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Quicke's

Where Home Farm, Newton St. Cyres, Exeter, Devon

Cheddar Tasting Box
Cheddar Tasting Box, photographed by Quicke's.

With over a century's experience between them, our team of expert cheesemakers understand that what they do is an art. Using all their senses, they individually craft every cheese by hand. The recipes they follow date back generations; each batch of cheese is started using a culture that has remained unchanged for decades. Our heritage starters deliver their own spectrum of flavours. At every stage of its creation we strive for greatness, and it all begins with the land. The red Devon soil, the gentle rain and warmth of sunlight give us lush pasture to feed our cows. The cheeses are placed lovingly into traditional wooden racks in the 'nursery store', where the first flushes of maturation begin to show. After around three months the cheeses are moved from this higher humidity store into our 'Cathedral of Cheese' to continue on the ageing process. Here the clothbound truckles are turned every ten days to maintain an even texture as they mature for up to two years.

Quoted from quickes.co.uk, in Quicke's's own words. We have not edited it and we do not vouch for it.

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