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JPTurtle
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2025
Great quality - everything in this set not only looks good but each piece is sturdy and durable. It makes taking care of our sourdough starter a breeze!
AC
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2025
My wife was ready to start learning to make sourdough, so started looking for all the pieces. This set helped her gather them without looking for all the pieces separately. She is bummed the two wooden utensils are not matching wood, and the spoon is a completely different shape. It is very skinny and not chunky like the picture, so she got rid of it.Both tools short, but in scale with the picture. That being said, she loves the scraper and uses it in lots of ways.She says the jars, lids, and other pieces are all great, and she recommends the set overall.Thank you for reading, I hope it was helpful.
Donna
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2025
I like them but way to small. I use them for the discard now .The spoon broke on me
Melissa
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2024
I absolutely love these! I use one for my active starter and one for my starter discard in the fridge! They have helped me get a very active starter! Love the temperature gauge and the easy jar cover. So far I'm completely happy with these!
G. Molina
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2024
Disclosure, I bake bread for a living.This sourdough starter jar set would be a nice little gift for someone dabbling with sourdough bread baking. The primary component are the two wide mouth jars. They are of medium weight glass. The volume measurements printed on the sides give you a good indication of when your starter doubles in size after feeding. That's an important benchmark for the health of your starter. What makes the jars useful are the plastic interiors of the wooden caps. Had the jar lids been just wood, I would not use them for sourdough. Sourdough cultures can become quite acidic and would likely deteriorate wood, so good forethought in lining the lids with plastic. The wide jar mouths make feeding and removing starter a bit easier. I hoped the jars would accommodate a wide mouth Mason jar lid, but they are a different size. Importantly, you get two jars. That allows you to have two different starters going at a time, perhaps one whole wheat and one rye. You'll get different flavors from each. The jars are plenty large enough to accommodate a home baker's starters, without the culture overflowing the jars after feeding. Two utensils are included, a spoon and a spurtle. The spoon seems to be a different type of wood and finished in a different color and varnish. The spurtle reaches to the bottom of the jars and should be helpful for mixing. The gingham cloth covers are cute, but that's all, imo. With the exception of when you first start a culture, there is little purpose for them. They might be porous enough to allow wild yeast into the jar, but they might not. If left unfed for a few days, a culture can get quite stinky, so you'll want to use the wooden lids to contain the odors. The date and time bands are superfluous. Simply remembering when and on which day you feed your starters is easy enough. If you're dabbling with sourdough, you're probably interested in other types of fermentations such as wine and beer. The adhesive thermometers will be quite handy for those purposes, but they are less useful for maintaining a sourdough culture.
KJensen
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2024
I started making sourdough bread. Then my friends and family wanted bread. This set of large wide mouth jars will allow you to make as much sourdough starter as you need. I also like the jar covers which allow plenty of wild yeast to enter the starter. More important is that this set can be a great gift for others looking to make sourdough bread. Very pleased. Five stars!
Cheryl L. F.
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2024
I am a novice sourdough bread maker. I've watched the videos and read the books, and now I am venturing. This looked like a good set for establishing my starter.The Good:-It is so nice that there are two jars. I can mix my daily feed and then pour it into my clean jar. I know that isn't absolutely necessary, but I have seen other bakers get mold in the jars from batter up the sides of the jar.-The markers for growth and spaces to write on the jars is helpful in keeping track of feedings and development.-The wooden tools are great for mixing and not scratching the jars.The Bad:-NothingThis product met my expectations.
D. Zebrowski
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2024
Lots to be said about plastic, and all of the advantages it offers. And to be sure, this kit is not absent of it. At the same time, there is a simple, loveliness to using wood utensils. Hearkening back to pre-plastic age. I rather like it.The kit here is very nice. I would say it is excellent for higher volume bakers, probably producing a couple of loaves a day, as opposed to the one to two a week of many other home bakers. It's not that it wouldn't work, of course. Simply a bit overkill, both in doubling, as well as the capacity of the jars.These jars, the utensils, the implements, are all quite lovely. Handsome, as my grandmother would love to say. From a functional standpoint, everything is exactly as you would hope and expect. Nothing but solid marks for the kit, all throughout. I especially appreciate the lids, for while they are lovely wood on the exterior, they are perfect, simple plastic on the inside. Having recently gone through a kit that gave a metal lid, which filled with mold and corruption in less than a month, here is where plastic dominates.It's wonderfully packaged with much care, and I would say they offered that same care throughout all of the product. Well done.
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