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Rustic autumn baking scene with sourdough loaf, starter jar, dough scraper and rosemary on a wooden table
Autumn Baking Starts Here — Why This is the Best Time to Make Your Own Sourdough
Autumn is the perfect time to start baking your own sourdough. Discover why homemade sourdough is easier to digest, more flavourful, and better for you — plus try our Roasted... Read more...
The Ultimate Guide to Sourdough Starters Happy Kombucha
The Ultimate Guide to Sourdough Starters
Whether you’re a complete beginner or keen to take your bread-making up a notch, mastering a good sourdough starter is the foundation of success. Here’s what you need to know... Read more...
The Ultimate Guide to Sourdough Starter Kits: Everything You Need to Know Happy Kombucha
The Ultimate Guide to Sourdough Starter Kits: Everything You Need to Know
If you’ve ever dreamed of baking your own delicious, crusty, tangy sourdough bread, then a sourdough starter kit is the perfect place to begin. Whether you’re a complete newbie to the... Read more...
Sweet Christmas Sourdough Ring Happy Kombucha
Sweet Christmas Sourdough Ring
Sweet Sourdough Bread Looking for inspiration this Christmas? Why not try making a Christmas sourdough Ring.  Read more...
Water kefir grains- Happykombucha
How to Make sourdough Using Water kefir grains
Making your own Sourdough is fun and easy and using your spare water kefir grains is a great way to use them up. As we start heading into the warmer... Read more...
How to keep your sourdough starter healthy? Happy Kombucha
How to keep your sourdough starter healthy?
Compared to other starter cultures such as yogurt, a sourdough starter is fairly easy to maintain and surprisingly difficult to kill completely. However, there are some conditions that are ideal... Read more...
Using Rye flour in Sourdough-Happykombucha
Using Rye Flour in Sourdough
The question we get asked the most about Sourdough is, do you have to use Rye Flour? The answer is no, you can use any kind of flour (although different... Read more...
sourdough bread: a beginner’s guide Happy Kombucha
sourdough bread: a beginner’s guide
Sourdough is unique because it does not require commercial yeast in order to rise. It’s made with a starter which acts as a natural leavening agent. Sourdough is known for... Read more...
Sourdough Bread and why its so amazing!
Sourdough bread is the kind of bread that you slather thick with butter and eat with soup when snow falls and winds howl (perfect at the moment then!) This is sourdough bread – tangy and moist, dense and nutty. It is the bread made for centuries before the invention of commercial yeast packets.   Health Benefits of Sourdough Sourdough breads are leavened by a starter that contain natural yeasts and acids. The airborne yeast creates the enzymes needed to eat up or predigest some of the toughest-on-your-belly parts of the grain.... Read more...