Learn How to Make Cheese

Get the best results when storing and aging Feta, Mozzarella, or other Mediterranean style cheese at home, we'll show you how.

Some of the top questions we receive about cheese making have to do with cheese making cultures. Why are there so many cheese making cultures to choose from? Where do...

When trying to find good milk for cheese making there are a few things to consider and sometimes it can be tricky to know where to begin. ​​​​​​​That's why we're...

Most milk comes from cows and we’d like to think they are all out on pastures eating grass. But are they? And if not how can this affect milk? Raising...

You try to buy the best milk you can for cheese making and when you're done you have a couple of pounds of great cheese, but what about all of...

This guide will help you select the the right type of cheese wrap and figure out which size wrap will fit your cheese. We carry a nice variety of wraps...

Learn how to make a cheese cave right at home. If you want your cheese to ripen properly you have to make them a good home and take care of...

Learn how to make cheese at home and have fun from milk to yum. This guide will teach you about the cheese making process with simple techniques to help you...

Learn about the basic equipment for cheese making. You may even have some items in your kitchen, including a colander and measuring spoons. A few other items, including a dairy...

Learn about the ingredients used to make cheese at home. Most types of cheese only need two or three ingredients, milk, cultures and rennet. These simple ingredients will ripen the milk, form...

Waxing cheese will help prepare it for the aging process. This guide will walk you through the waxing process and provide helpful tips for what to do when things do not...

Large packets of starter culture offer a broader choice in cultures, than small culture packs, but are intended for large batches of cheese. General guidelines, for large culture packs, provide...

When converting the lactose in milk to lactic acid, using starter cultures, there is no visible way to determine the rate of culture activity within the milk. Tracking acidity development...

The primary reason for salting cheese, is to slow down, or stop, the bacteria process converting lactose to lactic acid. During the brining process, most of the lactose is removed....

This easy to follow guide will walk you through the process of bandage wrapping cheddar cheese. The result will be a beautiful, bandaged cheddar, that is ready to be aged.

The wood shelves we use for aging cheese, are a combination of tight pine boards and ash. We generally use pine boards for drying cheese, because pine will absorb excess...

This article will guid you through common questions on aging cheese at home. From humidity and temperature of a cheese cave to preparation of the cheese before aging. Proper aging...

Great tips and suggestions for using cheese molds and pressing cheese along with making and using a saturated brine solution. Forming and pressing cheese is an important step before it...

Learn about different techniques and ways to work with curds, for both hard and soft cheese. After adding rennet, milk forms into a solid curd. Depending on the specific cheese making...

Learn about the different types of rennet, how to use them, and when to add rennet to milk when making cheese. In most cheese making recipes, milk is first ripened with cultures,...