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The Dried Starter | No Frills, Just Culture

£11.99
£19.99
£11.99

★★★★★ Rated by our customers

  • ✓ FREE UK delivery
  • ✓ Established live starter, never dried
  • ✓ Bake in as little as 24 hours

Why choose our starter?


★★★★★ Rated by our customers

Our starter has been kept alive in Michael’s family for generations. Michael has cared for it himself since he was 19, after inheriting it from his Mother, who inherited it from her Mother before her. Strong, established and exceptionally reliable, it’s the same family starter we send out today.

Delivery

  • All orders receive free UK Delivery!
  • We use Evri, and ship most orders same or the next day (usually 11am cut-off)
  • On Fridays, we try to avoid posting so the starter is not sat in a warehouse all weekend

A note about live starter deliveries

Your starter is a living, fermenting culture and may expand during transit, occasionally causing a little leakage. Minor leakage does not necessarily mean the starter is damaged, and the starter remaining inside the jar may still be suitable for feeding and baking.

If there’s significant leakage, damaged packaging or any concern about its condition, please contact us with photos before using it so we can help. Your statutory rights are unaffected.

Buying ahead or gifting? Choose dried starter for an option that needs no feeding until you’re ready.

Product Details

The Dried Starter Option

No jar. No fancy gift box. Just our nearly 100-year-old sourdough culture, dried and ready to wake up when you are.

Whether you’re completely new to sourdough, replacing a much-loved starter or keeping a backup for the inevitable “I thought you were feeding it” incident, this is a simple, affordable way to get started.

Made with just flour and water, our family starter has been passed down through generations of bakers in Cheshire. We dry a portion of that same culture and seal it in a flat, airtight envelope. All the potential for beautiful bread, without the extras.

Your starter. Your schedule.

There’s no need to feed it when it arrives. Keep it sealed somewhere cool and dry until you’re ready to begin. Buying ahead, gifting it or waiting for a quieter week? It can wait.

When the time comes, grab a clean jar (or check out our personalised ones), some bread flour and water, then follow our reactivation instructions. Allow several days of feeding for your starter to wake up and become reliably active before baking.

Once established, care for it just as you would a live starter. Keep feeding it, and it can keep you baking for years.

What’s included?

• Dried sourdough starter from our nearly 100-year-old family culture, approx 50g
• A flat, airtight envelope to keep it dry until you’re ready

What will you need?

Your own clean jar, bread flour, water and a little patience.

No jar, feeding flour, tools or gift box are included. This is starter only, with no unnecessary extras.

Perfect for first-time bakers, fresh starts and emergency backups.

No frills. No fluff. Welcome to The Cult.