My FAVORITE summer drink! | WATER KEFIR 

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I found my perfect F2 recipe: lot of lime juice, a piece of ginger and fresh mint leaves. So fresh for summer!!

First, and only time, I made water kefir I blew up two glass bottles in the middle of the night in the kitchen! My husband and I both flew out of bed thinking someone broke into the house.. it was insane. That was about 5 years ago.. I'm almost ready to try again, LOL.

Lol I've never heard you say "Oh yeah duh" 😂😂😂 and it was totally great! I've been enjoying the less edited Lisa on podcasts and just how comfortable you are with your audience these days. You are very loved!

Grolsch beer. Excellent beer and keep the bottles 😊

Regarding kombucha: instead of buying a starter culture, you can grow your own scoby with a bottle of GT's original (unflavored) kombucha and some sweetened tea. It took me about two weeks to grow it large enough to ferment successfully.

Thanks Lisa! Will be making this soon.

I want to try this. Thanks for talking about it, again, and for the sale info!

I have watched you do this before. Now is the time to try it! Thank you for continuing to encourage us

You are just so stinking cute and talented and awesome and adorable and I only imagine how proud your mother is of you and the woman you have become. 🥰 I know how proud I am of my awesome daughter but she can’t make anything that doesn’t come out of a box and that’s a crime coming from south Louisiana where the best food and cooks in the world live.😜

Got my grains ordered in the nick of time. Thanks for the discount link. I can't wait for them to get here.

This maybe 5 yrs old, but still very informative. Love you & your whole family.

Gosh...looks sooo yum! And so much easier than I thought!

You go girl! It was so nice watching til the end and hearing that you are working on as many projects as you can take on at once. Im from a world where we haven't done that and are suffering the consequences yet we don't know it's related to not having enough to do that's going on at all times we are blessed with. So again you go girl. 🙏

Great Tutorial!!! 🍃Plant based! 🍃Thank-you so much Lisa!!!💚

I ferment with fresh blueberries and crystallized ginger...yummy!

Ikea has those bottles and I just picked one up to try this! So excited! Thanks for sharing!

I always have milk kefir grains, too... I need to make water kefir again, also. Thanks & Happy Summer :)

Cultures For Health is my go to place, love them❤ !

Fun! I just made my first water keifer yesterday and I can't wait to see how it turns out. FWIW, I really like your less edited video ;)

Ok so I was wrong, the sale ended lat night! 😭 Stay tuned because they are doing 25% July 2nd through the 6th. Sorry about the confusion!

I’m so excited! I just ordered. I was making kombucha for a while, but I let my SCOBY die. I currently keep kraut going, and now I’ll try water kefir. I went ahead and ordered a new kombucha starter, too! Thank you so much for the info! I love your channel! You inspired my sourdough game, and it’s been going strong since January❤️❤️❤️

Wow! You just inspire me. Thank you.

Very interesting! Looks so good! Love your jean jacket shirt!!

Ive been making mine for 4 years since following you. It’s soo easy when you get it down and have the tools! I love it so much and it’s the best medicine for uneasy tummies!

I've had the grains from CFH just sitting in my cabinet - this was the push I needed to get them going. Thank you!

Thank you Lisa! I just tried water kefir for the first time today from a local farm and loved it so much!!! Much better than kombucha! I told my husband I bet you had a video on how to make it and I gotta try. Sure enough you did! Hehe!

I have been making my water kefir since April here in Ireland. My family loves it. I have thrown away a lot as my friends are too lazy to do it. I also try using coconut milk to do some as I don't drink dairy milk. Google newsfeed brought your video to my phone this morning and it's awesome to watch it. Thank you and I just subscribed. Love from Republic of Ireland. ❤❤❤

Just ordered my water kefir grains from your link. Thanks this will be my first time trying it hopefully it turns out well. I make kombucha already does it taste similar

I just found this video. I have some Cultures for Life water kefir grains rehydrating right now. Can't wait to try out some of your recipes. I always buy water kefir at the organic market, but I want to start making my own. Thanks! :)

Your accent is so comforting!!!

Thanks !❤️ love your videos

Great! Very useful information. I appreciate it. Thank you!

The ASMR of you pouring the liquid into the containers ooooo sooo good. lol

Thankt you! Water kefir is ordered. Now I just have to wait for the milk kefir to come back in stock.

Now I"m going to do a batch of Kombucha! Thanks for the motivation! :-)

Just received my grains!! Water kefir, kombucha, and Bulgarian yogurt!!

I’m definitely going to try this!! I do kombucha but I haven’t been drinking it since pregnant. Would love to do this! So interesting!

Just got my stuff for making water kefir & sourdough! Got my grains rehydrating & feeding now as I re-watch this for the third time. 🥰

Thank you for sharing! I ordered my first Kefir Starter Culture and excited (...and maybe a little nervous). 😂

I got water kefir grains and dairy free yogurt culture from your Instagram share. Thank you! I got a great deal!

Have just ordered a started (here in England, so unfortunately not using your link) but will be making some and storing it in the garage between times. It's really warm right now and if anything explodes it won't scare us as much!

This looks so good!!

For weeks I have been trying to figure out how you remind me of and I finally got it! You look like the actress who played Becky on Roseanne.

I found flip-top bottles online at Dollar Tree. They are medium pressure bottles and so far have not exploded on me. However, the carbonation is subdued, which is fine for me. I have some high pressure flip-top bottles that cost $2.70 each on Amazon, and the carbonation is higher on those brews, and so far I have only squirted the ceiling a few times with them.

Good quality thick glass flip top bottles should not explode under natural fermentation carbonation pressure , the rubber /plastic seals will give first if well seated but will also make a mess as well . Just fridge the 2nd fermed bottles sooner than later & you can always leave at room temperature after to suit the desired carbonation as required ( dependent on sugar content & temp ) ...Cheers big ears Kevin from Australia.

I would love this drink and just thought of making my own beer too

sounds delicious! Love your denim top jacket and you look extra pretty today!! do tell about your eye shadow if you get a chance :)

I have never even heard of this before?! So interesting!

I learn so much from you. I'm 58 and have never in my life heard of any kind of kefir. Oh to be young again.

Dehydrate the grains and start when you want again

Thnk you, I bought a book last month on fermented drinks and bought everything I need but had no idea where to get the grains!

Can't wait to try this! SOMETHING has to help kick my awful soda habit :D

Thanks so much. I ordered cheese culture, sour cream, cream cheese, water kefir & rennet. I've been wanting to make all of these..

I have used milk kefir grains in a water drink, found the recipe on Earth Clinic, it uses honey, lemon, lime and sliced ginger, I let it ferment 2 days

Thanks for the info!

“Oh yeah, duh”, i love this lol. Great video.

This is a fantastic and informational video as always. Thanks for the share! We just put out a video on the Benefits of Kefir!

When you said it was 82 degrees in your house I perished👀😫 I’m such a baby I keep it 74 in the house minimum during our Georgia summers

This sounds so refreshing!! Your home remodel and farm are beautiful! I am a girl from Eastern Kentucky who enjoys country living! Love your style! 😍

It's TOTALLY my fave, too! Strawberry Lemonade (organic of course!) is totally my favorite flavor! I use the leftover bottles from Trader Joe's Ginger Beer - perfect size!

5:32 second fermentation. Leave room in the bottle to prevent an explosion or carefully open the popper during the day. I am trying to use a much bigger container with less liquid to prevent an explosion.

I bought the sourdough and kefir starter tonight. Wish me luck !

Thank you 😊

I started making this a few months ago because of this video. Thank you soooooooo much. We all LOVE it. The last couple weeks the water kefir has become really thick and slimy. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I use Berkey water and organic sugar. I'm so sad. We are missing our water kefir.

Hope they get more in soon.

Hi thank you!

Just ordered kefir and yogurt starter. I know I will need to read your ebook and watch your video for the kefir. Can’t remember if you have an ebook on yogurt?

7:45 'you kinda should be' lol true very true

Could you use a little fresh grapefruit juice in the second ferment? Making a sort of healthy Fresca?

Thank you for the video! And you are so pretty!

I bought Florida Sun Kefir grains and they say to add molasses. But brown sugar has molasses and I might do that next time. So far I’ve made two bottles of “soda” I want to try other recipes.

I love water kefir

Where I live, some beers (Grolsch) are sold in those bottles.

I will have to try this m

Thank you for this great video!I am wondering how long the first batch,without the 2nd fermentation would keep in the refridgerator.Does anyone know?Thank you in advance if you do.

Aldi has the flip top bottles for sale this week

Interesting but I’ve never heard of this. You are quite the scientist 😊

I would love to learn more.

So I just ordered my water kefir grains, grabbed some bottles I found at a thrift store and got the aldi juice. Now when I get it made I hope it turns out and doesn’t explode everywhere 🥴

This video is so helpful 😍 I just got my water kefir from iHerb I didn’t know how to used it.. thank you so much ♥️ I just want to ask my daughter is 3 years old, can she drink it? Thank you ♥️♥️

Awesome video. What’s healthier water or milk kefir? Could you make milk kefir in a 85 degrees room?

Hi there Lisa. We love you and your show!! We are trying to order from Cultures for Health. Do you still have a code for a discount? Please and Thank you!! Keep up all your inspirational work!!

Hi from Sweden🇸🇪 Thank you Lisa for giving me this knowlege. I had never heard about water kefir until I watched your video today. Milk kefir I have eaten for a long time though... i will order the grains right now but from an online store here in Sweden so the shipping bot will be so expensive. 😉😊💖🇸🇪

Question, how do you clean your Kiefer bottles? 🌸

darn I missed it. Sale ends midnight EST. I'm PST.

Hello, always a pleasure watching your videos and learning new things:). Quick question is Water Kefir the same thing as kambusha?, flavor like I ment. Thanks

Hey Lisa I'm considering getting some water Kefir grains. Whenever you start drinking water Kefir do you start Drinking a little at a time and build it up? Or is it safe enough to drink a large amount straight away? Great video watching from Northern Ireland

I had a bottle explode once. I still have blueberry stains in the ceiling 😂 found glass shards for weeks after. I’m glad not one was home when it went.

We only use water kefir we get 4 cups of grains twice a week from ours.We can’t give enough away so we freeze them .

I am new to your channel, but have been loving your sourdough videos. I also decided to buy water kefir grains and start that journey, but I just tried rehydrating them and after 2-3 days I have mushy grains. They are not plump like the Cultures for Health youtube video shows they should be.. any ideas?? I used 1/4 cup of organic light brown sugar and RO water to start them in a quart sized mason jar. Thank you!

I get bottles like that big ones at grocery outlet for 99 cents each!

Because there are so many variables temperature of the house, how many grains you have, how do you know when it’s done and you can add your flavoring?

New to your channel. Love your home.... What kind and color white paint did you use on your walls?

I just made my first batch! It tastes wonderful but is it supposed to taste a bit like wine? I remember that kombucha has a trace bit of alcohol in it from fermenting. I am not sure I did it right:) Thanks!

Thanks for the recipes!! Do you drink this while nursing? I just made some and it smells a bit like alcohol and I’m still nursing....just curious! Did I ferment it too long ya think?

Can you do this recipe with any fruit? I have organic strawberries right now and would love to try this.

The water kefir is pretty good, besides being good for you. However, the problem is starting the process with those completely dehydrated grains. It took forever for them to begin waking up and beginning to grow. And its hot here. I bought 2 bags of that brand. My grains still don't look like the grains you have. I guess I would have had to start with fresh grains or start in the winter. I usually love all you do though.

No need to compost the milk kefir grains - you cam just eat them. My kids love to eat them so it's hard for me to grow larger amounts of them 😁

Hi Lisa, I had a question regarding the water kefir process: when it comes to storing normal soda in the fridge, we don’t open them because it will lose it’s carbonation. I know with water kefir during its second ferment, you are suppose to burp the bottles to prevent them from exploding, but are you suppose to burp the bottles just before you refrigerate them? Should I burp the bottles as normal (every 12-24 hours) and then wait around 12 hours for some fizz to build up and then put those in the fridge without burping? Currently my bottles have been on the 2nd ferment for 48 hours. I burped them at 24. They didn’t have much fizz then, but after 48 hours the fizz was much better. I’m looking to wait another 12 to let the carbonation build up then put them in the fridge.