July: Music And Maturing Cheese

Thanks to the work of Swiss Cheesemaker Beat Wampfler and Bern University Arts, we now have research dedicated to the best music to mature cheese to.

Sorry, what? Well…

Wheels of Emmentaller were placed, isolated into sound proof boxes, with a transducer pumping music on a 24/7 loop directly into the wheels. Songs included Mozart's The Magic Flute, Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin and A Tribe Called Quests Jazz (We've Got). A wheel was also left in complete silence, and three other wheels were exposed to high, medium and low drone tones. 

In a double blind taste test, Hip Hop was declared the winner with stronger aroma and flavour compared to the control wheel. 

The discovery of Sonochemistry and the influences of soundwaves on food is still in its infancy, there is so much more to learn. 

And we will be bringing you the latest, because, this is just so fun.

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