Water Kefir — FarmPal

Fermenting recipe yielding About 1 quart. Stores for 1-2 weeks refrigerated.

Method
fermenting
Yield
About 1 quart
Storage
1-2 weeks refrigerated
Difficulty
beginner

Ingredients

  • •1/4 cup water kefir grains
  • •4 cups filtered water
  • •1/4 cup organic cane sugar
  • •Slice of lemon (optional)
  • •Dried unsulfured fruit (optional)
  • •Flavoring for second ferment (fruit juice, ginger, etc.)

Instructions

  1. 1Dissolve sugar in warm water, cool to room temperature
  2. 2Add kefir grains to sugar water in quart jar
  3. 3Add optional lemon and dried fruit
  4. 4Cover with cloth, rubber band
  5. 5Ferment 24-48 hours at room temperature
  6. 6Strain out grains (save for next batch)
  7. 7Second ferment: add flavoring, seal in bottles
  8. 8Ferment 12-48 hours for carbonation
  9. 9Refrigerate to stop fermentation