Homemade water kefir

Homemade water kefir

You can brew your own water kefir at home using water kefir grains.

Ingredients

The basic ingredients needed are just the main water kefir grains, water, sugar and a bottle.

Step by step tutorial in making homemade water kefir

  1. Add sugar into a glass container with warm water and completely dissolve them.
  2. Wait for the solution to cool down or pour in some cold or room temperature water to bring down the temperature to normal temperature
  3. Put in water kefir grains.
  4. Cover with a cloth on top using a rubber-band.
  5. Leave the bottle in a dark, warm condition (cupboard) to ferment for 1 day to 3 days.
    • The fermenting duration depends on the amount of sugar, the amount of water kefir grains, and your preferred sweetness and acidity).
  6. After few days of fermenting, strain the water kefir grains to make a new batch while using the solution for 2nd fermentation or drink directly.
  7. Add your own preferred flavoring into the solution and let it ferment for 1 day.
    • The duration to ferment depends on the amount of sugar, the amount of water kefir grains, and your preferred sweetness and acidity
  8. After the 2nd fermentation, you can drink directly or keep chilled in the fridge and serve cold.
    • Chilled water kefir soda is recommended since it retains more gas (carbon dioxide) better and the a better, fizzier water kefir soda. Cold water kefir soda is more refreshing as well.

Water kefir grains

Water kefir grains will thrive better under certain circumstances and conditions. Here is a short list of water kefir grains preferred growing conditions:
  • Airtight: Both aerobic (require oxygen, non-airtight with a cloth on top) and anaerobic (without oxygen, airtight) work fine.
  • Higher water pH: Water kefir grains don’t like acidic lower pH water or solution.
    • You can add sodium bicarbonate (commonly used in baking) to reduce the pH of the water solution.
    • Try to rinse the water kefir to make a new sugar solution which is not acidic instead of using the old batch and continuously adding water into the water kefir solution.

Frequently asked questions & troubleshooting

Why is my water kefir grains not moving?

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Discussion

Feel free to leave a comment below, share with us your opinion and experience, or ask a question if you have any doubt in making your own homemade water kefir and water kefir grains. Thanks for reading.

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