Water Kefir Vinegar
Leeza Zurwick
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Vinegar
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Leeza Zurwick
DIY Water Kefir Vinegar: A Gut-Friendly Fermented Staple You’ll Love
Looking to upgrade your wellness routine? This homemade water kefir vinegar is the perfect way to get more from your water kefir grains, while creating a tangy, probiotic-rich pantry essential you’ll reach for again and again.
🌿 What Is Water Kefir Vinegar?
Water kefir vinegar is a naturally fermented vinegar made from water kefir, a bubbly probiotic drink brewed with live (or dehydrated) grains. By extending the fermentation time, you create a vinegar that’s gentle on the gut and packed with beneficial acids and enzymes and probiotics.
It’s a fantastic alternative to store-bought vinegars—and completely customizable! Use it in salad dressings, marinades, shrubs, and even DIY cleaning sprays.
💫 Why You’ll Love This Recipe...
✔️ Boosts gut health naturally
✔️ Zero waste way to use your water kefir
✔️ Super easy to make—just a bit of patience and time
✔️ Vegan, gluten-free, and full of functional benefits
✔️ A fun fermentation project for beginners and seasoned fermenters alike
🧴 How to Use Water Kefir Vinegar
• Whisk into dressings (like our Lemon Water Kefir Vinaigrette!)
• Add to sparkling water with herbs for a wellness tonic
• Use in skincare or household DIYs
🧡 Good Things Take Time
After activating your grains and brewing for just a few days, you’ll let your water kefir sit out a little longer—5 to 10 days—so it naturally transforms into a vinegar. No added cultures, no fancy equipment—just time, warmth, and beneficial bacteria doing their thing.
✨ Whether you’re into fermentation, gut health, or just love experimenting in the kitchen, this water kefir vinegar is a feel-good staple worth adding to your routine.
Tag us with your vinegar creations. We’d love to see what you brew up! #HappyGutPro
Ingredients
Water Kefir Ingredients
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4 cups unfiltered tap water
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¼ cup coconut and cane sugar mixed
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1 packet water kefir grains
Equipment
Directions
Step 1: Prepare the Ferment
Bring 4 cups of unfiltered tap water to a boil.
Stir in ¼ cup sugar (1 tbsp coconut sugar and the remainder cane sugar) with a wooden spoon until completely dissolved.
Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature.
Pour into a clean glass jar.
Stir in ¼ cup water kefir grains
Loosely clasp the jar’s lid so that air can get in but bugs can’t.
Let sit in a warm location (20–25°C / 70–75°F) for 24 hours.
Step 5: Remove Grains & Ferment into Vinegar
After 48 hours, strain out the grains and set solely the liquid without the grains in it back into the warm location .
Loosely close the jar and let the liquid sit at room temperature for an additional 5–10 days.
Taste periodically—the longer it sits, the more sugars get eaten up and vinegar-like it becomes.
Recipe Note
Water kefir doesn’t go bad. If it is in a sealed bottle with no chance of cross contamination, the live cultures will slowly continue to eat up the sugars in the liquid and eventually the liquid will turn to vinegar.
The water kefir vinegar recipe has many health benefits, such as improving digestion, blood sugar levels, and weight loss. It is also rich in probiotics, which are beneficial bacteria that can boost your gut health and immunity.