ARE TIBETAN MUSHROOMS AND SNOW LOTUS THE SAME CULTURE AS KEFIR GRAINS?

Yes, definitely so. Tibetan mushrooms [TM], Snow louts [SL] and kefir grains [KG ] and what ever other name the unique mother-culture is known by, are all the same mother-culture if it looks like this This is also true for what is also referred to as Yogurt Plant or Yogurt Mushroom in same parts of Europe. To help explain; the name Peter is known as Piere in France and Piere is Peter in an English speaking country. The reason kefir grains are referred to as TM appear to be due to consecutive passing down of the natural mother-culture, which at a point in time were cultured in Tibet. I recall reading that milk kefir-grains were introduced in Tibet in the late 1800 to early 1900's. TM appear to originate from where all milk kefir-grains are believed to originated i.e. the Caucasus Mountains. This also seems to be the case with SL in certain parts of China or other parts of Asian. There is also a Chinese medicinal herb that's known as Snow Lotus. Although this is a vegetative herb and ...  more