BreadtopiaLive Sourdough Starter | Organic Non-GMO Ingredients | Active & Ready to Go | It's Alive - Must be Fed Immediately on Delivery

Absolute perfection—-finally! This starter was amazing, instructions were simple and starter was ready to use third day!Bread is delicious and starter thriving!It’s still cold here but followed directions and warmed up the kitchen to achieve the rise I needed.Highly recommend and flavor and smell are right on!Easy delivery

Much faster and more reliable than making your own starter! Great results!I was concerned about the starter’s viability after the time it took to arrive. When I opened it the signs were positive: it was very bubbly and ripe with an inoffensive sour smell and no hooch separation. I scraped it into a jar and fed it right away. There didn’t seem to be any down time at all. It started up with regular starter behavior without any problems. After a few days to make sure it was going strong I baked a beautiful bread with it in my Dutch oven. The flavor is a mild sour. I can tell it is sourdough for sure but it isn’t like “Bam! I’m sour!” I’ll take that as a good thing. It’s delicious and really does remind me of the sourdough bread bowls full of chowder that I used to get on a particular California pier. A coworker had never eaten sourdough bread before and he loved the piece I shared with him.Basic first feeding:Spoon starter into a clean jar. Stir in 1/4 cup of unchlorinated room temperature water. Add 1/3 cup of unbleached white flour and stir to combine. Cover but not tightly so that pressure does not build up too much.Successive feedings:Once or twice a day, discard or use around half of your starter. Feed the remaining amount with equal weights of water and flour. That’s like the above or 2T water and 3T flour for a smaller quantity.Some people keep starter in the fridge if they don’t want to feed it as often but I think that makes it weaker and could impact flavor.The only thing negative I can say is the agreement with some other reviewers that there should be written instructions along with the package or even here on the product page. I had experience with baking sourdough from years ago and didn’t really need instructions but it would still be more reassuring and is simply faster for me to read than to watch a video. The video they have is pretty good though. There are tons of videos on YouTube about caring for your starter and baking with it if you want more tutorials like that.It is January and I live in Georgia so the weather was cold to mildly cool during shipment, probably ideal. I wouldn’t want to order this in the heat of summer or if I thought it would freeze at some point.

I’m absolutely thrilled with this sourdough starter! From the moment I opened the package, I could tell this was going to be a game-changer for my bread baking. The instructions were clear, and the starter itself was easy to work with. Within a few days, I had a bubbly, active starter that smelled heavenly—like a blend of tangy goodness and fresh dough.The first loaf I baked was a huge hit—perfectly crusty on the outside, soft and airy on the inside, with that unmistakable sourdough flavor that I’ve been craving. I’ve since made multiple batches, and the results keep getting better.I also love that I can keep it going for future bakes—just feed it regularly, and it’s good to go! This starter has become a staple in my kitchen, and I’m excited to experiment with different recipes now that I have such a strong base to work with. Highly recommend for anyone looking to elevate their bread game!

Easy to use and great for beginning your sourdough journey! Highly recommend! High quality product with easy to use instructions! My Starter is happy and bubbly, and I have already created breads, waffles and more with it!

Amazing sourdough starter. I’ve made several loaves since I purchased it two months ago. It’s sooooo incredibly active. I don’t feed it very often until there’s only about 1/4 cup left. I fed it three days ago and put it in the fridge, today it’s still rising and almost blew the lid off. Way better than my own starter that I made a few years ago. It has a very strong sourdough taste, and highly recommend it, especially for beginners.

I love making bread! I moved out of where I was living and wasn't able to do bread making. I missed it so much. Moved in with my sister and I am excited to begin my sourdough (and discard) journey again.I was daunted with making a starter from scratch. This got such excellent reviews I decided to give it a try. I was very, very pleased. Easy to follow instructions on the video. My starter performed well quickly. Though some think this might be a little costly, I don't feel that way. Making my own starter from scratch would have cost more in my mind because of all the flour. With this live starter I was able to actually bake very quickly.I have a new jar coming to me this coming Monday. So this is a repeat purchase, which I think, shows that I indeed liked this product. I am excited to start my starter again! Now to think of a cute name...

This is good. I somehow killed mine unfortunately. I’m sure it was my fault. I’ll try again when I have more time to dedicate to it. I thought that this would be the best route since I knew I wouldn’t have the time or the attention span to start my own from scratch. I still managed to screw it up lol.