![]() Sip, cheese, sip, cheese, it’s a wonderful pattern. Pair it with a bubbly cider or a dry, minerally rosé - these will help clear your palate of the rich cheese, so after a sip, you’re ready for your next bite. A surface-ripened goat cheese from Cypress Grove in Arcata, California, Humboldt Fog is characterized by a distinct line of vegetable ash through the center of the wheel. ![]() Each handcrafted wheel features a distinctive ribbon of edible vegetable ash. Spread it onto slices of baguette and drizzle with honey or add it to a board with prosciutto, tart apple slices and Marcona almonds. Quantity Add to cart Description Humboldt Fog® Mini: The Original American Original® Conceived in a dream (yes, really) by founder Mary Keehn, this masterpiece paved the way for soft-ripened goat cheese in America. Subtly tangy with notes of buttermilk, fresh cream, and herbs, Humboldt Fog is for goat cheese obsessives and goat cheese dabblers alike. This American icon may be inspired by the classic French chevres, but there’s no other cheese quite like Humboldt Fog. Humboldt Fog, Cyprus Grove’s flagship cheese, came to Mary in a dream as a snowy white cheese with a line of ash through the middle inspired by the fog that blankets the Humboldt County coastline. ![]() She wanted to buy a couple goats, but her neighbor told her that if she could catch them, she could have them! It took days, but eventually she lured her first two goats, Esmeralda and Hazel, and so was the start of her herd and her creamery, Cyprus Grove! Along with a few other female cheesemakers (dubbed the “goat ladies of the 80s”), Mary helped provide to consumers cheeses that weren’t bright orange, presliced and plasticky, broadening our horizons and tantalizing our taste buds. On a quest to find healthy milk for her children, Mary noticed her neighbor had a herd of goats for brush control. Mary Keehn is one of the producers we have to thank for the American artisanal cheese movement that started in the 1980s. ![]()
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