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WORD OF THE DAY: LEVAIN๐งโ๐ณ
A lot of bakers use โstarterโ and โlevainโ like they mean the same thing.
They donโt.
Your starter is the culture you maintain.
Your levain is the portion you build specifically for the dough youโre making today.
That one distinction changes how you think about fermentation.
๐ซ Starter = maintained culture๐ฅ 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 โfollowing recipesโ to actually understanding what the dough is doing.
Small distinction.
Big breakthrough.
Perfection is not required. Progress is.
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