Re: A different type of scoby in my kefir?

[Guest guest]

--- <gdawson6@...> wrote:

> My kefir has something new that I've never had happen before, and

> I've been making it consistently for probably 5 years now. It has

> these little rubbery pieces, not grains, but like penny sized

> sheets. A good amount of them too. They are a different

> consistency than I've ever encountered, and it has nothing to do

> with the kefir separating. They are rubbery, but you can still

> squeeze and destroy them somewhat easily. I've just been eating

> them with no ill effect, and my grains are still healthy and

> growing. The kefir tastes good, and is very smooth and nice and

> thick, rather normal besides these new rubbery pieces.

, I've been making kefir for about 3 1/2 years now and have never seen

anything like this before either. A couple of years ago I did have a really off

tasting batch. It was so disgusting I poured it out and rinsed the grains for

the first and only time I've ever done that. I drink kefir raw, which many

people consider disgusting, but to me it's a sour/tart cheesy flavor (and may

require breaking a sugar addiction to appreciate as it did for me). The bad

batch, however, tasted really putrid. I suspect there was something in that

particular batch of raw milk that was able to proliferate and cause the off

taste. Rinsing the grains took care of the problem. The next batch was fine.

You might try separating some of your grains and rinsing them with clean

filtered water and starting a new batch with those grains to see if the odd

scobys return in that batch.

[Guest guest]

I have heard of this happening. maybe there is something about it on Dom's kefir

site.

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> My kefir has something new that I've never had happen before, and I've been

making it consistently for probably 5 years now. It has these little rubbery

pieces, not grains, but like penny sized sheets. A good amount of them too.

They are a different consistency than I've ever encountered, and it has nothing

to do with the kefir separating. They are rubbery, but you can still squeeze

and destroy them somewhat easily. I've just been eating them with no ill

effect, and my grains are still healthy and growing. The kefir tastes good,

and is very smooth and nice and thick, rather normal besides these new rubbery

pieces.

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> Just curious if this has ever happened to anyone else before. It definitely

feels like a different type of scoby, and its not something I've encountered

after many many years of kefir making. I've been drinking it for over a week

without any problems.

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