How To Make Kefir Milk At Home For FREE!
Here are two quick and simple ways on how to make Kefir at home. And after that, see if you can make dairy out of water Kefir grains and water Kefir from milk Kefir grains. Probiotics
Kefir Milk Drink
Make Kefir Milk by getting 2 tablespoons of milk Kefir grains, 2 cups of milk (raw milk if possible), a clean glass jar with a lid for fermenting, bottles to catch the liquid Kefir after fermenting, and a non-metallic strainer and spoon.
Next, put your grains and milk in the jar. It shouldn’t fill up more than 3/4 of the jar. Stir gently with a wooden or plastic spoon and then place the lid to cover. Allow a little air to escape. Place at room temperature and let it stand for about 24 hours—allowing your Kefir to ferment longer than that will result to a sour Kefir with more curds and whey. Do not place the jar under the sun.
After the Kefir is fermented, separate the liquid Kefir from the grains by using a non-metallic strainer. It has been observed that metal substances can damage the grains, so make sure to use plastic or nylon when straining.
Wash your fermenting jar since you will perform this process a second time. Reuse the Kefir grains for your next batch of drink.
Now your bottles of milk Kefir are ready for drinking, but you can also store them in your fridge for some time to serve chilled later on. You can also let the bottles sit at room temperature to “ripen” the drink a bit. For those who love to experiment, milk Kefir may be turned into a smoothie or ice cream.
Water Kefir Drink
Now it’s time to make water Kefir. While milk Kefir grains feed on lactose (milk sugar), water Kefir grains eat sugar, and so the first step to making the drink is to sweeten your water base with sugar.
First, make sugar water by dissolving sugar; any type of sugar is fine. Put 1/3 cup of sugar in a cup of water in a pot. Heat the mixture, but don’t let it boil. Add 3 more cups of water after cooling, place in a bigger jar, and add 1 1/2 more cups of water.
Some use 1/4 cup sugar in one quart of water. Make sure to let the sugar completely dissolve first.
Second, put your water Kefir into the jar of sugar water. Use about 1/3 cup of water Kefir grains or a couple of teaspoons. Some people like to put half of an egg shell in the water. Apparently the grains love it.
Third, cover with a coffee filter or tea towel. Just as you did with your milk Kefir, allow to sit for 24 hours in room temperature. Many water Kefir users, however, allow a much longer fermentation time of up to 72 hours. Since the grains eat the sugar, the more you allow them to ferment in the liquid, the less sugary your drink becomes.
Fourth, strain out the grains to make another batch while enjoying your first drink of fizzy, bubbly water Kefir.
Some allow the drink to sit for a few more days, while others prefer to drink the Kefir after 24 hours and use lemon, ginger, fruits, raisins or vanilla to add flavor to the beverage. Water Kefir grains are clear and translucent. Like water, they take on the color of the sugar (if brown sugar was used) or fruit flavor.
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