Freeze Kefir Mushroom – This is How it Works

Freeze kefir mushroom – you should avoid this mistake

Kefir is not only very tasty, the mushroom is also very healthy. Whether in a refreshing smoothie, in homemade muesli, in cream cheese or as a kefir drink, you can quickly conjure up a healthy snack from the kefir mushroom. For well over a hundred years, kefir has been used to treat intestinal diseases, for example.

• Before you freeze the mushroom, first rinse it well under running water.
• Important: Do not use a metal sieve for this. Kefir is basic acidic and the fungus is a good conductor of electricity. If the kefir comes into contact with metal, small electric shocks can occur that destroy your kefir culture.
• After rinsing the kefir, place it on a thick cotton towel and let it dry. It is best to leave it overnight.
• Then put the dried kafir mushroom in a freezer box. Put enough milk powder in the freezer to cover the kefir mushroom well.
• Finally, close the freezer box well and place it in the freezer. You can usually store the kefir mushroom in the freezer for a few months without worrying about the culture being damaged.

Reactivate frozen kefir culture

Thawing the kefir mushroom again takes a little longer than freezing the kefir culture. The longer you have frozen the kefir, the longer it usually takes before you can make healthy kefir again.

• First, put the mushroom in a bowl with milk. Cover the bowl with a cloth and then place it in the fridge.
• Once the kefir mushroom has thawed, gently wash it off with lukewarm water. Then the mushroom comes in a clean glass and is again covered with milk. The glass then goes into the fridge.
• It may take a while before your kefir fungus becomes really active again. This largely depends on the length of time it was frozen. It can sometimes take a week before you start producing great-tasting kefir again. Until then, repeat the procedure described every twelve hours.