Harrogate Blue

Producer: Shepherds Purse

Location: Thirsk, Yorkshire

Style: Blue

Milk Type: Cow

Milk Treatment: Pasteurised

Tasting Notes: Biscuit, Farmy, Pepper

Vegetarian: Yes

Produced by Yorkshire cheesemakers, Judy Bell and her daughters, Katie and Caroline. Making a range of blues, including Buffalo and Yorkshire. Shepherd's Purse started in the 1980s, with a mission to create quality dairy alternatives for those with a cow's milk allergy. They started by producing only sheep's milk cheeses, then expanded into cow, and buffalo milk.

A distinctive orange-coloured crumbly blue, mellow in strength, creamy in texture, with a hint of pepper in the finish.