Lemonade Kefir Soda

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I love this drink for breakfast. It's light and refreshing and perfect for summer or springtime. It loads you with vitamin C and gets your day off to a good start! You can substitute the orange juice for lemon juice in this recipe. I like to double the amount of orange juice making it 4 ounces and then add less water. It's becoming one of my very favorite recipes. 🍊🍋
Servings: 32 ounces

Equipment

  • 32-ounce Make sure you use thick glass bottles made for brewing. Craft store bottles will explode.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup Sucanat – or raw sugar
  • 2 ounces lemon juice – fresh squeezed (OJ works too!)
  • 1 packet Kefir Soda Starter – Or ¼ cup Kefir Whey
  • Water spring or filtered with minerals – lightly filtered or spring

Materials

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Instructions

  • Add a cup of warm water to a bowl and add the Sucanat (or raw sugar) to dissolve. Add lemon juice and make sure the liquid is at room temp
  • Add the Kefir Soda Starter packet OR kefir whey to your juice mixture and stir till dissolved.
  • Pour the mixture into a bottle, a funnel helps. (Make sure you use bottles such as Grolsch or Bormioli thick glass bottles. Bottles bought at craft stores can explode.)
  • Fill the rest of the bottle with water leaving an inch of room at the top.
  • Allow it to ferment for 3-5 days or until bubbly and fizzy. If your home is 75°F or warmer it will take usually 3-4 days. Colder homes can take 5 days to a week or longer but you'll need to check it by popping the top and see if it's getting fizzy. It will start to bubble out the top if it does.
  • When it's done, you can pour it into a glass and enjoy it right away or place it in the fridge. It will continue to ferment in the fridge, so burp it daily and consume it within 1-2 weeks for the most benefits and the best flavor.

Re-Culturing From Your First Bottle

  • You can use ⅓ cup of this finished kefir soda as a starter to make a new bottle. Add the other ingredients and ferment again. It should only take a half to a full day to ferment. It ferments faster and you can make many bottles over and over again!