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I love water kefir. Fruity, fizzy and slightly sweet, it adds a bit of variety to my largely water-dominated beverage choices.
If you haven’t tried water kefir before, I encourage you to do so! Making it requires a bit of time every two days but it’s an easy process that becomes complete routine after a little while.
Drinking water kefir is a great way to get more fermented foods into your diet. Like all raw fermented foods, water kefir is full of beneficial bacteria that are so essential to good health.
Water kefir is made with water kefir grains, symbiotic colonies of yeast and bacteria that consume sugar while producing good bacteria.
If you’ve never made water kefir before, you’ll first need to acquire some water kefir grains. The easiest, most inexpensive option is to get active grains from someone local. I’d recommend joining your local Weston A. Price Foundation chapter and asking whether anyone has any extra water kefir grains to share. Local real food Facebook groups are also good places to look.
If you can’t find any free grains, you can also purchase water kefir grains online. I recommend this brand of water kefir grains. I’ve purchased them a couple of times and have always had good success with them.
If you buy grains online, they will likely come dehydrated and you will need to follow the enclosed directions for rehydrating before you can use this recipe to make water kefir.
In the picture above, you’ll notice that I’m using Fido jars with an anaerobic Pickl-it lid. We’ve found that using these jars for water kefir improves the flavor and fizziness. Before switching to the Fido jars, however, I used regular mason jars for several years without any major issues, so you can definitely just use mason jars if you don’t want to spring for Fido jars and a Pickl-it lid.
- Two 2 liter Fido jars OR two half-gallon mason jars
- 1 Pickl-it lid OR a cloth and rubber band to cover your jar
- 1 Fido jar lid OR a mason jar lid
- Strainer that fits inside your canning funnel
Water kefir grains
Be sure to check out my posts on how to make kefir, how to make Instant Pot yogurt, and how to make kombucha.
If you’re already a kombucha lover, you’ll also enjoy my recipes for strawberry kombucha, raspberry kombucha, and strawberry lemon kombucha!
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