Freshly Fermented – Organic & Vegan Certified Freeze Dried Sourdough Culture, San Francisco Style

My starter is a couple of months old and now and going well . Some great loaves to show for it . It’s a first go at sour dough so a positive recommendation from me

I have made lots of sourdough using my own starters and 3rd party starters that i have bought. This starter is very poor, perhaps i should have read some of the reviews. Never got the starter beyond a very low activity fermentation and certainly not active enough to make a loaf with. I gave some to a friend but she also had no success. Its also quite expensive. I have successfully obtained fresh, liquid starters from private online sellers for half the price that work really well. I only bought this freeze dried product as i needed to travel with it in my hand luggage. It did however come in a pretty package and is certified vegan so there were no animal products contained in this dried flour and water paste product, which was a huge relief as i tipped it down the drain.

Worked perfectly I made the best sourdough loaf within a few days of receiving the starter.

Followed instructions 100%. Total waste time and money. Didnt rise even when instructions stictly followed. £12 lot of money to throw i to bin. Dont waste your yime/money. Too much sold without any comeback. Could just have been sample of goodness know what.

The product does exactly what you'd expect. As a novice baker I have now made my first sourdough loaf, and I thought it was excellent. The packet that arrived directed me to the supplier's own website for usage instructions. I was disappointed to see that the product was available on there for just over half the price. Unlike the bread, that left a nasty taste in the mouth.

Came in freeze-dried form. Tried following instructions but think I messed up. Not particularly lively after 3 days and had distinct 'cheesy' smell to it. I was using a Lakeland fermentation jat that I'd used for a previous culture that I killed some time ago. Maybe I didn't clean the jar thoroughly enough?

The product arrived on time and the instructions for its use were very clear. I have had 100% success with this since then. I am a very happy sourdough baker. Thank you guys.

Didn’t work for me

Recién fermantado, cultura cuidada desde hace generaciones, y muchas más promesas por parte del fabricante... Y llega eso: Lo que parece una bolsa gigante en la foto, en realidad es un sobre diminuto con un poco de polvo, y no trae ningún tipo de instrucciones. Tuve que buscar en la página web del fabricante para saber qué tenía que hacer. Añadí harina y agua según las indicaciones "oficiales" y el primer día la masa crecía y formaba burbujas sobremanera, incluso salía masa por la tapa del recipiente. La tuve que guardar en la nevera para calmarla. El día después todo se había reducido a su tamaño inicial, y no había manera de volver a arrancarlo. A pesar de mimarlo con la mejor harina panadera y agua mineral durante días, ya no se activaba. Se quedaba una masa acuosa que apestaba a vinagre. Aún así me atreví a coger una parte de la masa, meterla en otro recipiente, alimentarla durante algunos días más, y luego coger esta parte (que tampoco había subido) y echarle harina y agua para hacer un pan - a ver qué tal. Como era de esperar, el pan no subió para nada, era plano y compacto como una piedra y durante la horneada, toda la casa se llenaba con un olor fuerte a vinagre. No el olor agradable de un pan recien hecho de masa madre ácida, sino olor a vinagre. Y el pan, que por su consistencia ya era incomestible, también lo era por su sabor. Ya sé, he pedido un starter de masa madre ácida que viene marcado como sabor "muy ácido", pero esta acidez está a punto de reventarte las papilas de la lengua. Ahora estamos horneando con masa madra ácida de otro fabricante y estamos mucho más contentos con los resultados. No sé que habrá pasado, pero la masa madre ancestral Freshly Fermented no ha sobrevivido ni 24 horas en mi casa. Hemos puesto un punto final a este ramal de la leyenda....

Al margen de que el paquete viene sin instucctiones impresas, encontre que tras levantar una pegatina se dislumbra un QR que si lo de en la pagina web del proveedor. He seguido las instrucciones y no ha resultado para nada ningun crecimiento en la masa, tras una semana de cuidados y alimentando todos los dias con harina nueva y agua embotellada. No lo puedo recomendar en absoluto. La opcion de 0 estrellas no esta disponible

I ordered the SF Sourdough starter. I do know how to cultivate a starter, I have done so several times before. However, this particular freeze dried stuff did not work at all. I tried unbleached white flour from an organic mill first. Nothing. After 24h I added some wholewheat. Nothing after 12 hours. Still waiting. No bubbles, no tangy smell, nothing. Just flour and water. So far, this has been a mistake.