San Francisco Sourdough Starter Culture- 100+ Year Old Dehydrated Heirloom Style Sourdough Starter Kit for Sourdough Bread, Pizza, Buns, Pancakes, Muffins | Easy to follow instructions. By Captain Sourpants

This sourdough starter was easy to get going and worked well with regular feedings. The instructions were simple to follow, and within a short time it became active and bubbly. The starter has a nice classic sourdough smell and produced flavorful bread with a good rise. It’s fun using a starter with so much history behind it, and it seems strong and reliable once established. The amount provided was enough to get started comfortably, and it reacted well during feeding without any issues. Great option for anyone wanting to try homemade sourdough without starting completely from scratch. Pros: * Easy to activate * Active and bubbly with feedings * Produces flavorful sourdough * Fun piece of baking history Cons: * Requires patience and regular feeding like any starter Overall, this is a great starter culture for beginners or experienced bakers wanting a reliable sourdough starter with good flavor and activity.

10/10 recommend!! The San Francisco starter is very forgiving! I followed the schedule timeline but I weighed grams, used bread flour, and only followed the schedule until about day 3. After day 3 I fed 1:1:1 every 24 hours or so. By day 5 my starter was more than doubling after 4 hours. I'm going to start my first loaf today, I'm sure it's not going to be as sour or fermented as some sourdough but based in the starter it should have a good crust! Definitely buy it!

My home starter died so I needed to start over. Fed for a couple days until consistently doubling. I’m very happy with the product in the end!

Great starter. Easy to use and comes with instructions. I was able to make some waffles by day four. I will suggest to feed it based off of grams versus the cup measurements that they give in the instructions. Nevertheless it works for me. I saw another reviewer state that their starter wasn’t working and they did everything they were supposed to including using bread flour. Please only feed your starter with all-purpose flour. You may use bread flour when making your loaf.

Wonderful starter. A little pricy from some dehydrated starter but works well. Rose the following day so I can't complain makes beautiful bread and didn't have any issues.

This is my second batch of this stuff. I had to get another one because my glass jar fell out of the fridge and broke into pieces. After trying to get my own SS up and going for months in the colder weather, I caved in and got this. Within 10 days I had perfectly bubbly starter and my loaf tasted fanatic. Super happy with this company.

The pictures in this review are from day 3! I'll tell you how I did it. I used the starter culture with about a cup of flour, one tablespoon of honey, a half teaspoon of active yeast and filtered water enough to make it the consistency of thick pancake batter... Then day two, discarded half, added flour to be about the same amount, and about a tablespoon of honey and enough water to make it the consistency of thick pancake batter... I took these pictures today before I fed it on day three, and it's a very active and healthy starter....My last starter that I had for a long time sadly died when my husband had a stroke and I was with him in the hospital for days and then getting him home and cared for and didn't have the emotional and mental bandwidth to remember to feed my starter....So, I ordered this, and it's a great starter cluture, but if you want it to mature much faster, just use my little hacks, I was raised making sourdough and caring for starters, so I do know what I'm doing....

I had been trying to make my own starter and it just wasn’t taking fast enough so I decided to get me some Captain Sourpants and I’m GIDDY over how my first loaf using it turned out!!! The most beautiful oven spring and the softest, most delicious bread! Obsessed.

Not amazing. Followed all the instructions, but the starter was still not ready to bake

When you open the package I was pleasantly surprised that the starter was in a smaller package and not just ready to fall out all over! I fed the starter as requested and within 2 days tiny bubbles were forming and by day 6 it was a great starter, bubbling well, rising high, then deflating as per a sourdough starter should. Made some pancakes & New York style Bagels and both tasted often! I love my new San Francisco Sourdough Starter!

This sourdough starter did not disappoint. It was doubling and bubbling within 36 hours and ready for baking on day 3! I have to give a shoutout to the customer service agent who was quick to answer my questions and assure me that I was doing all the right things. I would definitely recommend this starter to anyone who wants to try baking sourdough bread.

I just had to toss this starter that I've been babying for 3.5 weeks. I followed instructions to a T, it struggled to increase in volume. Within 24 hours it developed the dreaded pink/orange streaks, which meant I need to toss the whole thing out. I kept it in a draft free place w a tea towel wrapped around it. I discarded and fed it properly. Overall, I am very dissapointed, almost a month of babying it down the tube's!

For anyone struggling to start their own sourdough starter from scratch, this dehydrated starter will do the trick. IT comes with clear instructions that are very easy to follow through. Been up and going and backing for sometime now. Excellent choice if you are into baking sourdough breads.