And it's so easy to make! Here's how i do it:
-In a half gallon or gallon glass jar dissolve 1/4 cup sugar* (organic preferred!) and a pinch of sea salt in 4 cups of water (water should be spring water or filtered water, if you don't have these leave tap water to sit out overnight as this will make all the chlorine evaporate!).
-Add in 1/4 cup of kefir grains
-Cover with lid or dishtowel.
That's literally it! Now just wait 24-48 hours and then strain your kefir, and start over!
When i strain mine i like to add flavouring (my fave is 1/4 cup of lemon juice!) and put it in a flip top bottle (as pictured above) and let it sit on the counter for one more day. This makes it fizzy like soda. It's delicious! Then i put it in the fridge and enjoy it for the next few days until my next batch is ready! Simple as that!
Some people say it's good to add other ingredients to your water kefir once in a while to allow them to grow and to keep them happy. Some of these include organic lemon wedges, organic raisins, a few drops of blackstrap molasses, or a pinch of baking soda. So feel free to experiment and see what your grains like.
*You can use plain white cane sugar/sucanat/rapadura/coconut sugar or a combo of these! I normally just use organic cane sugar and then once every week or 2 i'll do half cane sugar and a more unrefined sugar like coconut or rapadura. The kefir likes the minerals in the unrefined :)
