Kaimai Cheese Company @ Waharoa
The last 10 years have seen many good artisan cheese producers mushrooming over the country. Kaimai Cheese Company is one specialty cheese producer. Established in 2005 and located in the heart of the Waikato dairy country at the foot Kaimai ranges and just north of Matamata. Fans of The Lord of Ring movies trilogy will know Matamata is the site of the original Hobbiton movie set.
The cheese factory is a replica of a historical New Zealand 1920's butter factory and was built on site of the original Waharoa Dairy Company. I first visited Kaimai cheese when construction were still in progress several years ago. A few months back I stopped at Kaimai Cheese on mine way to Tauranga.
Cheese Making Process and Shop
Cheese Ripening Process
Kaimai Cafe
Inside the factory one can observe the cheese making and ripening process through large windows. There is also a very nice cafe and cheese store. Most of the cafe menu is a about celebration of the delectable cheese. I'm a fan of Kaimai's brie and camembert. For lovers of cheese, visiting Kaimai Cheese is must.
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2 Hawes Street
Waharoa, Matamata (off State Highway 27)
3 comments:
I've got a hankering for cheese now ^^;
Gosh I wish I could be there to sample the cheese!!! I'm so jealous.
Jim Dandy - let's get some cheese to go with our cigars : )
Eiling - Kaimai makes great cheese and rich too. Imagine double cream brie.
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