Tamié
€5.20
The Tamié is a thousand-year-old cheese: the cheese-making tradition at the Trappist abbey of Tamié dates back to 1132. Apart from an interruption during the Revolution, cheese was made there without interruption until the 1850s! Originally, Tamié was called “Port Salut de la Belle étoile”, thus linking the name of the famous original abbey cheese with the name of the peak overlooking the abbey. Today, the abbey is inhabited by 25 monks, who are supported in the cheese dairy by four secular employees.
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The Tamié is a thousand-year-old cheese: the cheese-making tradition at the Trappist abbey of Tamié dates back to 1132. Apart from an interruption during the Revolution, cheese was made there without interruption until the 1850s! Originally, Tamié was called “Port Salut de la Belle étoile”, thus linking the name of the famous original abbey cheese with the name of the peak overlooking the abbey. Today, the abbey is inhabited by 25 monks, who are supported in the cheese dairy by four secular employees.