Coupole is one of a few artisinal cheeses made by the Vermont Butter and Cheese Company, a company in Vermont that makes butter and cheese. The name comes from the French word for "dome" and pictures of the cheese on the producer's web site show
a rounded top to the cheese which did not survive in the mail order shipment. Produced from pasteurized goat's milk and sprinkled with ash Coupole starts out slightly firm and sliceable. As it ages the cheese softens and takes on a creamier, even runny texture.
I bought two of these little domes/disks trying one four days after the first. In that time Coupole took on an oozy edge with a still firm center.
The flavor is delicious--fresh with a mild goaty bite. The older version is creamier, almost as if melted. The taste was much like one of my favorite cheeses, La Tur, a blended milk cheese, but being strictly goat, Coupole packs a bit more bite and lacks some of La Tur's smoothness. Despite that it is a great goat's cheese and can convince people who think they don't like goat cheese to reconsider that opinion.
Name: Coupole or Vermont Butter & Cheese Company, Coupole
Type of Milk: goat's, pasteurized
Type: soft
Produced in: United States of America, Vermont, Vermont Butter and Cheese Company
Date Purchased: 6/8/2007
Date Eaten: 6/12/2007
Purchased Where: United States, Online, www.murrayscheese.com
Price: $11.99 each
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Hi, when you wrote "fresh with a mold goaty bite," did you mean "mild" instead of "mold."
Posted by Pam Nelson | June 15, 2007 4:09 PM
Posted on June 15, 2007 16:09
Hi Kirk,
I've enjoyed your blog on several occasions over the past year. What a fun endeavor!
Wanted to let you know you probably had the Bijou, not the Coupole from VBC. Both are delicious cheeses, but Coupole has an ash covering and the rounded shape.
Looking forward to seeing more entries.
Best,
Christine
Posted by Christine | June 24, 2007 2:18 PM
Posted on June 24, 2007 14:18