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1d • 📖 Word of the Day
WORD OF THE DAY: LEVAIN🧑🍳
A lot of bakers use “starter” and “levain” like they mean the same thing.
They don’t.
Your starter is the culture you maintain.
Your levain is the portion you build specifically for the dough you’re making today.
That one distinction changes how you think about fermentation.
🫙 Starter = maintained culture🥖 Levain = freshly built preferment for a specific bake
Why does it matter?
Because building a levain gives you:
- better timing
- stronger fermentation
- more predictable results
- better control over flavor and dough strength
This is where baking starts shifting from “following recipes” to actually understanding what the dough is doing.
Small distinction.
Big breakthrough.
Perfection is not required. Progress is.
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WORD OF THE DAY: LEVAIN🧑🍳
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