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Kefir FAQ

What to Do With Kefir Grains When Going On A Vacation

by Giselle

I admit, taking care of your kefir grains can be a lot like having a pet fish. You have to regularly change the water and you have to make sure to feed the little marine life at least once a day. Except with the kefir grains, you have to make sure to strain the grains [...]

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Problems With Kefir Being Sour and Consistency

by Giselle

A lot of people have been observing their Kefir lose its consistency over time. Sometimes the taste and even the smell of the Kefir changes too. People are almost always freaked out about this and no one’s to blame. In fact, this is one of the most common questions that end up in my inbox [...]

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The Real Deal with Kefir Fermentation Time

by Giselle

Just a short post I wanted to write, since I’ve been getting lots of questions regarding the Fermentation time that’s needed to make the best Kefir possible and the most beneficial in terms of probiotics. One will quickly find out that there’s a lot of varying opinions on this as some say it takes 12hours [...]

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Kefir Starter

by Giselle

I‘ve been getting a lot of emails from buyers of Kefir Starter. I’ve been criticizing these overly commercialized products for a while now so i’m not surprised with the barrage of emails.
First things first. I stick to what i’ve said before, am saying and will continue to say for a very long time. There is [...]

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Kifer Or Kefir? Yogurt or Yoghurt?

by Giselle

This is a short post about the errors I frequently see with the spellings.
People ask me what the real spelling of yogurt is. Is it yogurt? Yoghurt? Yoghourt? Well, the truth is, they are all correct. You can use any of those three spellings without worrying anymore!
How about Kefir? Kifer is wrong, but [...]

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The Truth About Kefir

by Giselle

Kefir got rid of my Ulcers. It helped my friend by getting rid of her allergies. And it helped a lot of people treat, remedy or even cure different kinds of sicknesses. I just love kefir and I hope you will too.
You must’ve heard about kefir somewhere so you tried searching for it [...]

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Kefir FAQ 1

by Giselle

I compiled a list of questions people commonly ask me.
Here’s a quick FAQ
1. I have this really puffy Kefir grain, could I divide it to give to other people?
YES, just do it! I don’t have a problem with metal utensils but other people still stress that you should use plastic. So it’s up [...]

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