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On 8/25/2022 at 8:58 PM, Anna N said:

A Google search suggests that a man named Liu Yang is the cheesemaker. Is this all BS?

On 8/25/2022 at 9:08 PM, liuzhou said:

 

I think so.  I saw that. If he is making cheese in Beijing why is the cheese coming from 2,000 miles away?  I searched in Chinese and got no such information.

Almost a year later, but I found some more information on this. Despite the name, the cheese is, as I said upthread, made thousands of miles away from Beijing. To be precise, in Beijing Blue Cheese Workshop, No. 37-1, Kangping Road, Beitun, Altay City, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang. (20+ years ago I took a train from Beijing to Urumuqi, Xinjiang's capital and it took four days! It woud have taken another day to get to Altay.)

The company was founded by Liu Yang but he can't spend much time there. He is Chairman of China Region of the World Cheese Guild, Lecturer of Cheese Culture at the French Cultural Centre, Beijing  and Knight of the Order of the Cheese Guild of Saint-Maure de Touraine France.

Liu Yang - image from advertisement on Taobao online shopping portal.

I had planned to buy some of his Beijing Blue last Christmas, but took ill in September last year and am still recovering. I'll try again this year. It's certainly too hot to ship now (35-38℃)

On 8/25/2022 at 8:58 PM, Anna N said:

A Google search suggests that a man named Liu Yang is the cheesemaker. Is this all BS?

On 8/25/2022 at 9:08 PM, liuzhou said:

 

I think so.  I saw that. If he is making cheese in Beijing why is the cheese coming from 2,000 miles away?  I searched in Chinese and got no such information.

Almost a year later, but I found some more information on this. Despite the name, the cheese is, as I said upthread, made thousands of miles away from Beijing. To be precise, in Beijing Blue Cheese Workshop, No. 37-1, Kangping Road, Beitun, Altay City, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang. (20+ years ago I took a train from Beijing to Urumuqi, Xinjiang's capital and it took four days! It woud have taken another day to get to Altay.)

The company was founded by Liu Yang but he can't spend much time there. He is Chairman of China Region of the World Cheese Guild, Lecturer of Cheese Culture at the French Cultural Centre, Beijing  and Knight of the Order of the Cheese Guild of Saint-Maure de Touraine France.

Liu Yang - image from adverrtisement on Taobao online shopping portal.

I had planned to buy some of his Beijing Blue last Christmas, but took ill in September last year and am still recovering. I'll try again this year. It's certainly too hot to ship now (35-38℃)

On 8/25/2022 at 8:58 PM, Anna N said:

A Google search suggests that a man named Liu Yang is the cheesemaker. Is this all BS?

On 8/25/2022 at 9:08 PM, liuzhou said:

 

I think so.  I saw that. If he is making cheese in Beijing why is the cheese coming from 2,000 miles away?  I searched in Chinese and got no such information.

Almost a year later, but I found some more information on this. Despite the name, the cheese is, as I said upthread, made thousands of miles away from Beijing. To be precise, in Beijing Blue Cheese Workshop, No. 37-1, Kangping Road, Beitun, Altay City, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang. (20+ years ago I took a train from Beijing to Urumuqi, Xinjiang's capital and it took four days! It woud have taken another day to get to Altay.)

The company was founded by Liu Yang but he can't spend much time there. He is Chairman of China Region of the World Cheese Guild, Lecturer of Cheese Culture at the French Cultural Centre, Beijing  and Knight of the Order of the Cheese Guild of Saint-Maure de Touraine France.

Liu Yang - image from adverrtisement on Taobao online shopping portal.

I had planned to buy some of his Beijing Blue last Christmas, but took ill in September last year and am still recovering. I'll try again this year. It's certainly too hot to ship now (35-38℃)

On 8/25/2022 at 8:58 PM, Anna N said:

A Google search suggests that a man named Liu Yang is the cheesemaker. Is this all BS?

On 8/25/2022 at 9:08 PM, liuzhou said:

 

I think so.  I saw that. If he is making cheese in Beijing why is the cheese coming from 2,000 miles away?  I searched in Chinese and got no such information.

Almost a year later, but I found some more information on this. Despite the name, the cheese is, as I said upthread, made thousands of miles away from Beijing. To be precise, in Beijing Blue Cheese Workshop, No. 37-1, Kangping Road, Beitun, Altay City, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang. (20+ years ago I took a train from Beijing to Urumuqi, Xinjiang's capital and it took four days! It woud have taken another day to get to Altay.)

The company was founded by Liu Yang but he can't spend much time there. He is Chairman of China Region of the World Cheese Guild, Lecturer of Cheese Culture at the French Cultural Centre, Beijing  and Knight of the Order of the Cheese Guild of Saint-Maure de Touraine France.

Liu Yang

I had planned to buy some of his Beijing Blue last Christmas, but took ill in September last year and am still recovering. I'll try again this year. It's certainly too hot to ship now (35-38℃)

On 8/25/2022 at 8:58 PM, Anna N said:

A Google search suggests that a man named Liu Yang is the cheesemaker. Is this all BS?

On 8/25/2022 at 9:08 PM, liuzhou said:

 

I think so.  I saw that. If he is making cheese in Beijing why is the cheese coming from 2,000 miles away?  I searched in Chinese and got no such information.

Almost a year later, but I found some more information on this. Despite the name, the cheese is, as I said upthread. To be precise, in Beijing Blue Cheese Workshop, No. 37-1, Kangping Road, Beitun, Altay City, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang which is thousands of miles away from Beijing. (20+ years ago I took a train from Beijing to Urumuqi, Xinjiang's capital and it took four days!It woud have taken another day to get to Altay.)

The company was founded by Liu Yang but he can't spend much time there. He is Chairman of China Region of the World Cheese Guild, Lecturer of Cheese Culture at the French Cultural Centre, Beijing  and Knight of the Order of the Cheese Guild of Saint-Maure de Touraine France.

Liu Yang

I had planned to buy some of his Beijing Blue last Christmas, but took ill in September last year and am still recovering. I'll try again this year. It's certainly too hot to ship now (35-38℃)