Cheese Expertise

And finally, flavour

At last! You finally get to taste it. Your nose would have given you some clues as to the flavour of the particular piece of cheese you're about to eat but only your mouth can detect the four basic tastes. These are salt, sweet, bitter and sour.

Your taste buds will also detect a cheese's other flavours – these could be Cheddar character, butter, acid, fruity, nutty and farmy. Different cheeses can also dry or coat the mouth and even clean the palate. It's all part of the adventure of finding the cheese that's right for the occasion and for you.

Cheddar

It isn't just us that love Cheddar above all other cheeses. Famous 18th century author Daniel Defoe wrote that ‘(Cheddar is) the best cheese that England affords, if not that the whole world affords’. No doubt he would have waxed lyrical about Cathedral City.

Cheddar comes in a variety of styles: Mild, Medium, Mature, Extra Mature and Vintage. Mild is moderately firm, smooth, close and usually has a well-rounded flavour. Move up all the way to Vintage and flavour gets progressively stronger, crystals become more evident and the texture becomes firmer.