25
Two hours to figure out why my sourdough was flat as a pancake
I spent almost 2 hours last Saturday trying to figure out why my starter was acting totally dead after being fine for months. Turns out I was using tap water and the chlorine levels in Denver must have spiked or something. Has anyone else had their starter suddenly go dormant from city water changes?
2 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In2 Comments
lindahunt11h ago
Honestly, was it the tap water that basically had a "Do Not Enter" sign for your starter or did you switch to bottled or filtered after that?
4
dakotal1611h ago
My tap water in Phoenix absolutely wrecked my first two starters. I switched to filtered water from a Brita pitcher @lindahunt and the third one finally took off after about 12 days. The chlorine in tap water here is no joke, it killed all the good bacteria before they could even get going. Letting the filtered water sit out overnight before using it also seemed to help a lot.
7