underferment
verbEtymology From under- + ferment.
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Ambitransitive To ferment insufficiently.
- To obtain a raw, rasping and pungent flavor I am compelled to underferment, the indication of which is that the colour of infused leaves are of a greenish brown tint.1882, The tea cyclopædia. Articles on tea, tea science [&c.].:
- Beginning bakers are much more likely to underferment and underproof their dough than to overferment and overproof, due to lack of experience combined with a lack of patience.2009, Lauren Chattman, The Baking Answer Book:
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- Be mindful that if you underferment your kimchi or open the jar too soon and expose it to oxygen, it will taste bitter or "oil" or have a slight chemical smell, but this is quite natural.2012, Lauryn Chun, Olga Massov, The Kimchi Cookbook, →ISBN:
- Antonyms
- overferment