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Product Description Yes, this cheese is made in Tibet from pasteurized yak's milk. It is most likely the world's highest altitude cheese, being made at over 14,000 feet above sea level. This unique cheese has a firm texture and a complex herbal...
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Product Description Yes, this cheese is made in Tibet from pasteurized yak's milk. It is most likely the world's highest altitude cheese, being made at over 14,000 feet above sea level. This unique cheese has a firm texture and a complex herbal flavor, owing to the fact that the yaks graze on wild grass. It takes a full minute or two for its true flavor to unfold. At first, it has a familiar cheese taste, although it is apparent that its milk came not from a cow, goat, sheep or water buffalo, but from some other animal. Then comes hints of wildflowers, leather and even wood. It is a clean, subtle flavor that builds up to a gentle rise and then fades out into a long, slow, earthy, and, slightly funky note. Before aging, its exterior is rubbed with a locally mined red salt called the "Tears of Droma" to assist in rind formation. The course texture of this raw salt keeps it from entering the interior of the cheese. Since grass only grows in Tibet from May to September, this cheese cannot... See less 
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