I’ve been waiting a very long time for a gadget like the Brød & Taylor Sourdough Home to be invented.

Some of you may have been following my sourdough journey for the past few years. I’m often bemoaning the chilliness of our kitchen (our current one AND the one in our previous house). The cold temperature causes my sourdough starter to be sluggish and makes my loaves slow to prove.

The Brød & Taylor Sourdough Home is the answer to that problem. It acts like a little tepidarium for my glass jar of starter, keeping it at the optimum temperature for the wild yeast to thrive.

Not only that, when I want a break from baking – and a pause in feeding my starter, it will chill it to allow it to go into a sort of hibernation. This will also suit bakers who have a kitchen that is too warm and makes their starter fizz with overactivity… something that I’ve never experienced!

It currently retails at £129.00.