Yogurt tasting

Mrs. Essen and I tasted 3 different yogurts recently: sheep, goat, and water buffalo. Only the water buffalo yogurt was local.


The water buffalo yogurt was our favorite. It comes from Woodstock VT. It's thick and rich, with an unusual stiff and spongy texture. If you stir it, the yogurt becomes smooth. I prefer the unstirred texture.

The goat milk yogurt tasted like goat. It was similar to the taste of fresh goat cheese, the stuff labeled chevre, only not as good. This was our least favorite yogurt.

The sheeps milk yogurt was good. I meant to buy plain, but accidentally got maple flavored yogurt. This was the most similar to cow's milk yogurt, maybe slightly thicker, with a nice tangy flavor.

All of these yogurts cost considerably more than cow's milk yogurt. The water buffalo yogurt is worth the extra cost, but I probably won't buy the other two again.

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