Original San Francisco:

Original San Francisco Sourdough Culture US/Canada International $15.00 $20.00 BUY BUY Order by Fax or Mail

A special culture. In 1997 we had the good fortune to acquire the culture in which the dominant organisms are the wild yeast, Candida milleri,and the bacteria, Lactobacillus sanfrancisco that produce the San Francisco sourdough. We now make this culture available for the first time to the home baker. It comes with complete directions for producing the flavor of authentic San Francisco sourdough bread. Follow the Original San Francisco link for more information.

The following cultures are $10.50 each. ($13.00 Outside the U.S. and Canada) Prices include shipping an handling

Russia Culture US/Canada International $10.50 $13.00 BUY BUY Order by Fax or Mail

Russia: This culture is from the village of Palekh two hundred miles northeast of Moscow. It is a fast leavening culture, handles heavy Russian whole wheat doughs very well and appears ideal for automatic home bread machines.

France Culture US/Canada International $10.50 $13.00 BUY BUY Order by Fax or Mail

France: The French sourdough is from a small bakery on the outskirts of Paris that has been in business for over 150 years. The starter rises very well an the dough has one of the mildest sourdough flavors.

Austria Culture US/Canada International $10.50 $13.00 BUY BUY Order by Fax or Mail

Austria: This starter is from the old section of Innsbruck. The bakery carries a sign over the entrance proclaiming 1795 as the year the business opened. The culture is especially adapted to rye flours, rises somewhat slowly an produces one of the more sour doughs.

Yukon Culture US/Canada International $10.50 $13.00 BUY BUY Order by Fax or Mail

Yukon: A Yukon prospector gave this starter to the physician father of a medical school classmate of the founders of Sourdoughs International. It traveled all the way to Saudi Arabia for a comparison baking test with the San Francisco starter. The results of that test, indeed, were responsible for the search for other starters in the Middle East dating to antiquity. The Yukon produces moderately sour dough and rises well.

Finland Culture US/Canada International $10.50 $13.00 BUY BUY Order by Fax or Mail

Finland: Our newest addition. It worked well in our tests, an imparts a wonderful and distinctive flavor and aroma.

Egypt: Red Sea Culture US/Canada International $10.50 $13.00 BUY BUY Order by Fax or Mail

Egypt: The Red Sea culture: This culture is from one of the oldest ethnic bakeries in Egypt. It was found in Hurghada on the shore of the Red Sea when it was still just a village. The bread was actually placed on the village street to rise. It is one of the fastest cultures to rise and has a mild sourdough flavor. It works well in automatic home bread machines.

Egypt: Giza Culture US/Canada International $10.50 $13.00 BUY BUY Order by Fax or Mail

Egypt: The Giza culture: The bakery where this sourdough was found dated straight back to antiquity and was literally in the shadow of the pyramids. This culture could be the progeny of the one that made man's first bread and is similar to the one we used to recreate that first bread in Egypt for the National Geographic. The dough rises well and is moderately sour.

Bahrain Culture US/Canada International $10.50 $13.00 BUY BUY Order by Fax or Mail

Bahrain: Bahrain is thought by many to be the ancient Garden of Eden. Since antiquity it has been the place where East meets West. It is a curious mixture of the oldest and the newest. The Bahrain sourdough is from the oldest of the old. It rises well and is one of the most sour.

Saudi Arabia Culture US/Canada International $10.50 $13.00 BUY BUY Order by Fax or Mail

Saudi Arabia: The Saudis have completely transformed their country in the last fifty years from a collection of villages to a country of modern cities equal to any around the world. But the desert Bedouin has survived that transformation unchanged. And the Saudi sourdough is as desert as its Bedouin baker. It rises moderately well an has one of the most distinctive flavors of all the cultures.

To protect quality and viability, we cannot accept returned cultures or give refunds. If a culture fails to "start", it will be replaced within one month of shipping.