This is all nice and dandy but honestly it can become an obstacle when you want to go out of town for a business trip or for vacation. You can’t just leave your kefir grains now… can you?

If you want to go on a vacation or you just don’t feel like making kefir for a couple of weeks, place the kefir grains in fresh milk and store them in the refrigerator. These little critters can usually last for two weeks with their recovery period not being too long, when you do decide to bring them back out and grow them again.

Since kefir grains are basically little tiny organisms, they can go out of balance at extreme temperatures. The longer they are kept they’re the longer they will stay ‘dormant’, so to speak, resulting in a longer recovery period to get them started again.

If you really do have to keep them in the refrigerator or when you do decide to get them out, repeat what you’ve been doing before and be sure to keep giving them a change of milk every day and to keep them at room temperature so they’ll be happy. When you don’t see results right away, this is the recovery period taking place. Just keep doing what you’re doing and eventually, they should go back to what they were.

Sometimes, the grains can become so outbalanced that it takes so much time and so much milk is wasted, it would be easier to start over with new grains.

If you need to store the grains for longer than 2 weeks, the only way to store them is by freezing them. This is a good idea for the extra grains you don’t need, but is eating up so much of your fresh milk. Again, the longer you freeze them the longer the recovery period will be.

When you get them out, you may think they are inactive and dead, but most likely they’re just ‘asleep’. Leave them in room temperature and keep giving them fresh milk every day. Do this regularly and each day that pass, you’ll taste the kefir getting a little better each day.

First, let’s tackle the taste part, no matter what the consistency or smell of the kefir is. This is by far the easiest to remedy as the consistency and smell of the kefir will eventually follow. The general rule of thumb that I follow, is to simply add more milk when the kefir that is strained off from the batch is too sour. Remember to strain the kefir grains every 24 hours and to put into a fresh batch of milk. If the resulting taste is just right, use the same amount of milk the next time. If after you’ve doubled the milk and it’s still too sour, you might be having a little too much grains in your jar, so the next best solution is removing some of the grains.

When doing this trial and error or experimentation phase, be sure to only change one thing at a time. If you’re going to add or lessen the milk OR you’re going to remove some of the grains. Don’t do both as you not know what really effected the change. Learn to be patient, everything comes with practice as they say. : )

Next is the consistency part. After a while of growing your kefir grains, you may just find your kefir turning into a whole different consistency. With the top being curdy and very watery near the bottom, and separates more once strained and left in the refrigerator. Definitely not the smooth and thick kefir you’re familiar with.

So what are we doing wrong now?

The simplest explanation to this is that you’re kefir grain’s growth is outpacing you supplying them with their food. You’ve been giving them the same amount of fresh milk when they have already grown so much. At this point, the kefir is simply separating because it has become too acidic. Like the taste, the remedy is to simply add more milk to the kefir grains or to remove of the grains and use the same amount of fresh milk.

People from way back mainly use goat’s milk or even milk from sheep.

Here are some Kefir Milk combinations:

• Cow’s Milk
• Goat’s Milk
• Sheep’s Milk
• Buffalo’s Milk
• Coconut Milk (yes even coconut milk)

Check out each so you can see which kefir milk your body would  like.

The wonders of kefir just won’t cease to amaze you. Try it now and see for yourself.

And with a continued kefir diet, you get a healthier body, a more alert mind and a fatter wallet from all your savings from both food and medication bills.

Caring for your kefir grains is vital so they grow faster and give you the best kefir possible. There are so many ways people keep and take care of their kefir grains and they can vary from person to person.

Through long experimentation, we have compiled a list of important tips that will help you take care of your kefir grains and keep them alive so they can reach their full potential.

Handling Kefir Grains

• Use plastic – We had mixed results for this. 70% had no problems at all with metal contact. To be safe, we suggest you stick with plastic strainers and spoons when there is contact with the kefir grains.
• Rinsing not needed – From years of data, we can surely say that rinsing away the fat solids with unchlorinated water is acceptable but do limit it. Rinsing too much could hurt the grains. Notice I mentioned unchlorinated? That means you have to avoid using tap water as it may contain chlorine that kills bacteria.
• Population explotion – You can divide it and give to your friends. Spread the love.

Storing Kefir Grains

• Put in paper envelope after drying – you can leave this for over a year and they will still be alive. Just make sure of the surrounding conditions.
• Store in refrigerator with milk - Be sure to change the milk after a week or two to keep them growing. From our tests, the kefir grains will last for 2 to 3 weeks normally but on some occasions will last over a couple months.
• No milk? Use sugar water – Using water is fine but you have to add sugar to feed the bacteria.
• Don’t deep freeze – From our tests, we got 40% success rate of reactivating it after deep freezing. It is possible, but to be safe, let’s just go with not deep freezing the kefir grains in the first place.
• Best scenario - Leave it in room temperature in milk. If you are going away for a while, have your neighbor or friend take care of it. Replacing the milk every week so they can continue to grow naturally.

Reactivating Kefir Grains

• If left dry and kept in room temperature - You can reactivate them slowly. Soak it in water for 4-8 hours and transfer it to another container with about a cup of milk. Let them settle and feed on it first for about a day. Transfer the grains and add a bigger batch of milk. Slowly increasing it day after day until it can culture a quart and so on. Slowly but surely, you will get it back to it’s happy healthy self.
• If left in the refrigerator in milk - Just leave it in a fresh batch of milk in room temperature. Slowly increase the milk every day for every new culture batch.
• If deep frozen – This takes the longest time to recover. Soak it in water overnight in room temperature. Put it in milk the next day and leave it for a day. Add it to a fresh batch of milk the next day and do this over and over for a week. You will know if it is still alive if it cultures some of the milk you added. If it doesn’t, keep trying. If still nothing happens then you might have to get some new kefir grains.

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The best way to have kefir is to make it at home with real live kefir grains. Not those commercial kefir starters or cultures, but with Real Certified Live Kefir Grains. There is just no comparison to having the real deal.

Kefir grains are composed of a complex structure of bacteria and yeasts with proteins, lipids and sugars. At first glance, kefir grains look a lot like cauliflower. Inside kefir grains are countless beneficial bacteria that are good for the body. To take care of kefir grains, you place it in milk or a sugarry solution so the kefir grains have “food” to eat and grow.

All real kefir grains are said to have originated from the caucasus mountain area where kefir grains and kefir are believed to have been discovered. And since kefir grains, when taken care of, last forever and actually grow and become more, you only need to buy one or get a single batch of kefir grains to make all the kefir you will ever want.

Once you have your kefir grains, and have gotten used to making kefir with it, you have got to try all the other kefir recipes like making kefir smoothies, kefir soups and even kefir cheese. All in all the sky’s the limit when it comes to making kefir.

If you need any technical information on kefir and kefir grains, I’ll be more than happy to share what I know.

Looking to get your own Real Certified Live Kefir Grains ?

We do not require you to buy anything, we do not force you with sales letters and stuff. We just hope you could spread the word. Kefir could be the answer that you have been waiting for. Maybe it is something someone else is looking for which could probably change his/her life. Plus donations will be made to save animals in need.

If ever you want to Buy Kefir Grains (Hopefully you want it because you need it asap, no hassle, we pay the shipping fee) then the following links might be of help to you. Just click them and check them out

Buy Kefir Grains – Kefir Grains For Sale

Kefir Video Course – How To Make Kefir Fast

Don’t worry about the Kefir grains and shipping, your grains will most likely be shipped to you as baby kefir grains like this in a sachet. Unless we come up with some new better way, but this has been proven to be the perfect way to ship them. It’s both safe and discrete.

In a few days, they will be pumping out kefir for you like there’s no tomorrow. From baby kefir grains, they will grow to these wonderful, puffy and healthy kefir grains!

Personally, when I started out, I wished I had access to the video course  too. That would’ve saved me a lot of time. So if you are new to kefir, I suggest the Kefir Package as the best deal out the for you.

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When I started buying kefir grains from different people and testing them, a friend of mine went the free path and tried acquiring free kefir grains from people she met on the internet.

I loved how people that drink kefir are genuinely honest and giving. You only pay for the shipping and they ship you their grains for free because they already have too much.

Here are some positives and negatives I saw about getting free kefir grains.

Pros Of Free Kefir Grains:

• It’s FREE
• You get to try out Kefir first if you are a beginner
• Chances are, you’ll get well taken cared of Kefir grains.
• Maybe you’ll learn a thing or two from the sender on how they make kefir and take care of their kefir grains

Cons of Free Kefir Grains:

• You won’t know where these grains really came from
• You will always have doubt about sending money to someone even if it is only for shipping
• You have to test if these kefir grains are healthy enough to produce the quality of kefir you need which will take a bit of time

Free kefir grains can be requested on these following pages:

Kefir Project

Toronto Advisors

For Spain Etc

My friend got her grains from 3 people in those lists and only 1 couldn’t get reactivated.

The other 2, well let’s just say they are hard at work doing what they do best. Not bad for free kefir grains.

Comparing Probiotics Pills To Kefir And Yogurt

Here are some numbers I want to show you.

A man made probiotic supplement in pill form has around 15 billion bacteria. Wow, that is a lot but if you look at yogurt….

Around 500 mL of fresh yogurt has around 1.5 trillion beneficial organisms…that’s like a 100 times more!

Now how about Kefir from Kefir Grains?

At around 500 mL of refreshing Kefir, you get up to 5 trillion beneficial, friendly bacteria.

Bacteria in pill form are in a dormant cycle. The bacteria in both kefir and yogurt are alive and thriving, so they are much more fit to adapt to sudden changes in environment as they enter the body.

Now how can a probiotic pill win against that while being more expensive?

You get Kefir naturally and you can get Kefir grains for just a few bucks and they will last you a life time.

I urge you to check it out. You won’t be disappointed.

The harsh and unsanitary environments peaked the curiosity of scientists. Why are Kefir grains so good yet it came from such a bad environment?

Scientist tested the kefir and tried to find any trace of harmful bacteria. Surprisingly, there was none. Not even a single one! Scientists refused to believe and tested it again. They came up with a scenario where animal crap (excuse me for my language) would fall into the milk. So they injected the E. Coli into the kefir.

Within 24 hours the E. Coli was destroyed by Kefir’s friendly bacteria. Kefir has also demonstrated the ability to kill H. Pylori infections. The complex microflora of kefir has also shown a keen ability to stimulate our immune system which has been one of the commonly known benefits. It also wards off infections from salmonella, and in some cases even fights cancer. Kefir’s rich source of probiotics is certainly awesome.

Your Kefir Source would want to point out these facts because people generally skip whole foods like Kefir. Their reasons? It’s dangerous and will also cause you stomach aches and the likes.

Try kefir it out and see if it’s “dangerous“. You’ll see first hand that you won’t get anything bad from it…only a boatload of goodness.