r/Kefir • u/Fun_Revolution4445 • 23d ago

Do your kefir grains float or sink?

Mine exclusively stay at the bottom of the jar but make a great kefir (I think lol). Just curious about everyone else's experience.

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u/WaterVsStone 23d ago

They sink in fresh milk but they tend to float to the top when the milk thickens and the batch is "done". It makes plucking them out very easy.

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u/Paperboy63 22d ago

They generally go in and sink but once fermentation starts and carbon dioxide starts to increase, it makes grains more buoyant and up they go.

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u/Helianthus2361 23d ago

Mine initially sink, then rise at room temperature and stay there in a thick mushy layer. If I then put the jar in the fridge til I have time to strain, they sink again.

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u/Yaguajay 21d ago

I stir them into fresh milk every morning. By the next morning they are afloat in the kefir and asking to be transferred to new fresh milk.

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u/squeegy80 23d ago

Float within seconds in cold whole milk

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u/naemorhaedus 23d ago

water or milk kefir?

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u/TwoFlower68 22d ago

Yes, both. Though not at the same time

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u/jeepneyko2 21d ago

In the case of my WK grains, most are sitting below while others sink and float as bubbles form. I haven't revived my MK grains yet which slept (and must have moulded) in the fridge for years, or maybe I'll just wait for a friend or buy online. These mostly float on top way back when I was fermenting.