"I think cheese is the perfect present. There are few people who don’t love it, it lasts well and good cheese is a real treat. It is the ultimate spoiling." Thomasina Miers
Beenleigh Blue
milk type
Sheep
ingredients
MILK, salt, rennet
coagulant
Vegetarian Coagulant
A delicately blue sheep’s milk cheese from Devon, with a lemony sweetness and moist, crumbly texture that belies its Roquefort-inspired recipe.
Coolea
milk type
Cow
ingredients
MILK, salt, rennet
coagulant
Animal Rennet
The flavours of Coolea are sweet and rich, with hints of caramel, butterscotch and honey. Smooth and close textured, it is reminiscent of Dutch Gouda.
Sparkenhoe Red Leicester
milk type
Cow
ingredients
MILK, salt, rennet
coagulant
Animal Rennet
Complex and balanced, nutty and mellow, this farmhouse revival of a classic British cheese is full flavoured without any aggressive acidity. It boasts a texture that is at once chewy and moist.
Clothbound with lard.
St James
milk type
Sheep
ingredients
MILK, salt, rennet
coagulant
Animal Rennet
A washed-rind ewe’s milk cheese that is strongly influenced by seasonality, ranging from a buttery softness to a more firm and granular texture. Flavours are deep, malty and punchy towards the rind, with a milky freshness and tangy note coming from the paste.
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