Water Kefir Grains | Starter Cultures | Bulgaros de Agua Vivos, Naturally Dried Dormant for Safe Shipping Ready for Activation, No GMO, Caffeine-Free, Keto Friendly The Spirit Of The Forest 7.2 gr

These grains took a very, very long time to start working for me. I had experience fermenting years ago and just took it up again. I like a very fizzy water kefir so I knew what I was doing. I must’ve done 5 or 6 batches before these kicked in but when they did, they were amazing! Not only do I get very fizzy kefir on my second ferment now but they are doubling in size very rapidly. I originally thought they were not that good, but now I see they just needed more time to kick in. Really great kefir grains!!!

I’ve made water kefir for almost ten years. I taught classes on making fermented foods and drinks as part of my community college’s continuing education program. At one point, despite month-long vacations that necessitated freezing or refrigerating my kefir grains for 2-4 weeks at a time, I was not only able to use the same grains for three years, but also give them away when the grains multiplied in number that exceeded the needs of my family.This was the first time I ordered grains from The Spirit of the Forest Store, and I will never do so again. I’ve worked with the grains The Spirit of the Forest Store send me for the past 10 days trying to re-hydrate them and create conditions that I know they need to grow into healthy grains and subsequently to produce delicious water kefir. Not only have the se grains not grown as they should, they also produced such a foul smelling water kefir that I just poured the last batch down the drain as unsafe to even taste test.If Amazon had permitted me to rate The Spirit of the Forest Store's water kefir grains as a zero star product, I would have. The grains are obviously contaminated and should not be used by anyone.

works great & delicious with fresh whole milk even though listed as for water

These worked immediately!I live in a warm dry climate and only had to ferment on the counter for 24 hours before the kefir tasted just right.I use simply watermelon juice and keep mine in a mason jar with a towel on top instead of in a corked bottle.Its been about a week and they look like they are already growing.Excellent starter grains!

I am giving this a five star because I think the problem with the fermentation was me. I could not tell if the little grains expanded or not. I have never used them before. I will probably try again.

I didn't knew about Kefir before, when I saw this I decided to try it out and buy the set along with the lids. My dad always has suffered with digestion problems. The instructions are very clear it just takes some tome to get used to cultivate them but aside from that it's a very good product, my dad has improved with his digestion ever since he started to use it, I'll probably buy more and or recommend it to my relatives whom I think they might need it.

I made water kefir for a stint a few years ago. Recently, I decided to start again and purchased these grains. I fed them six times (sugar, RO water, a little molasses, and sometimes a drop of trace minerals), giving them 24-48 hours each time, and they still didn't ferment. Hopefully, this was an outlier or bad batch, but they didn't work for me.I reached out to the email on their website but haven't heard back after three days.Some new grains (from a different seller) are on the way. If it was user error, I'll change this review. But otherwise, buyer beware!

The picture shows live grains, which I have bought in the past. But, these were dried grains. And, the instructions are in Spanish. I will see if it works.... I have used dried before and never got them fermenting. Don't buy they didn't work at all.