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I used to do water kefir but could not keep up with it. 24-48 hrs is way too fast for me when I’m already doing Kombucha and Milk Kefir.
I found that it’s safer for the grains to add the fruits in a secondary fermentation keeping the first fermentation with just water and sugar.
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Okay, so do you suppose that it could be the fruit that may have something on it that kills the culture? That would make sense. I usually used the secondary fermentation primarily to get it nice and bubbly, meaning I bottled it and let it sit for a few days.
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The same goes for Kombucha. The second ferment is for making it fizzy but also for adding flavour. I found that adding fruits to the water kefir during first fermentation also stains the grain. Some stuff such as ginger might definitely kill or weaken the culture. I only wanted to expose the grains to what they live/feed on which is water and sugar. And it makes it easier to filter the grain out too.
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:-) That's so weird! In my experience it was precisely the ginger that my cultures seemed to love most. Whenever I made it with ginger, they always grew faster, as well as forming bigger pieces.
Regarding filtering the fruit, I use usually use a piece of very loose fabric, almost like a fine mesh. It's worked quite well so far, but you're right. if I give them a completely separate second run, I could skip the fabric completely.
What I meant with the filtering process is separating the particles of fruits or seeds from the grains. Not sure for you but I often get them mixed up together. It’s maybe the type of fruits Im using or the way I prep them
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Yeah, with really tiny pieces, such as berries, it has happened that I had a tough time picking them out of the grains. That's when I decided to wrap them in a piece of fabric.
Oh I see
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That’s interesting! It’s the kind of stuff different people get different results.
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