Certified Organic San Francisco Live Sourdough Bread Starter - UKAS Lab Tested by Kombuchaorganic® with printed instruction

Not the first sourdough loaf made , but not a regular baker by any means., Starter arrived faster than advertised, followed good clear instructions and baked a pretty good loaf day 3. Nice crust not rock hard but chewy, not too sour but the taste I remember from San Francisco years ago. A week on starter has produced another nice strong levain for todays loaf. Very satisfied, good starter and recipe.

I have tried and succeeded in making a sourdough starter in the past but have never been able to sustain it long enough to bake with. This came with simple and straight forward instructions which help me grasp the basics. It's so confusing when researching sourdough online. I am so please with the results of my first attempt. The taste is excellent. I used a BBC Good Food. I have also been successfully making Kafir using starter from this company. Both have been brilliant.

I have had this starter dough for a few months, and haven’t killed it yet despite forgetting to feed daily. II have 2 starters now 1 in the fridge and one in the kitchen. I have made several loaves with it and am really happy with the quality. Fingers crossed I don’t need to buy anymore. It arrived in a sachet with instructions that any bread novice could follow 5* seller and product.

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Bemused by a complaint about it not coming with a jar, poor instructions and arriving in a bag. Any clean jar is fine, the instructions were simple and helpful and the flavour is both complex and amazing. The starter was so active after its first feed that I was worried I needed to slow it down a bit as I wasn’t quite ready to use it! I’d intended to take a photo of my first loaf but made the mistake of leaving it on the kitchen counter to cool. Having now tasted it myself, I can see why my husband demolished half a loaf in a sitting. Delicious. I’ve also frozen some of it as a ‘just in case’ and to see if it really does revive after thawing. Definitely recommended!

Came in a secure plastic pouch, I decanted it and fed it some organic rye flour, left it out for 12 hrs and it doubled in size, made a lovely loaf of the first feeding! Have re-used it again from the fridge, and re-fed it again today and it’s doubled in size again! I’m going to split it and feed one half organic white bread flour, I would absolutely recommend it, I have created my own starter before, which was active but I lost it last year, took an urge to bake again and didn’t want to wait for a new one to establish - I use shipton-mill bread flour as it’s the best that I’ve found especially when making sourdough bread

My order came quite late. Long after it’s due date and so it missed its goal as a birthday gift. However once arrived, it stored well and has made some fine loaves.

Took a bit of patience to learn the basics - if the starter isn’t very thick it doesn’t rise, so it can look inactive. Once I started using less water, I was able to see the starter peak and bake with it, the bread has been incredible! I use extra strong white flour and all has been good so far.