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I show you today How To Make Milk Kefir without kefir grains at your own home. Making kefir can be easy and you will need just simple products available in …

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  1. ARCH
    ARCH says:

    I add 1/4 cup natural organic sour cream plus 1/4 cup buttermilk and 1/2 cup organic heavy whipping cream to my organic kefir and mix it all up with a 3 cups of organic milk, this multi bacterial strain makes the creamiest kefir you ever had.

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  2. Carol Townsend
    Carol Townsend says:

    Well read all the comments
    And must say—–we will see
    But I had kefir grains for years
    And they did best in organic,
    Grass fed, whole milk. Bought a bottle of organic plain keefer-
    Drank half and put just 2 percent
    Milk in it because that all I had on hand, and in 24 hours it was great.
    Repeated , I drank half than added
    Organic, grass fed whole milk and sure it great.i used the bottle from the baught kefir, so far so good —
    But not sure about getting grains.
    Am leaving the last batch 3 days.
    Will see what happens then.
    ,

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  3. brandillysmom
    brandillysmom says:

    This looks like yogurt to me. ….. I’m trying to find the kefir grains that have the at least 20+ microbes(bacteria and yeasts)…… Can someone tell me why kefir microbes tend to stay in the gut while yogurt microbes flush out?

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  4. Donald Sexton
    Donald Sexton says:

    Sadly, this may not be, and most likely is not true Kefir. Many store bought bottle of Kefir have never been touched by Kefir grains, but rather had powdered probiotics added to them. Yes, they are higher than yogurt in probiotics, but nowhere as beneficial as true Kefir made using Kefir grains. Look at the bottles and ensure the language states that the contents were made using Kefir grains. Better yet, if they list the bacterial strains, at around 12 or so . . . they weren’t made using Kefir grains, and really shouldn’t be called Kefir.

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  5. PJ Scotland
    PJ Scotland says:

    separating the grains from thick kirir cream is the nuisance —- but the kifir cream itself will make more – just like live yoghurt does, mixed with milk – so thats why not using the grains (just keep them in the freezer for emergency) is better

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  6. Barbara Stopinski
    Barbara Stopinski says:

    I do this but adding several tablespoons of sour cream(without gums) to room temperature milk. Cover with cloth and leave for 24 to 48 hours. If you use sour cream with gums the milk will be slimy and bitter. Taste after 24 hours to see if thick and sour. If not sour after 24 hours leave for another 24 hours. At the end of 48 hours put in refrigerator overnight. Next day it is done. We call this sour milk (zsiadle melko in Polish).

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  7. The Mermaid
    The Mermaid says:

    I'll try it. If the only reason it's heated is for making sure the milk bacteria is gone, then we don't have to worry as all milk in the USA is pasteurized and homogenized. I would expect that you could make kefir from this method, because if you add yogurt to milk , then warm it for a while , you make yogurt. I don't believe that you would get yogurt if you added kefir to milk. it's not the same you see.

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  8. Ela B
    Ela B says:

    Don’t heat the milk, it’s not yogurt. The problem with doing this from store bought kefir is that you get m
    6 strains max, while home made from grains gets up to 70-ish strains of beneficial strains of bacteria and yeast. Also, kefir should not be touched with metal:) happy yogurt drinking:)

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  9. G'Maw's Garden
    G'Maw's Garden says:

    yes I remember now, use a container of live cultured yogurt, make add it to the room temp milk and let it germent over the next couple days, then favorite with the single packets that is meant for flavoring water, and refrigerate it. thnx for sharing.

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