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Live Milk Kefir Grains 1 tsp Starter Culture Gift Box

Packed fresh after purchase. This is a live starter culture gift box with one small food-safe box of live milk kefir grains, plus Tiny Bee Garden™ printed pieces for starting, keeping dates, and saving recipe ideas.

This is a made-to-order live starter culture. The order is packed fresh after purchase, and the grains are dried before shipping, so there is no liquid in the box.

The package will be hand-marked with the exact Packed-On date and exact Expiration date in full Month Day, Year format.

Date rule used for every order: Expiration Date = Packed-On Date + 15 days.

Please open the package promptly after delivery and place the grains into fresh milk to refresh and continue the culture.

Gift Box Contents

• Approximately 1 teaspoon of milk kefir starter culture grains
• Small food-safe container with grains
• Protective sealed bubble packaging for shipping
• Product Passport showing Packed-On date and Use-By / Best-By date
• Tiny Bee Garden™ Culture Passport Tag
• Milk Kefir Recipes & Daily Routine booklet
• Recipe Card Set: Kefir Pancakes, Kefir Bread Dough, and Kefir Cookies
• Tiny Bee Garden™ botanical gift box presentation
• Simple starting and care instructions

A collectible keepsake card and a little token for future eBay coupon

A hand-finished collectible from the Founding Garden Edition

This card is part of the Founding Garden Edition, the first collection from Tiny Bee Garden. Each one is hand-finished after purchase: sealed with a traditional wax seal, hand-numbered, and signed by the maker. Every card carries its own unique barcode, and the wax seal, signature, and numbering together mark it as an original collectible rather than a plain printed card. The wax seal is applied by hand, so no two impressions are exactly alike — small variations in shape, thickness, and depth are part of the character of a hand-sealed piece.

Only the card with a wax stamp, handwritten no and signature of the maker is considered original and collectible.

A COLLECTOR’S TOKEN COMES WITH YOUR ORDER

Every Tiny Bee Garden™ order includes one small, hand-numbered Founding Garden Edition token featuring our bee design. Each is made by hand in our small Ohio home studio and sealed under resin to help protect its number.

Each token number is issued only once by Tiny Bee Garden™. Keep your tokens with your collectible cards and watch your garden collection grow.

Collect eight Tiny Bee Garden™ tokens, then send us an eBay message with one clear photo showing all eight. We will send you a $10 Tiny Bee Garden eBay coupon for a future eligible purchase of $25 or more.

It is our thank you for returning to the garden—and a little invitation to discover what is blooming next.

Tokens are complimentary gifts, have no cash value, and are not redeemable for money. Tokens issued in 2026 may be redeemed for the coupon through December 2027. This program may be changed or discontinued at any time; tokens already issued will be honored through their expiry. Small part—please keep away from small children.

Important Packaging Note

The grains are not shipped in liquid milk.

They are shipped drained, and dusted with a small amount of dry milk powder to help protect the starter culture during transit.

There is:

• No unpasteurized dairy
• No raw milk
• No liquid milk
• No free-flowing dairy
• No ready-to-drink dairy beverage

The package contains live starter culture grains only.

About the Kefir Grains

These are live milk kefir starter culture grains traditionally used to ferment dairy milk into homemade milk kefir. The grains are reusable when cared for properly.

These grains have been maintained with pasteurized A2 milk to grow.

About A2 Milk

A2 milk is natural pasteurized milk that contains the A2 type of beta-casein protein. Many people choose pasteurized A2 milk as their dairy preference for homemade milk kefir projects. Milk kefir grains can be fed with pasteurized dairy milk from the grocery store.

For the culture, these grains have been regularly maintained with pasteurized A2 milk before packing, so they come from a steady dairy-milk feeding routine.

Important Allergy Notice

This product is maintained with dairy milk and dry milk powder. It contains lactose and milk proteins. It is not lactose-free and is not suitable for anyone with a milk allergy.

About the Printed Gift Box Pieces

This gift box includes Tiny Bee Garden™ printed pieces made to keep the culture organized and easy to start.

The Product Passport shows the Packed-On date and Use-By / Best-By date.

The Culture Passport Tag is a small keepsake tag for the milk kefir culture.

The Milk Kefir Recipes & Daily Routine booklet includes a simple daily routine and recipe ideas.

The recipe card set includes:

• Kefir Pancakes
• Kefir Bread Dough
• Kefir Cookies

These printed pieces are included as part of the gift box presentation and kitchen notes.

Shipping

• Tracked delivery
• Ships Monday through Thursday
• Continental U.S. only
• Please open promptly after delivery
• Not shipped to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, or internationally

Quick Start Instructions

Place the grains in a clean glass jar.
Add about 1/2 cup fresh dairy milk per 1 teaspoon of grains.
Cover loosely with a cloth, coffee filter, or other breathable cover. Do not seal tightly.
Leave at room temperature, about 68–77°F, for 12–24 hours.
Strain the kefir, move the grains into fresh milk, and repeat.

After shipping, live kefir grains may need 1–3 small batches of milk to settle and begin fermenting normally again. This is normal for a live starter culture.

Care Tips

• Do not use hot milk or hot water.
• Do not seal the jar tightly during fermentation.
• Keep grains in fresh milk between batches.
• Refrigerate finished kefir after fermentation.
• A quick strain with stainless steel is fine.

On Arrival

Open the package promptly and place the grains into fresh milk.

Typical milk kefir grains are usually creamy white to pale yellow and may smell pleasantly tangy.

Do not use the grains if you see fuzzy mold, pink or orange discoloration, or notice a rotten odor.

Important Note

This is a live natural starter culture. Size, color, texture, and amount may vary slightly. Homemade fermented foods are prepared and consumed at the buyer’s own discretion.

Disclaimer

Sold as a live food starter culture for making homemade milk kefir. Not sold as medicine, a supplement, a treatment, or a cure. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.