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The temperature in my home is above your recommended temperature for fermenting kefir and/or cultured vegetables, how can I keep them within the recommended temperature range?

Aside from using air-conditioning to maintain the recommended temperature, you could fill a container such as a cooler with ice and put the bottles/jars in which you are fermenting your kefir/vegetables in the vicinity of the container. If your temperature is slightly hotter than the recommended temperature, it should result in a faster fermentation, so you may want to cut the recommended time short by a few hours/days.

Updated: Jul 16, 2015

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