Water kefir is a fermented sweetened drink, made with grains, sugar and water. It resembles a cross between a drinkable yogurt and kombucha. Kombucha is also a fermented sweetened drink, but it is made with tea and sugar. Both of these drinks are often consumed for their probiotic health benefits.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup water kefir powder or starter culture packet
1/4 cup sugar (or other sweetener)
Filtered water
Water kefir is a fermented beverage made with sugar and water. The sugar feeds the bacteria and yeast which then multiply, forming a gelatinous mass known as a SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast). The SCOBY can be reused to make new batches of water kefir.
You can make water kefir using either store-bought or homemade kombucha. You can also use homemade kombucha tea but it requires one extra step at the end: removing the SCOBYs from your kombucha (which will have formed in the bottom of your jar) before adding to your water kefir mixture.
Water Kefir With Kombucha Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup organic sugar
2 quarts filtered water (chlorine-free)
1-2 Tbsp fresh ginger juice (optional)
Water kefir with kombucha recipe
What you need:
1 cup sugar (or maple syrup)
Water Kefir Grains (about 2 tablespoons)
Kombucha SCOBY (about 1 teaspoon)
1 gallon of water, divided into two large jars
8-ounce glass jars, lids, and airlocks (or other containers)
Optional: dried fruit or fruit juice (to taste)
What to do:
In a large pot, bring the sugar and 1 gallon of water to a boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely. (You can speed up the cooling process by placing the pot in an ice bath.) When cool, pour half of your cooled liquid into each jar. Add one tablespoon of water kefir grains to each jar and set aside for 24 hours at room temperature. After 24 hours, add one teaspoon of kombucha SCOBY to each jar and return them to their places for another 24 hours. After 48 hours you can check the progress of your brews by opening one of them up. If there is no visible sign of fermentation — bubbles rising from bottom to top — add another teaspoon or so of each culture and leave them alone again until they start bubbling vigorously.
Water kefir is a fermented, probiotic beverage made from water and sugar. The fermentation process creates an acidic liquid that’s similar to soda.
Water kefir can be made at home with just a few simple ingredients: water, sugar, a starter culture and kefir grains. It’s also possible to purchase water kefir powder or dried kefir grains from health food stores.
Kombucha is a fizzy, sweetened tea that’s been fermented with yeast and bacteria for several days. Kombucha can be made at home but it’s also available for purchase at many natural food stores and online retailers.
Water kefir is a fermented drink made with water, sugar, and kefir grains. It’s similar to kombucha tea and milk kefir. The process for making water kefir is very similar to making kombucha. You’ll need to first make your own kefir starter culture, which involves culturing milk and adding it to a new batch of sweetened tea.
The kefir grains are responsible for fermenting the sweetened tea by converting the sugars into lactic acid. The high acid content gives water kefir its tangy taste (similar to sourdough bread or yogurt).
Water kefir can be flavored with a variety of ingredients including fruit juice concentrates, herbs and spices, and fresh fruit pieces. Water kefir is often used as the base for smoothies or milkshakes because it has a mild flavor that blends well with other ingredients.
Water kefir is a fermented beverage made from sugar water, live cultures and a small amount of fruit juice. It is similar to kombucha, but it has a different flavor profile and is less effervescent. Water kefir is commonly brewed in glass jars or bottles, but if you want to brew larger amounts or use plastic containers, you can still do so with a few simple adjustments.
You can make water kefir with store-bought kombucha or homemade kombucha, although the starter culture for water kefir will be different than the one used for kombucha. The two beverages are often confused because they are both fermented beverages containing yeast and bacteria; however, their chemical compositions and fermentation processes are quite different.
Water Kefir With Kombucha Recipe
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar (or 1 cup if making a larger volume)
1/2 cup water (or 1 cup if making a larger volume)
1 package of water kefir starter culture (available online or at health food stores).
Water Kefir With Kombucha Recipe
The first time I tried kefir, it was in the form of water kefir. I have to admit that I didn’t know what it was at the time, but when the bottle arrived in the mail, I was curious. It looked like a small container full of tiny grains and smelled slightly sweet with a hint of vinegar.
I poured some into an empty bottle, added sugar and then some juice. Then I added some brewing starter liquid and let it sit out on my counter for about a week. When I tasted it, it was delicious! To me, it tastes just like kombucha without all of the sugar or caffeine. In fact, if you like kombucha but don’t want all of those extra ingredients, then this is for you!
What are Water Kefirs?
Water kefirs are small round gelatinous balls that are made from water, sugar and yeast cultures that feed on sugar to produce carbon dioxide gas (CO2), lactic acid and other organic acids along with beneficial vitamins and minerals into an effervescent drink similar to soda pop with carbonation bubbles formed during fermentation expelling CO2 gas through the top layer.
