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Zermatt / Cheesemongers

Horu Käserei

Zermatt · Switzerland

The fondue mix that is actually local, the unexpected yoghurt, the quiet proof that alpine agriculture still happens here

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What Horu Käserei is known for

A cheese made in Zermatt from Zermatt milk. Reto had kept cows since youth. Mirjam is teacher, cheesemaker, and coach; she will stand with a guest at the copper kettle and turn cheese-making into a way of standing still. They looked at the morning train that carried the milk away and asked whether it had to leave. It did not. A garage became a dairy. Seven cows became the full set of local producers. Guests on hotel breakfast buffets still express surprise that dairy cows exist in Zermatt at.

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