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XeqT Monetary Freedom (∞/21M) + (₿+⚡) = 🧡 1y ago

Yesterday evening, for the first time, I tried to make kefir at home.

I used my favourite store-bought kefir to do it.

Chat GPT said that 30ml of kefir mixed with 250ml of milk is a great ratio.

Made two small jars, one in which I used a generic Tesco whole milk (3.7% fat), and one in which I used Tesco Jersey Milk (4.9% fat).

This morning, after 12 hours, the one using Jersey Milk had some froth on top, while the generic milk did not and it appeared to have not started fermentation.

This evening, I'll see if it was a success or a complete failure 😄

Anyone else on here who makes kefir at home this way? Got any tips for me?

#food #foodstr #kefir #homemade #dairy

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

not sure what the whole milk was but if it was UHT it often won't ferment, that shit ain't food sez lactobacillus

XeqT Monetary Freedom (∞/21M) + (₿+⚡) = 🧡 1y ago

It was fresh. Both of them from the fridge, not the carton bullshit 😄

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

well, i'm not really sure about kefir fermentation, i thought it required some extra materials than a seed culture

in any case, lactobacillis acidophilus fermentation is so simple you almost can't fail to get it to work, the main tricky thing is keeping the temperature nice

generally overnight is enough for your basic yoghurt but if you want it to be very little lactose remaining you need to run it for 36 hours (IMO better to let it run longer because lactose makes you fat)

XeqT Monetary Freedom (∞/21M) + (₿+⚡) = 🧡 1y ago

Apparently, you can use a small amount of kefir to mix with milk and make new kefir.

Ideally, I'd like to make something that actually tastes decent and is smooth.

I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of trial and error, and I might have to try and use kefir grains, but it's a fun endeavour 😄

choke_this 1y ago

isnt store bought kefir dead? you probably need some uncooked kefir or kefir grains

XeqT Monetary Freedom (∞/21M) + (₿+⚡) = 🧡 1y ago

Apparently not. You can still use it to make "new" kefir.

I will try to use kefir grains too, just to see how big the difference is.

XeqT Monetary Freedom (∞/21M) + (₿+⚡) = 🧡 1y ago

The update on this one...

Both jars failed to turn into kefir, after 24 hours.

The regular whole milk was just a soury milk, probably because of the kefir I added to it.

The Jersey Milk developed a bit of yoghurty texture on top, along with milk fat, but still not kefir.

Gonna give them a few more hours and that'll be it.

Next time I try to make kefir, I'll just use kefir grains 😄

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

i suspected that this was how it is with kefir

maybe you can buy culture but it looks like you need a lot of it, 1/4 or 1/8 or so to get it to work, or you can put kefir grains at some ratio per vol