Kefirko Kefir Fermenter Starter Kit, Easily Make Milk and Water Kefir at Home, White 3830063020052

Seems well thought out and well put together, got my kefir fermenting in it already and considering some of the other items in the range

Firstly this product is glass! Which is perfect. It's lightweight but sturdy. This product is super handy for kefir culture growers. It has saved me so much time! The integrated strainer makes collecting the kefir and washing the grains extremely easy. The clear lid allows air in while preventing things getting into the culture. My water kefir grains have more than doubled, they love this product. The little instruction manual and recipe book are great. I had never thought of cooking with kefir. So it's given me lots of ideas. It's not cheap, but it is worth the investment. You get everything you need. No need to buy a strainer to harvest the kefir, or muslin for the top of the jar to keep things out of the culture. The little stick is very useful too. It's a shame it is plastic, glass would have been nicer.

For many months I made my milk kefir in a Mason jar, strained into a wide mouthed jug using a decent sieve and then decanted into a drinking bottle. Sounds involved but it was quick and easy, although did involve a bit of washing up after. I saw the Kefirko fermenter and thought how good it would be to be able to decant straight out of the jar, using the built in strainer but after a few goes, I’m back to my old method. The jar is good quality and it’s nice to have the double lid with adjustable airflow and it all looks nice……but…… the filter doesn’t really work well with milk Kefir, at least not for me. It clogs almost immediately, and takes an age to pour. If you don’t then clean the strainer immediately the kefir dries and hardens and then nothing at all can be poured. It may work better with water Kefir, which I haven’t yet tried. Having said all of this, I’ve just bought the bigger version because they are quality jars, I do like the adjustable air flow and they look good. Time-saving and an all-in-one solution though, not so much….

I also have the bigger jars and the second fermentation lids. I have been using them for a couple of tears, with a fine plastic sieve rather than straining threough the lid. The tall jar has a special spoon that I use to gently gather the largest grains from any jar. I pop these smaller jars in my bread proofer, if needed and then strain into a tall jar for secondary fermentation. The jars are quite an outlay but are very srurdy and they clean well in the dishwasher. I have recently purchased vegetable fermenters from the same company and had very good results. The same glass jars but different lids etc. I am thinking of using these veg lids on the glass kefir jars, I have enough lids to swap around and fermentation is basically the same whatever the contents, hence I am sure the lids are interchangeable.

After years of discomfort, and having read Tim Spector’s book “The Diet Myth”, with it’s recommendation of fermented foods, I decided to try making kefir myself. This fermenter is a good size for the counter top, and easy to use and clean. You can use cows milk or vegetable milks; I make oat milk kefir. It’s tart and slightly fizzy, and is drinkable or you can use it as I do, on my muesli. My irritable gut has calmed considerably, and I can even eat pasta now with little or no discomfort. I’ve also grown to love the taste.

A bit disappointed. The jar is nice and easy to clean, I like how the straining bit is also where the juice can flow through when squeezing a lemon and how the lid goes nicely ontop. But I do not like straining my kefir this way. Thick bits stayed stuck in the jar and strainer. I am blind and read the describtion of the product without having a visual image of the product. I thought the glas jar would be blue, so the sun light does not get in. But now I still have to be careful where I put the jar to keep the sun away. Of course, that idea would not have formed if I would have been able to see pictures and is no ones falt. The feature of using the strainer as the lid to let in air is nice, as before I used a tea towel over a jar to keep out impurites and to let air in.Before I used a cup shaped plastic tea strainer to strain my kefir and a wooden spoon to stir the kefir to encourage the thicker bits to fall through into the jar. As far as I can understand this is not so easy with the strainer with this prodoct. I would design the plastic stirer more like a spoon. Now it reminds me of a stirer from a fast food shop rather than a nice tool for a quality kitchen gadget. Also, I would design a strainer that fits snug into the jar and when lifting it up the grains stay in the strainer while the liquid flows into the jar and wit the plastic tool one can stir the thicker bits to fall through. That is what I have imagined when I read the product description.

Great quality glass fermentation jar. The instructions for use are clear and despite what I read from some reviews, I don’t have any issues with the strainer. Using the tool provided to scrap away the grains from the lid works just fine for me.

The product description implies this product can be used for milk. If you have endless patience and don't mind mess it can. The design is actually very poor - and lazy. My kefir is thick. The sieve lid gums up immediately. I hoped I could partially undo the dust cover thing - but this just gets covered in thick kefir and causes more drips. Taking it out, the hole in the middle starts overflowing if not carefully pouring . Did I mention it was SLOW.... So I then put in the scraper lid thing. This is hard to put in - it doesn't quite engage easily so needs the catch pressing in - fiddly with my big fingers. This is supposed to clear the filter lid so it filters better. It doesn't... Even if it did work it would mean swapping the clear dust lid for this scraper every time you pour - not exactly hassle free. A better design would have had the scraper integral to the lid. The whole thing then remains gummed up after pouring - so if this dries out the speed is even SLOWER -- or else you need to wash the filter lid - the very thing this was supposed not to avoid. And by the way - there are no detailed printed instructions provided for any of this... just an image of the scraper thing as a component. So this VERY EXPENSIVE bit of kit was utterly useless. Compare this to me usual method - Gently agitate jar so kefir loosens remove old tea towel square held on to kilner jar with elastic band. Place teatowel square on surface, air side down so inner surface not in contact worktop surface. Pour into large stainless steel sieve - ignore all the nonsense about kefir needing to be free of metal contact - stainless is fine. The large sieve can be gently agitated and kefir goes through into large plastic jug. Kefir grains gently returned to jar. Kefir liquid poured into Contigo Shake & Go (these are great to shake for smooth kefir...) Little bit of Milk used to wash out jug - this poured into Kilner - then kilner topped up. Jug and sieve washed... I can do all this in less than the time to drain out kefir from this useless product... may be ok for water kefir but the whole point of kefir is that it creates sticky biofilms - I can't see how the sieve lid will not need washing...

I was so amazed at how quickly I could harvest water & coconut kefir!

Works great for milk kefir. With the grains I purchased it took a few batches to make great tasting milk kefir. It cleans very well and hasn't stained or been damaged. The lid does close sometimes so I have to make sure it's still open. If I keep it in a place where there is less walking traffic, it always stays open.

L’accessoire presse agrumes pour le jus de citron: très pratique. Je m’en sers tous les 3 jours. J’avoue je suis miss gadget et on peut faire du kefir sans ce bocal, mais il est joli, pratique, rapide à laver, j’adore. J’ai en plus une bouteille de limonade récupérée, un entonnoir et une petite passoire en plastique (quasi inutile car c’est déjà filtré). Pas certaine que j’aurais continué le kefir sans ce bocal. Peut-être un poil cher, mais on n’a rien pour rien…

Schönes Set zur Herstellung von Kefir. Preis ist erst abschreckend hoch, doch das Glas ist super zur Herstellung von Milchkefir und wahrscheinlich auch Wasserkefir. Lässt sich leicht reinigen. Ich kann nur empfehlen sich dieses Set zu kaufen.

Got this for my niece, I already own 2 of these in different sizes, she loved the ease of use for Kefir and enjoy the different color tops it comes in.