Tried using cold water in my sourdough starter and it flat out refused to rise

I usually do all my baking with room temp water, but last Tuesday I was in a rush and just used cold tap water from my Boston apartment. My starter didn't budge for 12 hours and I ended up tossing a whole batch of dough. Anyone else have their starter get super picky about water temp like that?

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nelson.cameron16d ago

Cold water's fine, your starter just needs more patience.

abby30816d ago

Totally feel you on this one. Patience is honestly the hardest part of the whole sourdough game.