Earlier this week, my daughter and I consumed a bottle of kefir. That was an apple kefir and my daughter loved that a lot. It’s “lighter” than the kombucha. It looks like she’ll stick to the water kefir while I happily swap between the two. Initially, I wasn’t seeing any growth with my water kefir […]
Well… as I mentioned in an earlier post, my water kefir grains arrived a few days ago. I must say that even with my packaged water kefir grains the process to get a batch of natural soda up and running was much quicker than my kombucha! To be fair, I had to grow a SCOBY, […]
One of the challenges a person can face for wanting to prepare everything themselves, is finding the time to do just that. Take myself for example, I love that I’m so self-sufficient. When it comes to meal preparation, clothing and skin care products. I really don’t have to rely on someone or a company to […]
I am so excited that my SCOBY is doing so well. Just look at her! Perhaps I should give her a name, what do you think? I’m sure some of you might not get why I’m giddy about this blob like disc and others might not even know what a SCOBY is? A brief refresher […]
Along with kombucha, I’ve been wanting to try making my own fermented water kefir at home. Similar to many fermented items like kombucha, sauerkraut and kimchi it’s loaded with probiotics and many other nutrients. Unlike kombucha SCOBY, it doesn’t seem that you can make water kefir grains at home and so I did some searching […]
I finally had a chance to take a few pictures of my fermenting brew. See that pinkish film on top? That’s a SCOBY! I could not get a good shot. It’s actually translucent and had bubbles surrounding it. This is a good sign. I must say that I’m thrilled that soon I’ll be making my […]
Yesterday, I made another batch of my kombucha. Instead of just using the kombucha to coax out a SCOBY I added seven (7) cups of black tea and 1/2 cup of pure cane sugar. It’ll be interesting to see which batch does a better job of making a SCOBY. I’ve included a picture of my […]