Cotswold Double Gloucester

Cotswold Double Gloucester. There are a lot of cheeses in England, not technically cheddars. The cheese-making process is somewhat different. They usually take the name of the region they come from. And frankly, at least to me, they all remind me of cheddar. Double Gloucester is one of these cheeses. Cotswold is a flavored double Gloucester. So you take double Gloucester and then you add onion and chive and you get Cotswold. And that's what we have here. A firm mild cheddar dyed orange by adding annatto. It's a plant-derived coloring. Doesn't impact flavor, makes the cheese orange. This is younger cheese, it's moisture, and it should be really dominated by onion and chive. The chive is freeze dried. We're not adding fresh produce to the cheese, but you get a much greater concentration of flavor by using those dried ingredients. And this is really chivey right off the bat. This does taste more like cheese, with a hint of chive. That's what Cotswold should be. Even though this says Trader Joe's Cotswold, there's only one Cotswold. And they've allowed Trader Joe's to put their brand on it. So this is Cotswold and if you like that style of cheese, you're gonna be really, really happy.