Science & Making
Milk
Milk is the starting point for exploring how cheese is made. This hub brings together questions about the animals behind it, the choices made at the dairy and the connections between farming and cheesemaking. Follow the reading order below, or choose the question that first caught your attention.
Dairy Breeds and Why They Matter
High in the mountains where Beaufort is made, Tarine cattle turn coarse winter forage into milk.
Raw Milk, Thermised and Pasteurised Cheese
A strong, atypical flavour, followed by a downgrade.
Milk Quality and Testing for Cheesemaking
Beside a farm tank, a small sample carries the weight of a whole delivery.
Milk Standardisation and Ultrafiltration
Inside the separator, milk spins and cream peels away.
Summer Milk, Winter Milk: How Seasons Shape Cheese
Cut a slice of cow’s milk cheese and look at that yellow interior.
Does What Animals Eat Change Cheese? Pasture, Hay and Silage
On three mountain dairy farms, the animals moved to pasture and their cheese changed with them.
Everything in this section
- Alpine Summer Cheese and TranshumanceEvening milk rests in shallow tubs in the Vaud Alps.