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As a live culture consisting of active yeasts and bacteria, a kombucha scobys will do best if it is allowed to sit on the counter culturing one batch of sugared tea after another. However, life can interfere at times and if you are facing the possibility of needing to take a break from making Kombucha, here are some guidelines for how to take a break without damaging the Scoby.   Short-term Breaks (less than 6 weeks) While many people only brew their kombucha for 1 to 4 weeks (depending on personal taste preferences), it is possible to allow a batch...

How do i know when my milk kefir is ready?..... When your Kefir looks like this basically. You should have little currents of clear liquid pooling round your grains in the curds. When your kefir looks like this, bottle it.  

Many people have heard or seen kombucha and when they hear of water kefir its likely to be compared it to kombucha. Exactly what is the difference between kombucha and water kefir? Are their benefits of one over the other? Should you be drinking both? So what exactly are they? Kombucha is fermented tea made with a kombucha starter culture (there are many names for the culture including mushroom, mother, scoby). The mixture is allowed to ferment at room temperature for 5 to 30 days. It can be consumed plain or with added flavoring such as fruit or juice. Kombucha contains a number...

The awesome thing about water kefir is that you can really flavor it however you want. It is very forgiving and you can be as creative as you’d like. Everything from fruit, to juice, to herbs, to flowers. The sky is the limit for creativity! and there really is nothing nicer than sitting on a sunny day with a chilled homemade bottle of water kefir!    Before we get started, here are a few things to remember: For all of these recipes, proportions are given for 500ml flip-top bottles. If you’re using smaller or larger bottles, you can adjust the...

How to Second ferment your Milk kefir The directions for second fermenting are below and they are super easy.     Make your kefir using the basic technique, removing the grains afterwards.  Place the kefir in a clamp down jar but if you don’t have a clamp down jar, you can use a regular canning jar.  Take an organic lemon or orange and using a vegetable peeler, peel the skin of the fruit into strips. If you don’t have an organic orange or lemon, you can take off the chemicals by placing the fruit in boiling water for 30 seconds,...