These are milk kefir grains. I am new to kefir making so you all can follow me along in my journey :)
And these are water kefir grains. They came to me dehydrated, so they'rehanging out in spring water with cane and brown sugar to come back to life. A few more days and I can attempt my first batch. I am anxious to try kefir soda!
After hearing and reading some yucky information about preground coffee (my not so secret addiction) I jumped to whole beans. Then I bought some green beans online. This is a cheap bunch I found to practice on.
And here's my first attempt at roasting. Now I have been told to use an air popcorn popper, but I don't have one of those yet. When it comes to stuff like this, I have the patience of a two year old. So I plopped a handful in a pan, and cranked the gas burner on high......snap, crackle, pop....chaff floats, apartment fills with smoke. I continue to stir and soon my variety green beans are toasty brown and a few black. I dumped them in a bowl and rushed them outside, they were still smoking! Stirred and cooled, I dumped 'em into a strainer, and tapped and gently shook, watching the chaff float away like blackened snowflakes..... brought them in, ground them, and drank them. Not bad, but next time I will let them sit 24 hours as recommended to let the gasses escape and see if the flavor gets better ;)
Those coffee grounds. They are endless in this house. I mentioned my addiction. There are so many uses. Here are grounds that have been used, scooped from their home in an unbleached filtet and into a canning jar, bathed in olive oil, and stirred up a bit. Tada! Body/facial scrub. Smells lovely, and a little birdy (so little I am surprised she's even heard of this) told me this scrub is good for cellulite!
