You probably dont care but does any of you know a trick to log back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid lost the login password. I appreciate any tips you can give me!
FYI It's okay to remove chlorine that way but it WON'T remove chloramine or fluoride. You'll need to know what your local municipality uses. Great video BTW 👍
Burping the bottle is EXTREMELY important. However hilarious (I now know my husband's fight or flight is definitely flight because he flew for the hills), I now have a purple grape stain on my kitchen ceiling and had a huge mess all over my kitchen to clean up after my 16 Oz bottle exploded worse then a bottle of Bubbly Shaken on New Years Eve, when I popped the top. It had only been fermenting for 3 days. Tasted amazing though!!!
Great video. 🤗 How do I know if the water kefir grains are working? I’ve activated them, and they seemed quite lively during the first 12 hours producing tons of bubbles. Now that I’ve replaced the sugar water, I don’t see any bubbles. Am I being impatient? 🥂
I need a video that shows me from the very beginning including how to activate that first batch. It would be great to know how to use fresh fruit to since I know a lot of people do that rather than fruit juice.
Maybe the chlorine evaporated but think 🤔 very hard about the Floride and other toxins that will remain in the water. I Know to my surprise my tap water has lead in it. Never trust public drinking water. Fluoride was added to our water to calcify the pineal glands which is where spirituality free thinking and oneness with the universe comes from him giving that advice is very bad and risky numerous places in the United States and in Europe have issued caution statements regarding public water if we're at their Mercy to give us that letter what happens if it never comes? Me personally I experienced last year what they called a beautification of the roads which really they were removing very large water pipes little did I know that my water had been turned off during the day when I was at work I found out later from the neighbor I had been coming home and going about my life like normal because my water had been on when I got home I never received a letter in the mail telling me to boil my water and return my family got very sick from it proving my point that you should never drink tap water unless you distill or minimum boil it first. You can't trust everything that you see on TH-cam videos unfortunately
I dont think you need to shake the bottles to burp them. I usually just loosen the cap real quick to let out some gas and tighten it up. You can also put them in the fridge after 2 or 3 days so it will slow down the gasses.
They're only good for two weeks after they're made? And that's not including fermentation time. Is there any way to extend that? Refrigerating won't make them last longer?
About 12 grams of dried grains will do great in 1 quart of sugar water. The amount of sugar by weight is about 5 times the amount of dry grains in weight. For 12 grams of grains, use 60 grams of sugar: 30 grams pure white cane and 30 grams unrefined brown sugar. Steps: 1) hydrate 12g dried kefir (keh-feer) grains with about 8 liquid ounces of non-chlorinated, room temperature spring water in a quart jar. Filtered water doesn’t have enough minerals. Hot water will kill the microbes. Stir occasionally until well hydrated (15 minutes). 2) add the 60 grams of sugar. 3) fill jar with the correct water 2” from the top brim. 4) close lid snug and gently shake/stir to fully dissolve sugar. 5) remove lid and replace with clean lint free cloth and rubber band or even better a lid with an air lock specifically made for your jar. 6) ferment at room temperature in darkened place for about 2 days: 74° 12-36 hours. 7) strain and enjoy or ferment liquid again (without grains) and optional flavorings. 2nd fermentation in closed bottles allows for carbonation. Use caution. Burp or test often to avoid explosion.
Hi, thank you for sharing. Currently, I am doing a reserach focus on water kefir. Previously, I have done some trials to make coconut water kefir but I always failed because my product always contaminated by mold. Could you explaine the simple tips to make a successful, healthy and clean water kefir. Disclaimer: I always clean all the bottle to store water kefir by heated water
You should note few things. Water to sugar ratio will be always 4:1, add 1/4 teaspoon of salt and a lemon piece, keep it a dark place for 2 to 3 days, you can add dried plums but you should not use any other sweetner like honey etc. you can use white sugar or any organic sugar.
can I use green and black tea in my first ferment? I know it then sounds like kombucha, but it is not. Kefir is still quicker. Can I just use the tea base (black and green), for my first ferment?..
What type of bottles do I use? I know it’s the swing type. I purchased some at Marshall’s. Is there a specific brand or thickness of glass? My first bottle did just fine in the second ferment. The second bottle I made, I burped often and in the evening it exploded with such a force that if I or my kids would have been in the kitchen for sure one would have lost an eye! It shook me. I’m just trying to find out, where to buy bottles that are strong enough for carbonation and I of course burping them. The first bottle was excellent, I’m just shook from the second bottle. I’m afraid to put in fridge and it explode at our eye level. It might even slit our throat. It went off like a bomb. It’s freakin scary! I saw chard of glass fly like daggers! I don’t want to give up on making second ferments.
That looks like a gallon jug, so how much sugar do you put in a gallon jug? Also, how much Welches grape juice concentrate do you put in a gallon of water?.
Whats wrong with leaving the co2 in the bottles? which prompts another question - is it co2 like yeast used in my beer, or what kind of gas is it exactly. What are they farting?
Few things I noticed that could be improved. 1:Ratios are not correct. It is: 1 TBS Grains / 1TBS sugar / 1 CUP water. 2: metal should not be in contact with grains for such prolonged periods. Plastic, silicone or wood is much better.
@@shahbazs6705 it must be sterilized with water and sugar. If you add fruit you must take away the correct sugar amount. This guy in the video is clueless. If you have grown gourmet mushrooms then you know how to properly grow water kefir grains. It's a more like a marine fungi
Hi, I recently was able to revive a batch of grains that had been sitting in the fridge for 1 year and a few months. The grains produced bubbles and are floating again. Is it safe to drink?
It is because the organisms in kefir eat sugar to produce the probiotics and carbonation. It won’t be a lot of sugar in the end for your consumption :)
So the kefir grains I picked up say to use only a total of 3.75 cups of water (0.5 cup warm water / 0.25 cup sugar / 3 cups room temp water). Nowhere in the instructions do they call for using a full gallon of water like you have in this video. Do you actually need to use more sugar when making a full gallon to give the grains more food to propagate? Seems like if the mixture is not sugary enough it would impact propagation. Thank you.
Okay watched a different video and learned that once you've done the initial kefir grain rehydration, you can then use 1 cup of sugar for each 1 cup of water, so it sounds easy enough to scale up to have a nearly full gallon of kefir water to which you then add your sweetener / adjunct prior to bottling or canning. Thank you.
Okay thank you but I've never seen anyone wanting to burp the bottle daily you're supposed to wait a few days and then chill it and drink it carbonated
This is the best tutorial I’ve ever seen of anything, fast & to the point. No chit chatting
Probably the most simple explanation of refermentation and flavouring that I've found so far. Thank you for your clarity.
You probably dont care but does any of you know a trick to log back into an Instagram account??
I was stupid lost the login password. I appreciate any tips you can give me!
@@claytonjad9497 I think you can email Instagram and they send you a link, but lots of ppl just make another account
FYI It's okay to remove chlorine that way but it WON'T remove chloramine or fluoride. You'll need to know what your local municipality uses. Great video BTW 👍
Burping the bottle is EXTREMELY important. However hilarious (I now know my husband's fight or flight is definitely flight because he flew for the hills), I now have a purple grape stain on my kitchen ceiling and had a huge mess all over my kitchen to clean up after my 16 Oz bottle exploded worse then a bottle of Bubbly Shaken on New Years Eve, when I popped the top. It had only been fermenting for 3 days. Tasted amazing though!!!
So just put a random amount of water kefir grains with a random amount of water and a random amount of sugar. Very helpful.
unlike your random comment you can clearly see and hear the instructions
Random comment here
He put 1 gallon of water to 1 cu of organic sugar and 1/2of his fed kefir grains back because they grow new ones.
@@rebeccaknudsen6190how many grains did he start with?
Very good tutorial. Detailed but to the point.
Excellent and straight to the point. Thank you!
Use a plastic strainer and avoid metal utensils/ bowls etc when working with Kefir.
I can’t use aluminum but stainless steel is okay.
@neilnicco why is that?
Greetings from New Zealand.
I just made this, and it's so good. I didn't add flavor to it as I like it without it. Thank you so much 😊
thx so much for sharing, a very good explanation
Great video. 🤗 How do I know if the water kefir grains are working? I’ve activated them, and they seemed quite lively during the first 12 hours producing tons of bubbles. Now that I’ve replaced the sugar water, I don’t see any bubbles. Am I being impatient? 🥂
Thank you for making a simple instruction
Just what I needed. Simple and clear. Thank you!
I need a video that shows me from the very beginning including how to activate that first batch. It would be great to know how to use fresh fruit to since I know a lot of people do that rather than fruit juice.
Crush the fresh fruit to release their juices then add to the bottles
Amazing!!!! Thanks 🙏🏻 I had no idea you could evaporate the chlorine..... awesome 👏
Maybe the chlorine evaporated but think 🤔 very hard about the Floride and other toxins that will remain in the water. I Know to my surprise my tap water has lead in it. Never trust public drinking water. Fluoride was added to our water to calcify the pineal glands which is where spirituality free thinking and oneness with the universe comes from him giving that advice is very bad and risky numerous places in the United States and in Europe have issued caution statements regarding public water if we're at their Mercy to give us that letter what happens if it never comes? Me personally I experienced last year what they called a beautification of the roads which really they were removing very large water pipes little did I know that my water had been turned off during the day when I was at work I found out later from the neighbor I had been coming home and going about my life like normal because my water had been on when I got home I never received a letter in the mail telling me to boil my water and return my family got very sick from it proving my point that you should never drink tap water unless you distill or minimum boil it first. You can't trust everything that you see on TH-cam videos unfortunately
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Best video yet on kefir making!
I dont think you need to shake the bottles to burp them. I usually just loosen the cap real quick to let out some gas and tighten it up. You can also put them in the fridge after 2 or 3 days so it will slow down the gasses.
I think he was just trying to simulate what burping the bottle would look/sound like when the gas forms naturally over time.
@@jimbrown341exactly
They're only good for two weeks after they're made? And that's not including fermentation time. Is there any way to extend that? Refrigerating won't make them last longer?
Why do none of these tutorials say how much grains to use to start the 1st ferment?? I have dried grains with no instructions
It's usually 100 gr for 1 liter sugar water
@@PlanetHell67 sugar water? Why not just regular water?
@@KT-ed8hj grain need food so we giving enhanced water that is sugar + water
@@KT-ed8hjthe kefir grows with sugar
About 12 grams of dried grains will do great in 1 quart of sugar water. The amount of sugar by weight is about 5 times the amount of dry grains in weight. For 12 grams of grains, use 60 grams of sugar: 30 grams pure white cane and 30 grams unrefined brown sugar.
Steps:
1) hydrate 12g dried kefir (keh-feer) grains with about 8 liquid ounces of non-chlorinated, room temperature spring water in a quart jar. Filtered water doesn’t have enough minerals. Hot water will kill the microbes. Stir occasionally until well hydrated (15 minutes).
2) add the 60 grams of sugar.
3) fill jar with the correct water 2” from the top brim.
4) close lid snug and gently shake/stir to fully dissolve sugar.
5) remove lid and replace with clean lint free cloth and rubber band or even better a lid with an air lock specifically made for your jar.
6) ferment at room temperature in darkened place for about 2 days: 74° 12-36 hours.
7) strain and enjoy or ferment liquid again (without grains) and optional flavorings. 2nd fermentation in closed bottles allows for carbonation. Use caution. Burp or test often to avoid explosion.
Hi, thank you for sharing. Currently, I am doing a reserach focus on water kefir. Previously, I have done some trials to make coconut water kefir but I always failed because my product always contaminated by mold. Could you explaine the simple tips to make a successful, healthy and clean water kefir. Disclaimer: I always clean all the bottle to store water kefir by heated water
You should note few things.
Water to sugar ratio will be always 4:1, add 1/4 teaspoon of salt and a lemon piece, keep it a dark place for 2 to 3 days, you can add dried plums but you should not use any other sweetner like honey etc. you can use white sugar or any organic sugar.
can I use green and black tea in my first ferment? I know it then sounds like kombucha, but it is not. Kefir is still quicker. Can I just use the tea base (black and green), for my first ferment?..
I thought the sieve that you catch the Kefir grains into can't be metal?
stainless steel is fine
How do you know when the first ferment water kefir is ready?
Great Video!
What type of bottles do I use? I know it’s the swing type. I purchased some at Marshall’s. Is there a specific brand or thickness of glass? My first bottle did just fine in the second ferment. The second bottle I made, I burped often and in the evening it exploded with such a force that if I or my kids would have been in the kitchen for sure one would have lost an eye! It shook me. I’m just trying to find out, where to buy bottles that are strong enough for carbonation and I of course burping them. The first bottle was excellent, I’m just shook from the second bottle. I’m afraid to put in fridge and it
explode at our eye level. It might even slit our throat. It went off like a bomb. It’s freakin scary! I saw chard of glass fly like daggers! I don’t want to give up on making second ferments.
You said you're going to make a video on what to do with the extra grains. I looked and don't see it ):
Instead of a cloth, can you use a ball lid with the burp plastic?
That looks like a gallon jug, so how much sugar do you put in a gallon jug? Also, how much Welches grape juice concentrate do you put in a gallon of water?.
Watching your video. But. You already started with a starter. Could you PLEASE give EVERY single step. (I need ). Thanks
Whats wrong with leaving the co2 in the bottles? which prompts another question - is it co2 like yeast used in my beer, or what kind of gas is it exactly. What are they farting?
Wow thanks for explaining how to make this
Thank you so much I learned a lot!!😊
Thank you mate 🙏🤗💟
Thanks for sharing
Thank you so mucc
I'm making Kefir all the time, but my grains aren't growing. Any suggestions?
Can you use only fruit with no other sugar to ferment kefir grains?
Buenos dias , una consulta , yo tomo el Adiro antiagregantes plaquetarios , no se si no habria problemas con el Kefir . Gracias
no it’s probiotic and helps with your gut health the flora fauna in your digestive tract
Few things I noticed that could be improved.
1:Ratios are not correct.
It is:
1 TBS Grains / 1TBS sugar / 1 CUP water.
2: metal should not be in contact with grains for such prolonged periods. Plastic, silicone or wood is much better.
Iv seen videos where people have been adding fruit. Is this bad for the Kefir?
@@shahbazs6705 it must be sterilized with water and sugar. If you add fruit you must take away the correct sugar amount. This guy in the video is clueless. If you have grown gourmet mushrooms then you know how to properly grow water kefir grains. It's a more like a marine fungi
@@st.clairbloom7546 can you recommend a video i can watch to make water kefir correctly?
@@shahbazs6705 im going have to make the video. I haven't seen one video here that is done right.
@@st.clairbloom7546 if you do, can you tag me in it please. Its meant to be super healthy for the gut. I really want to learn how to make it.
Hi, I recently was able to revive a batch of grains that had been sitting in the fridge for 1 year and a few months. The grains produced bubbles and are floating again. Is it safe to drink?
yes.
*Thank you very much! Superb!*
how much of the sygar winds up in the finished product? i'm a diabetic and i'm trying to find a better replacement for diet sodas
Let it ferment longer and the sugar content will be less. It will be like a dry wine
I love that glass bowl with a spout that you use. Is it on Amazon?
HI,do you use same grains as for milk kefir?
No
Cultures for health sell milk kefir grains. I hope this helps.
Thank you! the most simple explanation that I've found so far. adding sugar is mandatory? Thank you!
It is because the organisms in kefir eat sugar to produce the probiotics and carbonation. It won’t be a lot of sugar in the end for your consumption :)
Thanks my friend
So the kefir grains I picked up say to use only a total of 3.75 cups of water (0.5 cup warm water / 0.25 cup sugar / 3 cups room temp water). Nowhere in the instructions do they call for using a full gallon of water like you have in this video. Do you actually need to use more sugar when making a full gallon to give the grains more food to propagate? Seems like if the mixture is not sugary enough it would impact propagation. Thank you.
Okay watched a different video and learned that once you've done the initial kefir grain rehydration, you can then use 1 cup of sugar for each 1 cup of water, so it sounds easy enough to scale up to have a nearly full gallon of kefir water to which you then add your sweetener / adjunct prior to bottling or canning. Thank you.
is it ok if I add the grain before the sugar is dissolved? Is it wrong if I add the sugar into the grain and then add water and stir?
so good to know t\
thanks
where can I buy water kefir grains that is a reputable source? Eva
Can first ferment be done in a vessel with a wide mouth?
The only thing I dont like is that we use organic sugars and then processed juice.
Can we use coconut sugar
Yes
How to sterilize the glass jar of any bad bacteria before fermenting in it ?
Chlorine evaporates out of tapwater?
Distilled water is that water you put in the iron you do the clothes yes ?
Yes but it is NOT necessary.
just use water without chlorine.
Use tap water that you have left standing for 24 - 48 hours. The chlorine dissipates and evaporates.
They say spring water is best. No distilled water.
Thank you for a very easy to follow video !
Would you tell me where ypu got your transparent super size mixing bowl ? Tnx again
But how do you get Kiefer grains? Do they naturally occur or do you have to buy them?
you have to purchase them from a reputable seller. You can get some on Amazon.
Hello, I want to sell water kefir. I worry about exploding the bottles when stored. Help
Way simpler than Kombucha. Ima try and see if the flavor is better too
If you haven’t tried it yet, you will love it! The flavor is much better than kombucha
You can also boil your water for 15 minutes to remove chlorine. Just make sure you let it cool to room temperature before using.
You can also let the water sit uncovered for 24 hours. The chlorine will evaporate.
I just realized he said this in the video. My bad lol.
Where did you buy that bottle?
Can it be made in a plastic jug?
You're supposed to wipe the seal with white vinegar 🤔
Can anyone tell me what happens if I go out of town for two days And cannot be home to burp my bottles?
What wrong if they keep her grinds are just mushy?
Thought you aren’t supposed to use stainless steel
Also has alcohol the longer you let it sit.
how can you use a strainer? I heard that the grains shouldn't come into contact with metal
It's fine if it's stainless steel I think.
Amazon sells Nylon strainers that work great for kefir
Will the bottles explode if they become too carbonated? If not, why bother burping them?
I have Blueberry kefir on my kitchen ceiling. So yes that can explode. 😮
My kefir is still sweet. Shouldn’t it be less
for second ferment after 48 hrs do u have to put it into the fridge or not?
Yes. Unless you want to burp your bottles constantly. Also will affect the taste. It will be more vinegary
Anaksunamu88-it looks like its off a kitchen aid food mixer.You’re welcome 👍🏻
Vibration mode on 🤣🤣🤣👍👌👌👌thanks to share video
You never explain what are kefir grains and where yo get them. Key piece of info. missing.
Cultures for health has a website.
measurements?
It seems to be bad for dietbedtics????
The tibicos use all of the sugar in the fermentation process.
@@shakedown1933 wow ….thanks
Try not making a mess in the kitchen when making water kefir ... 😉
This is not step by step!
What is kiefer grains? How do you ma the 1st water or ferment?
Okay thank you but I've never seen anyone wanting to burp the bottle daily you're supposed to wait a few days and then chill it and drink it carbonated
lno boul?
Why are you using flavors? Taste perfectly natural flavor. And more healthy
I thaw out wild blueberries and add for second ferment, or fresh pears are the best. Like drinking soda
If you filled up a coke can of 330 ml how much sugar is left after the fermentation? Normal US coca cola can has 65 grams 😂
Where do you get the grains
All the other videos say not to use any metals. The grains react to it. Just sayin.
No metal used for kefir
try ginger and mint kefir. you will dump that concentrate junk in a second. please look up what “concentrate” means.
thanks
Imagine having a channel based around something you can't even pronounce correctly
"ke-FEER" not "KEE-fer"
🤣
Bad idea to not used distilled water 💦.
very bad presentation but good content
that is not how you pronounce kefir tho
Just killing good kefir with all junk sugar!
why does my kefir water smell like fart?
this is just insanity...sugar? WTF... 🤮
This is how you kill grains. He's making alcohol not water kefir.
why? Whats he doing wrong?