Home made kombucha (which is often called чайный гриб, pronounced: chaynyy grib) and store bought are two very different things.  The divers...

Years ago I had milk kefir grains.  We made kefir most days, and we did this for years.  Other than the cost of the milk, it was very cheap....

Very simple Kombucha (чайный гриб) continuous brew recipe  I wrote an earlier blog post on kombucha SCOBY  and described what a scoby is com...

For a few years we made чайный гриб (pronounced as chai-knee grib).  This translates to tea mushroom.  The beverage itself is sometimes know...

Years ago I got some milk kefir grains, and we made milk kefir regularly.   Milk kefir is kind of like a thin drinking yogurt, it has been a...

We have been keeping various ancient cultures for years.  We started with milk kefir, then went on to things such as water kefir and sour d...

I have had milk kefir grains for some time now, the kids love it, I like it but find it a bit too sour to drink by itself, and Tracey disli...