobic environment (it can breathe). In order for the alcohol content to really increase and remain in the kefir, we need to put it in a sealed container with an airlock during fermentation (anaerobic environment).

You two are so cute! Thank you for the thorough information and making this seem doable for us, especially us working people!

Wow brilliant video. I realise ive been doing my water jefir all wrong. I was wondering why mine was never fizzy. Thanks again. You just got yourself a new subscriber

Love this video which society would listen to more people like you guys instead of putting fizzy drinks into their bodies .

Finally! Someone who pronounces Kefir correctly! Thank you! Other people doing how to video pronouncing it like Kiefer Sutherland's name and I get annoyed.

Recently discovered that water kefir was a thing. Thanks for explaining it and showing how to make it!

the grains as you were pushing on them reminded me of what a baby diaper looks like when it blows up :D .......lol

I’m new to this fermenting process. I love you too guys. Great attitude great screen presents. The whole thing worked out really really well for me. I have a good idea on what I’m gonna do for my first one and hopefully I’ll do a very good job. doesn’t look very complicated. It’s not brain surgery, so thanks again. Totally appreciate you guys. Keep up the good work.❤

Bought a jug of mango nectar last week and made some mango water kefir and man was that good. Used some dehydrated starter culture and just threw it in with the mango nectar. The first batch took 3 days and didn’t really notice much difference from the initial mango juice as far as taste and carbonation I took off about 3/4 of that to drink and then topped off the jar again and left it for another 3 days and that batch had some awesome carbonation and a slightly more acidic and a bit less sweet taste that was honestly as good as any soda pop I’ve ever had but so much healthier. Can’t wait to get some more and try some other flavors

I'm currently making kombucha for the first time after watching your videos on the subject, and this seems like a great project too! I would love to make cucumber and mint flavored water kefir. I bet that would taste great!

Thank you!!! Very Much i totally enjoyed your video , very simple and easy . Going to order my bottles as i too like the fizzle bubbles.

I finally found someone that pronounces it correctly. I couldn't even get 30 seconds in on so many other videos.

I just had a successful batch of water kefir and it tastes awesome! Funny how I had tons of issues using the wild ferment (ginger bug) but zero issues with the water kefir. Thanks for all the advice guys! Do kombucha next? :)

I was told to use a plastic strainer? I do that for milk kefir grains but am curious if that applies to water kefir grains as well? Great video! I dehydrated and stored mine in the freezer for five years lol and started them again last night and they're still working! I know they were supposed to only freeze for a year but apparently they're still good lol!