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Privacy Policy Contact us Shipping View Cart Site Map	Fermented Treasures (FT) is the place to look for yogurt, sourdough, ginger beer, and water kefir starter cultures. Yogurt Starter FT offers a unique variety of yogurt starter cultures; our yogurt starter cultures include the traditional, Scandinavian yogurt or fermented milk cultures: Viili, Fil Mjolk, Piima as well as traditional, Matsoni, a.k.a. Caspian Sea yogurt, traditional, Greek yogurt starter and traditional, cultured buttermilk starter. Traditional yogurt starter cultures are active, stable yogurt starters that retain their vigor after use and may be re-cultured continually without deteriorating the quality of the yogurt, if cultured weekly and otherwise taken care of. This makes making homemade yogurt easy on the budget, costing only a fraction of the cost of store-bought yogurt to make quality yogurt at home, minus additives, stabilizers and thickeners, using just fresh, wholesome pasteurized milk. FT yogurt and cultured buttermilk starters do not require a yogurt maker as they are re-cultured with cold pasteurized milk at room temperature for 12-18 hours. But if you prefer using a yogurt maker, try FT Greek yogurt starter for making delicious creamy, Greek style yogurt. Try them all: Viili, Fil Mjolk, Piima, Matsoni, a.k.a. Caspian Sea yogurt, Greek yogurt starter and cultured buttermilk starter culture. Sourdough Starter If you bake with commercial yeast, then you know it’s the yeast that’s responsible for the rich aroma and delectable taste of baked goods fresh out of the oven. So it is with sourdough bread. However, the yeast fungi contained in a sourdough bread starter is quite different from that of commercial yeast, a highly cultivated select strain of yeast that can only be used once that was developed for its specific taste and its ability to predictably rise. The difference is that a symbiotic relationship between wild yeast fungi and bacteria occurred at the creation of each sourdough starter, giving it unique characteristics and the ability to reproduce seemingly endlessly, if proper conditions prevail. It is also this unique relationship that distinguishes each sourdough bread starter from each other, giving each something different, such as the natural ability to become very sour or a tendency to rise very fast. It is these differences that make each sourdough starter that we offer truly distinctive. Try our San Francisco sourdough bread starter, our French sourdough bread starter, our Italian sourdough bread starter or our early America sourdough bread starters. Surely, there is one that will please. Water Kefir Crystals Water Kefir Crystals “water kefir grains” is a consortium of active yeast and bacteria in symbiotic relationship housed in gelatinous white grains, comparable to gelatinous lichen that has the incredible ability, as it propagates, to transform sweetened water and dried fruit into a slightly acidic carbonated beverage. The bacteria present in the water kefir grains secrete lactic acid as it ferments the sweetened water producing a healthy lacto fermented beverage. The yeast present in the water kefir grains, imparts vitamins, minerals and enzymes as well as carbonation, which produces a delightful fizz but must be carefully controlled by refrigeration. Thanks to the water kefir crystals, healthy, homemade water kefir sodas (lacto fermented beverages) are easily produced and can be made in a wide variety of flavors. Citrus fruits or juices such as lemons, limes or oranges or dried fruits like figs, raisins, or apricots are added to kefir sodas to impart a variety of wonderfully flavored homemade water kefir sodas. Soda extracts like vanilla, root beer, or sassafras may also be used before bottling to create even more tantalizing flavors, making water kefir soda making quite versatile. Discover the excitement of making homemade water kefir beverages with the amazing water kefir crystals! Ginger Beer Plant Ginger beer plant is a consortium of active yeast and bacteria in symbiotic relationship housed in gelatinous white grains, comparable to gelatinous lichen that has the incredible ability, as it propagates, to transform ginger and sweetened water into a slightly acidic carbonated ginger beer. The bacteria present in the ginger beer plant secrete lactic acid as it ferments the sugar and starch in the sweetened water, producing a robust ginger beer. The yeast present in the ginger beer plant imparts vitamins, minerals and enzymes as well as carbonation, which produces a delightful fizz but must be carefully controlled by refrigeration. Thanks to the ginger beer plant, homemade ginger beer is easily produced and can be made in a wide variety of flavors, lemon-lime, pineapple-orange, apple-spice, raspberry mint and more. Discover the excitement of making homemade ginger beer with the amazing ginger beer plant!
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