January 8, 2018 - 6:26pm
Starter hydration
My new starter is doing well. It was started at 100% hydration. However this last feeding, I fed it 100g wheat flour and 60 g water. I'm lost as to what hydration it is now as I'm not very good at figuring math. Any help appreciated!
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did you refresh? In other words, what amount of starter in grams did you keep? That’s before adding the water and flour.
Your hydration in percent will be
(x/2 + 60) / (x/2 + 100) * 100,
Where X was the amount of starter in grams that you had before. If you don't know it, just weigh the whole content and subtract 160 g, which is what you just added.
Peter
40g water and you be back at 100% hydration. Now you'll know where you are at. From here you can easily carry on with 100% hydration or alter it.