POSEYMOM Milk Kefir Grains | DIY Fermented Priobiotic Health Drink Starter Culture | 1 Heaping Tablespoon Fresh, Live Grains | Full & Easy Online Instructions | Makes 8-12oz Beverage every 24 hrs

2021 Update: I ordered these July 2019. 2 years later and they are still going strong. They don't reproduce as quickly as some people say they do but that is likely due to the fact that I make 1/2 gallon each week and keep them stored in the fridge in some milk in between uses. When I was making smaller amounts, they multiplied much faster but I went with the larger amounts due to temperature fluctuations in my house during the summer causing it to over-ferment too fast in smaller amounts.As expected, especially in the hot Oklahoma heat, these arrived in a fully inflated ziplock. Thank you PoseyMom for double bagging AND heat sealing before putting in the shipping box! I think they would have most definitely exploded otherwise. What I didn’t expect was that they were almost completely liquified so there was no telling how much was actually sent. I am going to have to take the listing’s word for it. I did some reading on the liquid and read that it can be common in transporting but should revive and clump up again as I use them. I was also concerned because PoseyMom recommends not letting them be dormant in the fridge for longer than a week before first use and between getting them and me going out of town for a week was about 10 days. Partially my fault for not waiting until I got back to order...partially information I found online about dormancy and them being fine for like 4 weeks. I transferred the liquid, which smelled pleasantly yeasty like when making bread, into to a small glass jelly jar and put them in the fridge to await my return. I was about 99% sure I would just have to order a new batch when I got back, especially since I didn’t have any fresh milk to feed them with. They continued to sit in my fridge that way for a total of 13 days before I was actually able to get the fresh milk in. I did some more reading on best way to revive and get them to grow and it was suggested to cover them with milk and ferment 48 hours then change milk and do again, tossing the milk in between. Today concluded my first 48 hour ferment and the pictures above contains between 1-2 tablespoons of “regrown” kefir grains. If they didn’t grow in number, at least they regrew back into their clumps! I smelled the first batch of ferment, which was not any thicker than when I poured it in from the milk carton, and it still had that pleasant yeasty scent with a light hint of sour. I am not a huge fan of sour, never have been, but I went ahead and tried a very small amount of this and while it was sour, it was nothing like sour (aka bad) milk. More like a slightly more tart sour cream. There was nothing nauseating about it to my nose or tastebuds. I can tell this will definitely take some training of my taste buds but I’m game! I went ahead and transferred it to another clean jar and stuck it in the fridge to see if it would thicken up at all. I know store bought kefir is not true kefir, even the high end stuff, but I do prefer its thicker consistency as opposed to milky texture but that may just be a retraining if the taste buds as well, or I can strain it to make it more like yogurt, which I planned to do anyway so I can make kefir cheese and sour cream.Thanks PoseyMom for the good grains, good price, and quick shipping!

I had my doubts about ordering online, and I finally found a local source while waiting on these to arrive. That was 8 months ago. I keep both strains separate and rotate them. THESE are my favorite!! Better smell, taste... They float on top when the kefir is ready - so picking them out is SO easy! The other strain I have behaves differently and stays near the bottom of the jar. Interesting. I just wanted to say thank you for the amazing product you provide!! I was totally new to kefir and can't imagine going without!! HIGHLY recommended!!

I have tried many different milk kefir grains just to see different quality and what would work best for me. I have ordered the Organic kefir grains from another company and they were ok and they did start to revive after 4-5 days, but POSEYMOM Milk Kefir grains started to divide the milk within 30 min! I placed one cup of goat milk I order from Amazon into my clean jar and then I added the POSEYMOM Milk Kefir grains into the milk along with the starter milk that she sends her grains in. The aroma of the kefir grains was so nice, pleasant, and exactly what I expect from milk kefir. I was amazed that the grains started dividing my milk within 30 minutes. I have never seen kefir grains do that before. I had to add more milk and then within another 30 minutes it divided again as you can see in the picture. I even took a picture of the top of the milk-you can see bubbles and strong activity on top in this 30 minute period. I added another cup of milk and after an hour it divided. So, I then added more milk. Normally, I only add 8oz of milk to new grains and allow them to re-activate which can take 24-48 hrs. I am blessed to have found the most active grains I have ever used! This is extremely easy to use. It is fresh, excellent quality, the packaging is thoughtfully put together, and it looks and smells amazing. I have never felt better about investing my money in a product - with such strong grains the value for the money made this an amazing purchase. With the long term health benefits that kefir offers and having grains that are such superior quality I am so grateful I ran across this product. To top it all off, the seller POSEYMOM was fast responding to me when I reached out. She truly cares about people and about her product and I just had to tell her thank you. I highly recommend this purchase and I WILL order from POSEYMOM in the future to give as gifts to friends that want to make their own milk kefir. I used several items from Amazon in these photos and I will post those reviews on those other products as they all work really good together. The organic powdered goat milk, the kefir/kombucha heat pad, stick on thermometer strips, and most of all the POSEYMOM Milk Kefir grains. WIthout excellent grains there would be no final healthy milk kefir product. These grains have been loved and cared for so that I can offer healthy kefir to those I love and care for.

Very Happy. It took a little time to get the grains to really wake up and be just right. My son was in charge of this project. When he first started they were more yeasty than tangy. Then when the slight tangy taste was more forward and far less yeasty, the consistency he thought was off. When poured off a spoon it was a thin, Elmer's glue consistency. He did a lot of Google and Gemini searches and some contradict each other. Finally he took a video and shared it on a Kefir Reddit and got rave reviews saying how his grains must be very healthy, and how lucky it was to have them producing so well. They said the consistency was great and confirmed the flavor. This doesn't taste the same as the manufactured variety because it is more pure and has more probiotics, and is just overall better! My son said people talked about lemon peel, orange slices, strawberries, cinnamon spice tea, dates & vanilla as things to add for second fermentation. One person mentioned they like lemon peel. A few people say maple syrup and brown sugar, or other fruits are also good. It's really interesting, and he's not sure what he'd likely do first, but had no idea there were so many ways to add flavor during fermentation.I would highly recommend these grains from this seller. They multiply very nicely and we have been able to split the grains and freeze then as well as put some in milk in the refrigerator. He even gave some to our chickens who seemed to really like it! This is something that you can keep growing forever, kind of like a good sourdough starter. You can even share the grains with friends.

My grains arrived very weak. Tried to revive them and after two weeks of trying I think I’ll leave them RIP. My milk doesn’t thicken, the grains only float without doing nothing. I tried different types of milk, reducing the quantity of milk, and nothing 😔.

I see some people with issues, well I had to review and say these were great for me. I've made kefir many times in my life but never from this brand. I tend to make it for several months and get sick of it and let them die for a year or so then come back and start making it again.They had me nervous when they came, they were tiny looked like a teaspoon of sand sitting in the milk, but boy did they multiply fast! These guys are at least doubling every night. My first batch tasted almost normal and my second was good to go. The kefir comes out with a much better flavor than my last brand which always seemed to come out very cheesy in a way I was never too hot on. This one seems to be coming out reminding me a lot more of a plain sour greek yogurt and I really like that a lot. it's so active after a few days of just feeding it as much as it wanted and letting it grow carefully w/out disturbing them much (so I felt confidant they were recovered), i kinda ran a little milk over them in my strainer to clear away some of the curdle and worked out the biggest 3 grains in there and kept them and tossed probably a tablespoon or more of them away and they are still doing a mason jar of kefir every 24 hours very sour for me and seem very healthy and happy.Anyway given the negativity of some of the reviews I just wanted to add my two cents. I really like this culture and it's doing great. Usually I use raw milk but I've made the past several batches of ultra pasteurized grass fed milk and its come out real nice too, the ultra past. didn't seem to bother these grains any (for me personally) despite the fact that sometimes it can. In the past with other brands it took me as much as a week or even more to get a culture tasting and performing acceptably this one was just on fire from day 1.

Got my first batch of fizzy sweet and sour kefir today! It was my 6th soak with 4% whole milk. I wouldn't recommend drinking the first 3 soaks because they are quite funky. I did rinse the grains after almost every use, and at one point they were in the fridge in some fresh milk while I was on vacation. Very pleased with these grains! I get a noticeable mood boost after drinking a glass, which is unexpected. I'll just appreciate that side effect for however long it lasts.

Since I tend to get lazy and kill my grains after a while, I’ve ordered both water kefir and milk kefir grains several times from Poseymom. This is my first time getting them from Amazon instead of eBay, but I ordered from someone else on eBay and had a bad experience. Poseymom’s grains have always been perfect, a generous amount and very healthy grains. I just received new milk kefir grains a few days ago. They are a beautiful pure white and very healthy. I’m using 1tbs grains with only about 12 oz of the cheapest grocery store brand of whole milk, not organic, and I’m making the most delicious and creamy kefir.

I'm very happy with this.Worked as expected.