Constant Bliss

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With a name like Constant Bliss, you can't go wrong. This Vermont cheese is made from fresh, unpasteurized cows' milk. How fresh, you ask? The small crew (two brothers and their wives) at Jasper Hill Farm begin making the cheese before the milking of the herd is complete. It's easy to romanticize the idea of moving to Vermont to make cheese - but before you do, make sure you know how much love and labor goes into a little cheese like Constant Bliss.

Every time I happen upon Constant Bliss in a cheese shop, the flavor and texture are a little different, depending on its age. It ranges from mild and buttery, to a cheese full of earthy, grassy flavors. The texture ranges from fluffy to runny to gooey. You never know what you're going to get, and this, my friends, is the beauty of raw-milk cheese.