Our Sourdough
Linden Loaves bread is naturally leavened 100% Sourdough. The dough is fermented for 18 hours and distributed at most 4 hours after baking. Our bread can be described as soft and chewy with mild sour and salty notes, a fairly wild crumb structure and a darkish caramelised crust. It is wholesome bread made with only flour, water and salt.
Shop our breads
Where to find our bread
We deliver fresh sourdough loaves Tuesday to Saturday, every week — whole loaves you can take home.
Cafés & delis stocking our bread (Tues–Sat):
- The Little Deli — Linden
- Food Café — Cresta
- Service Station Café — Melville
- Vice, Coffee — Craighall Park
- Melrose Deli — Melrose Arch
- Cremalat — Hyde Park
- Fab & Co — Parkhurst
- Fingers Crossed — Emmarentia
- Sloane's Butchery & Deli
- Issy's Coffee and Gifts — Forest Town
- The Fruit & Nut Market — Blairgowrie
Also on the menu at: CNR Cafe, Foood, The Peech Hotel, Homeground Cafe, Feed Me City Rock
It is said that it was wheat that finally tamed the human race. Humans have been baking bread for 10 000 years which is more than enough time for us to have figured out how to do it properly. And the key ingredient in good bread is time, which is why our dark, rustic loaves are given 18 hours to develop before being baked in our custom built bread oven. We like the traditional way of doing things and the ancient practice of baking bread is about as traditional as it gets.
About us
Linden Loaves is a microbakery in the heart of Linden, Johannesburg. We bake our bread the same way bread's been made for centuries. Allowing natural fermentation to take place in the dough over many hours unlocks flavours and nutrients in a loaf that just can't be achieved otherwise.
Bread Club
The Linden Loaves Bread Club offers food and bread enthusiasts an opportunity to receive once-off specialty sourdough breads through a yearly subscription. The subscription includes 12 different sourdough baked varieties, each one carefully selected for the time of the year based on seasons and flavours.
The 2026 Bread Club catalog includes:
Jalapeño & Cheddar, Chocolate and Cherry, Pumpkin Cinnamon Sourdoughs & Hot Cross Buns, Shokupan, Cinnamon Buns, Brown Rice & Sesame Sourdough, Honey Wholewheat, Cardamom Knots, Light Rye, Porridge Bread and Rosinbrod
Bread Club bookings open in November for the following year. Would you like to stay informed about Bread Club?
Membership bookings for 2027 open in November. Until then, I would love to keep you updated on what's happening in Bread Club 2026 - a 12-month journey with specialty-crafted handmade sourdough.