Essex Street Cheese
Essex St. Cheese focuses on selecting and importing a limited range of iconic European cheeses. We work directly with cheesemakers and agers to select consistently flavorful wheels and ship them to New York.
Comté from Fort St. Antoine - Fromagerie Marcel Petite sells France’s most renowned Comté. Their top cheeses are aged at Fort St. Antoine. Every six weeks Jason Hinds and Dominic Coyte visit the fort to select cheese for Essex and our U.K. counterpart, Borough Cheese Co. They are the only people in F
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Made in the Beemster polder and hand selected by Fromagerie L'amuse. This flat, millstone shaped cheese is made from pasteurized cow's milk and aged for 24 months. Unlike most Dutch matured cheeses, l’Amuse signature Gouda is never matured in cooler temperatures. This mid temperature affinage allows the carefully selected cheeses to develop a fully rounded flavor. The cheeses are matured for 2 years and are sent out at their optimum.
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Made at Sierra de la Solana Farm, in the province of Ciudad Real in La Mancha, Spain. Queso Manchego Artesano, Denominacion de Origen (PDO) is a raw milk farmstead Manchego matured for 6 months. Affineur Jose Luis Martin selects batches that feature balanced flavors without the harshness that often afflicts Manchego.
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Made in the region of Brabandt and hand selected by Fromagerie L'amuse. This flat, millstone shaped cheeses is made with pasteurized goat's milk and aged for 6-9 months. The maturing takes place in cellars with a cooling system that’s only turned on for a few days in summer.
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Made by Massimo Libra at the Caseificio Sociale San Pietro, latterie no. 2659 in Benedello, among the Apennine hills, south of Modena. Awarded the Prodotto di Montagna, a designation of Parmigiano-Reggiano reserved for the handful of cheeses made from the milk of cows whose forage comes from the mountains. Selected and matured by Giorgio Cravero’s century and a half old firm in the town of Bra in Piemonte.
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Made in Eastern France in the cooperative dairies of the Jura mountains. Aged in the renowned caves of Marcel Petite’s Fort St. Antoine. The underground fort is renowned as the aging vault for much of France’s best Comté. We’re not the only importer sourcing cheese from this location, but we are the only ones who hand select our wheels. Jason Hinds and his London-based partner, Dominic Hoyte, travel to Fort St. Antoine every six weeks to select wheels for Essex Street Cheese.
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A 100% sheep's milk Feta made in the village of Agra on the island of Lesbos, Greece and has Protected Designation of Origin (PDO).
Locations
| Location name | Address |
|---|---|
| Amalthea B.V. | Markiezenbaan 5 Rijen, Brabant 5121 DS NLD |
| Balcobo Agropecuaria SL | Finca Sierra de la Solana Crt Herencia Villarta de San Juan KM 7.5 Herencia, Ciudad Real 13640 ESP |
| Caseificio Sociale San Pietro | Via Spinzoia 34 Benedello, Modena 41020 ITA |
| CONO Kaasmakers | Rijperweg 20 West Beemster, MB 1464 NLD |
| Essex Street Cheese | 110 1st Place No. 2 Brooklyn, NY 11231 USA |
| EUROLARKIN Company | 17 Rue de Kefir Zone Senia Orly, Il-de-France 94310 FRA |
| Fromagerie Marcel Petite | 22, rue Bernard Palissy Granges-Norboz, Doubs 25300 FRA |
| G. Cravero SRL | Via Cacciorna, 31 Bra, CN 12042 ITA |
| Kaashandel Remijn | Industriestraat 12 Kerkdriel, GE 5331 HW NLD |
| Larkin Cold Storage Co Incorporated | 4755 27th Street Long Island City, NY 11101 USA |
| M.&D. TASTANIS O.E. CHEESEMAKING ENTERPRISES | Papoutsi 1 Agra, Lesvos 81105 GRC |
Documents
| Type | Location |
|---|---|
| Recall and Emergency Contact List | Caseificio Sociale San Pietro |
| FDA Registration | Balcobo Agropecuaria SL |
| Food Defense Plan Statement | CONO Kaasmakers |
| Third-Party Audit Certificate | Kaashandel Remijn |
| Third-Party Audit Report | Balcobo Agropecuaria SL |
| Recall Plan | G. Cravero SRL |
| Third-Party Audit Certificate | Fromagerie Marcel Petite |
| FDA Registration | CONO Kaasmakers |
| Recall and Emergency Contact List | CONO Kaasmakers |
| Recall and Emergency Contact List | G. Cravero SRL |
| FDA Registration | Fromagerie Marcel Petite |
| Tax Documentation | Essex Street Cheese |
| Recall and Emergency Contact List | Essex Street Cheese |
| Recall Plan | Essex Street Cheese |
| FDA Registration | EUROLARKIN Company |
| Food Defense Plan Statement | EUROLARKIN Company |
| Recall and Emergency Contact List | EUROLARKIN Company |
| FDA Registration | M.&D. TASTANIS O.E. CHEESEMAKING ENTERPRISES |
| Food Defense Plan Statement | G. Cravero SRL |
| Food Defense Plan Statement | Fromagerie Marcel Petite |
| Food Defense Plan Statement | Balcobo Agropecuaria SL |
| Food Defense Plan Statement | M.&D. TASTANIS O.E. CHEESEMAKING ENTERPRISES |
| Preventive Controls Food Safety Plan (Location) | Larkin Cold Storage Co Incorporated |
| Food Defense Plan Statement | Larkin Cold Storage Co Incorporated |
| Recall Plan | Fromagerie Marcel Petite |
| FDA Registration | G. Cravero SRL |
| Third-Party Audit Certificate | CONO Kaasmakers |
| GFSI Audit Certificate | CONO Kaasmakers |
| Third-Party Audit Certificate | Balcobo Agropecuaria SL |
| Food Defense Plan Statement | Kaashandel Remijn |
| Recall Plan | Kaashandel Remijn |
| FDA Registration | Kaashandel Remijn |
| Recall and Emergency Contact List | Kaashandel Remijn |
| Third-Party Audit Report | Kaashandel Remijn |
| FDA Registration | Larkin Cold Storage Co Incorporated |
| Recall and Emergency Contact List | Fromagerie Marcel Petite |
| Third-Party Audit Report | Fromagerie Marcel Petite |
| Third-Party Audit Certificate | Larkin Cold Storage Co Incorporated |
| Third-Party Audit Certificate | M.&D. TASTANIS O.E. CHEESEMAKING ENTERPRISES |
| Third-Party Audit Certificate | G. Cravero SRL |
| Third-Party Audit Certificate | EUROLARKIN Company |
| Third-Party Audit Certificate | Caseificio Sociale San Pietro |
| Third-Party Audit Report | M.&D. TASTANIS O.E. CHEESEMAKING ENTERPRISES |
| Third-Party Audit Report | G. Cravero SRL |
| Third-Party Audit Report | Caseificio Sociale San Pietro |
| Third-Party Audit Report | EUROLARKIN Company |
| Third-Party Audit Report | Larkin Cold Storage Co Incorporated |
| FDA Registration | Essex Street Cheese |
| Tax Documentation | M.&D. TASTANIS O.E. CHEESEMAKING ENTERPRISES |
| Tax Documentation | G. Cravero SRL |
| Tax Documentation | Balcobo Agropecuaria SL |
| Tax Documentation | Caseificio Sociale San Pietro |
| Recall Plan | Caseificio Sociale San Pietro |
| Recall and Emergency Contact List | Balcobo Agropecuaria SL |
| Recall Plan | Balcobo Agropecuaria SL |
| Food Defense Plan Statement | Caseificio Sociale San Pietro |
| FDA Registration | Caseificio Sociale San Pietro |
| Recall and Emergency Contact List | M.&D. TASTANIS O.E. CHEESEMAKING ENTERPRISES |
| Third-Party Audit Report | CONO Kaasmakers |
| Recall Plan | M.&D. TASTANIS O.E. CHEESEMAKING ENTERPRISES |