Organic Sourdough Starter (100g) – Active Bread Starter Culture in Mason Jar

Organic Sourdough Starter – 100g | Active Culture in Half Pint Mason Jar

Bring real sourdough baking into your kitchen with a living starter that has been nurtured for nearly a decade.

This organic sourdough starter from Bray Gardens has been maintained with organic, locally milled flour and kept at 100% hydration, making it easy to work with and ideal for most sourdough recipes.

If you’ve been wanting to bake your own naturally fermented bread, this is the perfect place to start.

What You'll Receive

Your order includes:

• 100 grams of active sourdough starter
• Packaged in a reusable half-pint mason jar
• Fed exclusively with organic flour

With a few feedings after arrival, your starter will quickly grow into enough culture to bake multiple loaves of artisan sourdough bread.

A Starter with History

I’ve been baking sourdough for nearly a decade and always keep a healthy starter ready to go in my kitchen. It has been fed consistently with organic flour and maintained carefully to keep it strong, active, and reliable.

Sourdough starters are wonderfully resilient and adaptable — once you have one in your kitchen, it can live with you for years with simple care.

How to Wake Up Your Starter

After shipping, your starter may be a little sleepy. A few feedings will quickly bring it back to full activity.

1. Allow the starter to come to room temperature.

2. Feed it using a 1:1:1 ratio by weight of starter, flour, and water.

Example:
If you have 100g starter, feed with:

• 100g water
• 100g flour

Mix well and leave at room temperature.

Within a few feedings, the starter should begin doubling in volume within about 12 hours, indicating it’s ready to bake with.

Storage

Sourdough starters are very forgiving.

If you bake frequently:
• Keep your starter at room temperature and feed daily.

If you bake occasionally:
• Store it in the refrigerator between feedings and refresh it when you're ready to bake again.

What You Can Bake

Most sourdough recipes use 100–150 grams of starter, so your culture will quickly expand into enough for:

• Artisan sourdough bread
• Pizza dough
• Pancakes or waffles
• Crackers
• Flatbreads
• Sourdough pastries

Any extra starter (often called discard) can be used in all kinds of delicious recipes.

Shipping

Starters are packed carefully and shipped promptly to ensure they arrive healthy and ready to revive.

Because sourdough is a living culture, it may appear quiet or separated after shipping — this is completely normal and resolves quickly with feeding.

From Bray Gardens

At Bray Gardens, many of the foods we make start with simple ingredients and time-honored methods. This sourdough starter is part of that tradition — a living culture meant to be shared, baked with, and passed along.