KefirkoKefir Maker Starter Kit 900ml | All-in-One Fermenter for Homemade Milk & Water Kefir | Easy-to-Use Glass Jar with Strainer Lid & Airflow Cover | BPA-Free Materials - Green

Brilliant, easy to use, drains care for you quickly. Let no mess, no fuss. Great design, thoughtfully executed.

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.

Very useful

I like the idea of easily pouring the kefir out after fermentation but I didn't really get on that well with it. Some small bits of grain seemed to always get through and if I used the thinner side, the kefir was too thick to pour out. I resorted to just pouring straight into a sieve which is successful every time. I still like and use the jar though as it's a good size, the top can open and close to let air in if required and it has a large neck making it practical for cleaning.

If you make kefir and don't have the right equipment at home this is great. I still use a sieve to strain it but you don't have to, you can use the lid. The spoon is very useful, you need the long handle to give it a good stir. It's a great buy.

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.