December 7th, 2009 
My Health 
I grew a kombucha mother from a bottle of store bought kombucha tea, I just poured it into a jar of tea and in a few days a mother started to form on the surface of the liquid.
If I were to pour some kefir into milk, would kefir grains form, so that they could be moved into the next batch?
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No. That’s not the same at all. You can try it, but it will not happen that way.
You need to obtain some kefir grains from someone. They are usually given away or against postage. Look on health forums. There are often people who give away grains.
All the best
Lisa J
Kombucha mushroom is what you use to make Kombucha. To make kefir, you need the grains, I believe. I think it would be good to try to make some kefir from the kefir, if it is raw milk you use from grass fed cows. You need the good bacteria to make it work as those found in milk from the grass fed cows. It make take a few more days to get the grains (cottage cheese type glob). I make kefir everyday using raw milk from grass fed cows so their is NO human pathogens in it. I started with some grains from a friend about a year ago. I find that leaving the grains in a jar filled with raw milk on the counter and covered with a small towel produces great kefir on the second day. Then I strain the grains (glob – about 3 tablespoons) out and put them into another jar, pour fresh raw milk into it and stir. Cover it and let it sit for a day on the counter and the next day, stir it once, cover it and let it stand for another day. On the second day, repeat the process.
This provides a wonderful kefir. I drink it straight or add some organic raspberry juice, or pour it over some fruit, like blueberries, strawberries, etc. This is so good for you. The lactobacillus bacteria that is in raw milk digest the lactose and so it has a sour flavor, not sweet, but you get to the point where you start craving the taste. I miss it if for some reason I don’t have it available.
good luck
Hi! Actually no, real kefir is the result of milk that has been fermented by a colony of kefir of yeasts & kefir bacteria which is called a kefir grain. The result of fermentation with this kefir grain is called “Kefir” and it has the benefits of the fermentation with the kefir grains but the kefir which is the result of this fermentation does not have all the original strains of kefir yeast and kefir bacteria that the original kefir grain had. In other words …. You gotta make real kefir from a real kefir colony or kefir grain… Ya can’t make kefir from kefir like you can make a kombucha scoby from a kombucha scoby… both kefir and kombucha are “Symbiotic Communities of Bacteria & Yeasts” however the kombucha result remains that same community and the kefir result does not… kefir is made from the community but the result is a different thing… a good thing but different…