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c/bakers•haydenp95haydenp95•3d ago

Showerthought: My sourdough starter was a total flop until I switched to bottled water

The tap water in my town is so hard, it killed three batches before I tried using a $1 gallon of spring water from the store. Has anyone else had starter issues that just came down to the water?
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jade_hernandez
That makes sense, chlorine is a real killer for yeast too.
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paulperry
paulperry3d ago
Yeah, learned that the hard way trying to make bread with tap water once. Ended up with a sad, dense brick that could have doubled as a doorstop. Now I just use the cheap bottled stuff for baking.
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