Kefir Topic

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Hey Guys?

Kefir, like Kombucha is a culture.  You cannot get Kefir Milk without the

Kefir Grains.

There are a couple of really good support groups just like this one, but

for Kefir. 

What you accidentally or intentionally are making, although it sounds yummy, is

not Kefir.

Milk Kefir Grains are white small cauliflower shaped and change the milk product

by consuming the lactose and sugars in the milk.  It eats like Kombucha

does, and produces an end product similar to buttermilk.  Kefir is loaded with

Probiotics and if you like buttermilk you will enjoy Kefir Milk.

Industrialized buttermilk is not really what anyone on a farm would consider

buttermilk anyway.  Buttermilk is the end product when making butter.  

The buttermilk you purchase in a store does not have the same probiotic benefits

of Kefir Milk.  Just like the saurekraut you purchase which has been pasturized

does not have the same benefits as non pasturized home fermented saurekraut.   

Although they may appear to be " similar " , they are not.  It's like comparing

apples to oranges.

F.Y.I. there is also Water Kefir which is made with water/sugar and the little

rice sized grains feed on that and transform it into another end product, much

like Kombucha does.  It too has lots of probiotics.

Your buttermilk sounds like a wonderful drink by the way.  Kefir Milk is

probably more tart than what you are making and I sure notice the probiotic

benefits since making and drinking it.

Having said ALL of this?  You just can't beat Kombucha for it's yum factor! 

*lol*  

 

 Christa

(From Canada Eh?)