Learn How to Make Cheese

Whether you’re just getting started or you’ve been making cheese for years, you’re in the right place. Here, we cover the essentials of homemade cheese—from fresh cheese like mozzarella and ricotta to aged classics like cheddar and gouda. Browse our articles, or dive into a cheese making topic by scrolling below.

Draining Soft Cheese: Tips for Creamy, Delicious Results

Draining Soft Cheese: Tips for Creamy, Delicious Results

Draining is a crucial part of soft cheese making—it directly affects your cheese’s final texture, flavor, and shelf life. ...

Cheese Making pH Guide: How to Test and Control Acidity for Perfect Cheese - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Cheese Making pH Guide: How to Test and Control Acidity for Perfect Cheese

Understanding pH in Cheese Making: A Beginner-Friendly Guide When it comes to making cheese at home, understanding acidity...

How to Store and Age Cheese in Brine - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

How to Store and Age Cheese in Brine

Get the best results when storing and aging Feta, Mozzarella, or other Mediterranean style cheese in a brine at home, we'l...

Learn About Cultures for Cheese Making

Learn About Cultures for Cheese Making

Some of the top questions we receive about cheese making have to do with cheese making cultures. Why are there so ma...

Finding Good Milk For Cheese Making - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Finding Good Milk For Cheese Making

When trying to find good milk for cheese making there are a few things to consider and sometimes it can be tricky...

The Evolution of Milk For Cheese Making

The Evolution of Milk For Cheese Making

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 c...

Ways to Use Whey

Ways to Use Whey

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, b...

How to Select Cheese Wrap - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

How to Select Cheese Wrap

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

How to Make a Cheese Cave - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

How to Make a Cheese Cave

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...

How to Wax Cheese - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

How to Wax Cheese

Waxing cheese will help prepare it for the aging process. This guide will walk you through the waxing process and provide ...

Using Large Culture Packs - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Using Large Culture Packs

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

Testing Acidity Development - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Testing Acidity Development

When converting the lactose in milk to lactic acid, using starter cultures, there is no visible way to determine the rate ...

Making and Using Salt Brine - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Making and Using Salt Brine

The primary reason for salting cheese, is to slow down, or stop, the bacteria process converting lactose to lactic acid. D...

How to Bandage Wrap Cheddar - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

How to Bandage Wrap Cheddar

This easy to follow guide will walk you through the process of bandage wrapping cheddar cheese. The result will be a beaut...

Wood Aging Boards

Wood Aging Boards

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

Updated beginner cheese-making kit

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