Premium Professional Bakers Couche (Canvas) 35"x26" - Natural Flax Linen Heavy Duty Proofing Cloth by Bread Story for baking French Baguette loaves, Artisan loaf

This is the kind of product that you never know you needed until you tried it!Very sturdy and stiff couche, which I like very much because it keeps its own shape and warmth & very easy to apply flour on.I do my own bread on a weekly basis. I have made several breads, bagels and baguettes already with it.It's very easy to use & it dries pretty fast afterwards. I use my scrapper to remove most of the flour before giving it a good shake to remove the remaider outside.That being said, I've washed the couche only when it received it. I have used only hot water, no soap, at delicate setting in my wasing machine. Stayed in shape, no weird odor, no lint. Very satisfied! 5 stars!

Worked great and no strange smell!! I’m pretty sensitive to odors as I unfortunately have a sensitive olfactory system and before I even took it out of the plastic I sniffed it Yo determine if it would be going back. Happily, no odor on mine.I floured it really well, took it outside and gave it a shake, put the baguettes in for final proof and no sticking!! The couche is stiff enough to keep its shape when you create the folds for the dough but soft enough to easily create the folds. I would give this item as a gift to fellow bakers, but I’d repackage it as the packaging isn’t attractive. I bought this myself and no one is offering anything in return for this positive review.

Großes Tuch, reines Leinen, aber sehr steif in der Haptik. Hab es einige Male über die Tischkante gezogen, aber ohne nennenswerten Erfolg. Man soll es ja nicht waschen, also hoffe ich, dass es mit längerem Gebrauch auch geschmeidiger wird. Eine gewisse Festigkeit ist ja durchaus gewünscht.

La tela el demasiado firme. El tamaño es muy grande y cuesta manejarlo.

Trop pratique pour ne pas avoir ses baguettes qui collent sur un torchon même fariné avant d'être enfournées.