[foodhackingbase] kvasirs diary update, water kefir medium project preparation

[Daniel Kolbus]

Hi all,

I have been working with a water kefir culture I bought from (
http://www.culturesforhealth.com) but due to an accident (the bottom of the
glass jar fell off!) it was drastically reduced and as it doesn't multiply
I decided to buy another culture from (http://stockholmnt.tictail.com).
With the first culture I followed the instructions from the seller, but the
grains didn't like it (!) but after adding a piece of dried fruit it got
better.

When comparing recipes to find a medium that facilitates growth we have to
bear in mind the water composition. I use tap water without pre-boiling it
as the chlorine content is pretty low, but I don't know if some nutrient
may lack. This could be an issue for others as well.

Let's hope we find that multiplyer culture medium/technique!

Kr
Daniel

On Monday, June 23, 2014, Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck <
algoldor at foodhackingbase.org> wrote:

> Hi to all,
> My kvasir's diary which is my fermentation log is up to date - or up to
> day, do check it out if you like and of course share yours if you can, that
> would be lovely!
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-VSrWkLMswFZhyK5VlJhuK21xmp5amA
> dof1re2dds_g/edit?usp=sharing
>
> It is still quite crude and needs a lots of improvement like summaries and
> monthly overview etc. but well notes are taken and shared, that is the
> first step. This update is especially due to the preparation to start the
> "project" of the development of proper water kefir medium - so the
> culture/grains grows well and resulting brew tastes good. I hope to make a
> page on our wiki as a proposal for this project sharing my "cleaned up
> data" on the topic there tomorrow or day after tomorrow. So who ever is
> into water kefir please get ready and in touch now is the time! I know that
> at least Ingo, Daniel and me have the cultures right? Anyone else?
>
> I hope to hear from you soon, this is a big one. Part of this will be
> talking to companies/groups which are selling the grains because they have
> the formula most likely and it is very probable that there will be several
> of the "proper" formulas ... Contacting them and getting info from them
> would speed up the things a lot I think.
>
> Talk to you all soon and please get in touch soon!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> FAA
>
> --
> Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck
>
> biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker
>
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>
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