Easy Homemade Water Kefir Soda

What if I told you that you could drink a soda that would improve your health? As a former soda addict, I can tell you that it’s hard to stop. This easy, homemade water kefir soda is a healthy option when you need the fizz of a soda.

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Why Fermented Foods? 

Fermented foods were very popular in the past. It offered an easy way for people to preserve food and improve the nutrition benefits of foods. Now that we have other ways to preserve foods, such as refrigeration, fermented foods are much less common. Although, they are making a comeback among homesteaders and healthnuts. 

Fermented foods are great for your gut health because they provide your body with probiotics. Probiotics are the good bacteria in your gut. Foods like yogurt, water kefir, and sourdough contain these yummy probiotics. Think of probiotics as the good guys in your digestive tract. When the bad guys start to take over, you begin to get sick. Introducing some good guys will allow them to overpower the bad guys and keep you feeling your best. Probiotics support your gut health, which has been linked to your overall health. 

Eating a western diet full of processed and sugary foods will disrupt the balance of good guys and bad guys in your gut. Drinking this easy homemade water kefir soda will help put some good guys back in there. This will help balance out the bacteria battle happening in your gut. “FOR NARNIA!”

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Benefits of Homemade Water Kefir Soda

Water kefir has been shown to give your immune system a boost, help fight off cancer cells, improve your oral health, and decrease inflammation. Can your Pepsi do any of that? Oh and it tastes yummy, which is always the main qualifier in my kitchen.

Probiotics can be found at the store, but they aren’t nearly as good for your body as a homemade probiotic boost like this water kefir soda. It can contain up to 56 different kinds of probiotics. Bet you won’t find that many in your little probiotic pill. In fact, water kefir is one of the best sources of probiotics that you can find. It is an active and diverse combination of probiotic strains. Source

Although the water kefir has sugar in it, most of the sugars are digested by the water kefir grains, which makes it a low calorie option. Plus, it doesn’t have all of the chemicals that are found in soda, which is a plus all by itself. And unlike soda, the natural flavors are actually natural.

If you are trying to lose weight, water kefir can help you out. It is a healthy swap for soda or other sugary drinks. Plus those good bacteria help your body use the nutrients in the food. Studies have found a link between fermented foods and weight loss. 

Easy Homemade Water Kefir Soda Recipe

Ingredients

Filtered water

Organic brown sugar

Molasses

Water Kefir Grains

Flip Top Bottles

Strainer

Half Gallon Mason Jar

Instructions

1. First, mix together a tablespoon of molasses, ½ cup organic brown sugar, and 3 cups of filtered water in your mason jar. 
2. Second, add in at least ½ cup water kefir grains and top off the jar with water.
3. Then cover the top of the jar with a paper towel or flour sack towel and allow it to sit out on the counter and ferment. How long this takes will depend on how many grains you have in the jar.
4. When it is fermented, go ahead and strain off the grains. The water will be tangy and you can sometimes see little bubbles on the top as well. Mine usually takes 24-48 hours. Sometimes I forget and it sits for several days. You really can’t mess this part up.
5. Next put the flavorings in the flip top bottle and fill it up with the strained water kefir. Do NOT fill the bottle up to the top!
6. Now you can leave the bottles of flavored water kefir out on the counter. This is called the second ferment, which is what makes it fizzy like soda.
7. Make sure to burp the bottles at least twice a day. I highly suggest doing this over the sink and opening it slowly. 
8. When it is bubbly enough for you (24 hours give or take) drink up!

Learn How to Care for Water Kefir Grains

Easy Homemade Water Kefir Soda Flavors

Sparkling Juice

Add ¼ cup of juice to the flip top bottle before adding in the kefir water. Any sort of fruit juice will work. My favorite is apple juice. You don’t need to add any extra sugar because there is already some in the juice.

Ginger Ale

Grate about an inch of ginger root to add to your bottle. Put in the grated ginger and a teaspoon of brown sugar into the bottle before adding kefir water. You can add more ginger for a stronger taste. The bottle needs some sugar for the kefir to eat so that it ferments a second time.

Lemon Lime

Put a tablespoon of lemon juice and a teaspoon of lime juice in the bottle. Also add in a teaspoon of brown sugar. The bottle needs some sugar for the kefir to eat so that it ferments a second time.

Cherry Limeade

Put a tablespoon of lemon juice, teaspoon of lime juice, and 2 tablespoons of cherry juice in the bottle. Also add in ½  teaspoon of brown sugar. The bottle needs some sugar for the kefir to eat so that it ferments a second time. 

Sparkling Lemonade

Put  2 tablespoons of lemon juice in the bottle. Also add in a teaspoon of brown sugar. The bottle needs some sugar for the kefir to eat so that it ferments a second time.

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Water Kefir Grains

Flip Top Bottles

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