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

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.

I used this for baguette loaves by first folding it in half lengthwise then folding that narrower rectangle like an accordion. This made v shaped channels for the loaves. They nestled in fine, rose well, released easily. I am satisfied with this product.

Bought this for use making sourdough bread. Been used multiple times and was useful every time.

I wanted something big enough for a couple of decent sized (for home oven) ciabatta loaves. And this is definitely big enough. It's so big I was at first folding it up in quarters and so on. In the end I just cut it up because it is fairly stiff and kind of pain to use folded. Your mileage may vary, but too big for my needs.

This cloth couche pretty much has just one application, which is to hold individual baguettes in place during proofing. I've only used it once but it worked very well--the cloth is soft enough to fold nicely between the loaves but stiff enough to hold them in place while they proof and enlarge. Nice product, priced right.

This couche was so stiff I could not get it to fold up between the dough to permit proffing it always rreturned to flat. I was stiff as if it had been dipped in varnish. I tried rolling it up and flexing it but to no avail the fabric remained inflexible. I then tried washing it in hopes of loosening the fibers wiuthout success. I fear I cannot reutrn it after washing it so I will accept this purchase was a waste of my money and obtain a better one elsewhere.

I absolutely love this product. I have probably made 500 or more baguettes and use this product for the final rise. I will probably buy a few more so I have more capacity

So far I'm extremely satisfied with the craftsmanship and the performance. I loved the introduction card and care instructions I think that demonstrates the way I like to do business, so when I recognize that quality in others it inspires me. I will do business with them again.