Gateway Cheese™:
Cheddar
Flavor
Approachable
Intense
Each Gateway Cheese™ is a jumping-off point. It’s a cheese with specific flavor and texture associations, and it ushers you into a larger group of cheeses that share these qualities. The point of a Gateway Cheese™ is to take a common, familiar cheese and use it to discover less common, less familiar cheeses. Every Gateway Cheese™ introduces a spectrum of flavors, from approachable to intense, shared by all the cheeses in the group.
Flavor Spectrum
Cultured butter
Approachable
Buttered toast
Intermediate
Gamy, sour
Intense
Cheddar
is the gateway to:
Firm, chunky, and crumbly cheeses beyond the world of mild, medium, and sharp. These cheeses begin milky and lactic, progressing to sweet buttered toast and, ultimately, sour, wild intensity.
Intensity
Cheese Type
Flavor
is the gateway to:
Intensity
1
Cheese Type
Flavor
Bland
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is the gateway to:
Intensity
2
Cheese Type
Mild Block Cheddar
Flavor
Mild (not bland)
is the gateway to:
Intensity
3
Cheese Type
Cheshire
Flavor
Grassy milk
is the gateway to:
Intensity
4
Cheese Type
Toussaint
Flavor
Buttermilk
is the gateway to:
Intensity
5
Cheese Type
Landaff (Retired)
Flavor
Sour cream
is the gateway to:
Intensity
6
Cheese Type
Promontory
Flavor
Helveticus
is the gateway to:
Intensity
7
Cheese Type
Cora Linn
Flavor
Malty
is the gateway to:
Intensity
8
Cheese Type
Cabot Clothbound
Flavor
Acid/Caramel
is the gateway to:
Intensity
9
Cheese Type
Quicke’s
Flavor
Gamy
is the gateway to:
Intensity
10
Cheese Type
Salers
Flavor
All That, Plus Sour
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