RE: A New Hobby: Something Different & Healthy

Hi @creativemary :)
No, you can't use honey in this, as water kefir needs glucose and honey contains fructose. It eventually breaks down the kefir grains. If you're worried about sugar content, there is far less sugar in kefir than in soda or juice, for instance. Plus the drink is very beneficial, and even lowers blood sugar, from what I've heard. Of course, I'm by no means an expert (yet) but this is what I have learned so far. And in our case, I ferment it a second time, using ginger, while some people use fruit juices. I'd say the sugar content is even lower in my case. But I'd have to figure that out by measuring sugar content. I'd need tools for that, and I'm not quite there yet haha.

Let me know if you're going to try to make some, and how it turns out.
I find it much easier to work with than kombucha.