Dom,
I am just trying out Kefir d'aqua. Do you have any stats on the health
benefits of water kefir - has their been any info on what the grains consist
of and what they produce? I am assuming that they are different from milk
based, being that they adapt to different media to live on.
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: real_kefir [Dominic N. Anfiteatro]
To: Kefir_making@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 11/30/02 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Kefir_making] Water kefir ?
Hello Linda,
There really is no need trio chop up dates or other dried fruits
intended for
making water kefir.
It may even be best leaving the fruits whole, not only for the obvious
reason
[easy separation and retrieval of], but due to the slow release of
sugars, the
brew will ferment differently than when adding chopped dry fruits. The
former
will in ways, replicate how certain microbes synthesize disaccharide,
making
them available to monosaccharide utilizing yeasts and microbes... i'd
say.
Using the pouch method for traditional water kefir grains need more
attention.
Most water kefir grains grow reasonably fast, so the need to remove some
grains
from the pouch, if the pouch is small, needs to be performed on a
regular basis.
Although one has the option to use a very large pouch, which will reduce
the
task of removing the grains on less regular intervals.
Traditional water kefir grains will remain at the bottom of the jar
throughout
the whole brewing process. In fact milk-based grains switched to a water
media
will do so after many months [although the latter grains will not
propagate as
do trad-water kefir grains].
Bewell,
Dom
Linda Pugh wrote:
> How do I know when it's ready? I re-activated my de-hydrated water
kefir
> grains last night.
>
> Woe is me. I was so keen to get going on my water kefir, that I added
> CHOPPED dates, and paid no heed to Dom's warning about putting the
grains in
> a little baggie to make separation easier. Now I have the difficult
task
> of separating grains from soggy date bits!!!!!!
>
> After 24 hours, I scooped out most of the date bits that were floating
on
> the top, taking advantage of the fact that the kefir grains were
resting on
> the bottom of the jar. Will they continue to lurk on the bottom, or
will
> they rise up and chastise me for polluting their world with a haze of
date
> fragments?
>
> Linda and the K9's
>
> ---
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