NW Ferments San Francisco Sourdough Starter Kit

San Francisco is probably the most widely known variety.  It has a distinctively sour characteristic that people have come to know and love.  It tends to require a longer rise time, but good things come to those who wait!  In the 1970’s, the Microbiology Department at Oregon State University isolated the bacteria that gives San Francisco sourdough its unique flavor.  They named it lactobacillus san francisco. Reusable- by reserving a bit from each batch, you can continue to make San Francisco sourdough indefinitely!

Make your own hearty, healthy sourdough bread with our Sourdough Starter Cultures.  Just add the culture to flour and water, and watch the magic begin!  It is possible to make your own starter culture by allowing the wild yeasts in your home to accumulate and grow in flour and water, but is not always reliable.  Sometimes there are not enough wild yeasts available in the atmosphere to populate your starter (particularly if air filters are in use).  The wild yeasts in your home may not always produce a desirable flavor (any teenager’s sweaty socks hanging around?)  Using a specific starter culture is a way to ensure success and speed up the process.

This Kit includes:

• San Francisco sourdough starter culture
• Dough scraper
• Flour sack towel
• Reusable jar cover and elastic band
• Instructions and recipes

NW Ferments provides quality starter cultures for home production. Our goal is to enable people to improve their own health while saving them money. By making our own healthy foods, we help ourselves as well as our planet. While we are from the Pacific NW, we know that we have many kindred spirits worldwide.