Reviews tagged: Tesco
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Espresso Bellavitano
POSTED BY PHILIP ON JUNE 14, 2025
As a rational adult, I consider flavoured or infused cheeses an abomination against nature. Wensleydale with cranberries is a great way to turn a mediocre cheese into a faintly repulsive one. Cheeses ...
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Tesco Finest Black Garlic Infused Aged Sheep’s Cheese
POSTED BY PHILIP ON NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Nothing is certain in life but the inevitability of death, the inescapability of taxes, and Nature’s iron rule that a cheese infused with something else will never be very good. This sheep’s cheese co...
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Cheddar with Chillies (Tesco)
POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 6, 2022
I recently reviewed Mexicana, the flagship spicy supermarket cheese, and wanted to review some of its competitors so that I could truly evaluate its quality. I want to begin by saying that, despite ap...
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Langres (Tesco ‘Finest’)
POSTED BY PHILIP ON NOVEMBER 19, 2020
A farmier, punchier alternative to venerable cheeseboard workhorses like Brie and Camembert, Langres is a semi-soft, washed-rind French cow’s cheese. It is substantially stronger in flavour and smell;...
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Tesco Finest Chaource
POSTED BY PHILIP ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Most cheeses make you choose. The silken caress of a Somerset Brie across the tongue; the throaty roar of an extra mature Cheddar; the foetid, reeking rankness of a Stinking Bishop – you must pick one...
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Cheddar (Tesco ‘Finest’ Vintage)
POSTED BY PHILIP ON NOVEMBER 5, 2020
One assumes from their continued presence on the supermarket shelves that Cheddars below strength 5 have their audience. I confess I remain bemused by that prospect. To feel a little sullied, tormente...
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