Ty Caws

Beating the January Blues 💛

It's been a fabulous first week back - we're settling into post-Christmas life at the shop & loving our new HQ! Diolch to all that have popped in to shop & catch up since the new year 🥂

As a little treat to curb the winter blues we're offering ✨10% off all purchases in store✨ on Mondays!

*New* Shop Opening Hours:
📍28 Castle Arcade, Cardiff City Centre

Monday 10-4
Tuesday - Closed
Wednesday - Closed
Thursday 10-6
Friday 10-5
Saturday 10-5
Sunday 11-4

We are BACK at markets, cheeseheads! 💛

After a festive break are returning this weekend, catch us sampling Friday-Sunday at Rhiwbina, Roath & Riverside Markets. We can't wait to catch up with all of you!

*SHOP OPENING HOURS*

we've revised our opening hours for 2024, going forward 28 Castle Arcade will be open:

Monday | 10am - 4pm
Tuesday | CLOSED
Wednesday | CLOSED
Thursday | 10am - 6pm
Friday | 10am - 5pm
Saturday | 10am - 5pm
Sunday | 11am - 4pm

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda/ Happy New Year! 🥂

As we look ahead to 2024 we'd like to thank all our lovely customers for their support this year, it's been a very exciting one! 2023 saw the creation of not one, but two of our own new cheeses - a real dream come true! - and the opening of the first Ty Caws shop, another huge milestone for us! After a successful Winter season we have made the exciting decision to make 28 Castle Arcade our permanent retail space and new home! 🍾✨

We'll of course continue to attend all our weekly Farmers Markets, and we can't wait to welcome you back to the shop after the new year 💛

Diolch all,
Owen & Team x

#2024

✨A very Merry Christmas/Nadolig Llawen from all of us at Team Caws✨

Diolch for all your support for our pop-up shop this festive season, we've been busier than ever these last few weeks wrapping, packing & sampling our best selection of Great British Cheeses.

The last orders have been sent, last home deliveries delivered, but we are OPEN (with limited stocks!!) tomorrow - 24th Dec - at 28 Castle Arcade & Riverside Farmers Market

Shop hours - 09:00 - Sell out!
Market Hours - 10:00-14:00/sell out

✨CHRISTMAS WEEK✨

We are OPEN every day until Christmas Eve, for all your last minute shopping needs! Find us at 28 Castle Arcade, Cardiff:

10am-6pm | 19th-23rd Dec
11am-4pm | 24th Dec

We're happy to help with building custom cheeseboards, gift hampers, and pairings for the festive season.

A reminder for our market customers that Farmers Markets are also open right up until Dec 24th:

Friday 22nd - Rhiwbina
Saturday 23rd - Pontcanna & Roath
Sunday 24th - Riverside

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is Winslade from 🧀

A British-made hybrid of Vacherin and Camembert, Winslade has an unctuous gooey paste at it's core, spruce wrap helps it keep its shape as it ages, and brings this cheese a lovely floral earthiness. Winslade was recently awarded a coveted Gold medal at the World Cheese Awards, and is a must-try in our eyes!

Sample with us this weekend:
ROATH, RHIWBINA, PONTCANNA & RIVERSIDE
📍28 CASTLE ARCADE, CARDIFF (reminder that our pop-up shop is now open every day until Christmas Eve!) 💪

Last call for Christmas Orders 📣

A reminder that online orders for national courier & Cardiff home delivery close on Wednesday 13th December.

Select your own Christmas gift hamper, or choose from our curated range of British & Welsh cheeseboards. Visit Ty caws.com to browse the range & create your perfect festive cheese feasts!

Our Castle Arcade shop will remain open right up until Christmas Eve! And you can also shop with us at 16/17th & 23/24th December⛄

There are just a few tickets left for Thursday's Cheese & Charcuterie Evening, where you can enjoy specially paired Ty Caws cheeses & charcuterie 🥂

Tickets available via Eventbrite (link in stories) and include a glass of fizz on arrival, 3 guided cheese & charcuterie pairings, hosted by Owen, and Liz & Andrew Baker, accompanying nibbles, sweet petit fours, and a 10% discount on on-the-night shopping.

📍 Thursday 7th December, 28 Castle Arcade, 19:00-21:00

Join us for an evening of cheese & charcuterie, partnered with our friends at 🥂

£25 Tickets include a glass of fizz on arrival, nibbles, and 3 specially selected charcuterie & cheese pairings (plus accompaniments!)

✨ Thursday 7th December 7-9pm | limited amount of tickets available via eventbrite - search 'eventbrite Ty Caws'

is Pitchfork Organic Cheddar, winner of the 'No. 1 World Cheddar' Title at the World Cheese Awards🏆

This cheddar has a distinct smooth texture that gently crumbles – the richness of the organic milk leads to initial fruitiness and tangy finish. It makes a delicious addition to any cheeseboard, or laid-back weekend lunch!

Last year we took a trip to the Trethowan Dairy to tour, sample & try our hands at making our very own wheels of Pitchfork; we're thrilled to be able to offer this extra special batch for sale & sample at this weekend's Farmers markets:

FRIDAY - Rhiwbina
SATURDAY - Pontcanna & Roath
SUNDAY - Riverside

We're thrilled to have been featured in BBC Good Food's list of Best Christmas Cheese Hampers 2023! Our 'Ultimate Welsh' Cheese Box was selected as part of this year's round up, and contains some of our most favorite cheeses from Welsh cheesemakers:

200g Abaty Brie
200g Hafod Organic Cheddar
200g Teifi Mature
200g Abaty Glas
Brefu Bach
Golden Cenarth
Craddocs Sea Salt Crackers
Penylan Preserves Christmas Day Chutney

Order online at www.tycaws.com before the end of November to recieve 10% off your Christmas cheese pre-order ✨

BIG NEWS

Team Caws are THRILLED to announce the opening of a city centre pop-up SHOP 🥂✨🧀

Opening early November (we'll keep you posted 😁) right through until the end of the year. You'll find us at our new HQ cutting cheese, preparing for markets, and planning Christmas orders, as the shop will act as our hub in the run up to Christmas. We couldn't be more excited!!

📍Castle Arcade, Cardiff City Centre

THEY'RE HERE! ✨

We are absolutely delighted to introduce our two brand new, house made (and now beautifully packaged!) Ty Caws cheeses! 💛

Hiraeth & Crwys will be landing at Cardiff Farmers markets this coming weekend after their soft launch at The Big Cheese Weekender on Sunday 🧀 Diolch yn fawr iawn to everyone that came down to sample our Welsh cheeses & say hello, we had a fantastic time!

Stay tuned for an extra exciting ep of coming soon 😎

BBC Radio Cymru🎙️

Tune in to Troi'r Tir TOMORROW to hear Owen chatting all things cheesemaking - yn Cymraeg!

Diolch to for hosting & following our story - we're so excited to launch our beer first cheese next week!! 🫶

CHEESE OF THE WEEK 💛 Isle of Mull

Strong, crumbly, creamy, Isle of Mull is a cheddar that packs an unmistakable punch! Back in our cutting room after a short break, we're super excited to have this heritage cheddar in stock!

The Reade family began making cheese in the 1980's, dabbling in the the craft of cheesemaking, whilst still living on their Somerset farm. From this self-taught start, and a drive to live outside the box, cheesemaking has become the core family business. Historically, cheesemaking on the islands had long been a necessary method of conserving the plentiful milk supply of summertime. In these less accessible areas of Scotland, hard 'farmhouse' cheeses has been a staple, offering longer shelf-life than softer cheeses or other milk products.

Today, Isle of Mull is made to the same recipe the Reade family developed for their very first cheese at Sgriob-Ruadh farm, bold, creamy with a distinctive bite, it is no wonder it remains a firm favourite amongst cheesemongers in the highly competitive British Cheddar scene.

Sample Isle of Mull with us!

Friday - Rhiwbina
Saturday - Pontcanna & Roath
Sunday - Riverside

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Chiswick Cheese Market x The Big Cheese Weekender 🧀💛

The Big Cheese Weekender is BACK for 2023 - run by The Academy of Cheese, the BCW is a festival crammed full of webinars, events and general cheesy fun and up till now has only been on-line, but this year is being streamed for the first time live from Chiswick Cheese Market!

Log on to catch demonstrations, tastings & supplier interviews, all day long! We'll be showcasing the best of Welsh cheeses + posting all updates on Sunday 15th at the Chiswick Cheese Market, this year's host of the BCW.

London cheese fans, we'll see you there!

Cheese of the Week! Abaty Glas 🧀

Abaty Glas is a wonderfully buttery smooth blue cheese that comes to us from Caws Penhelyg, Aberystwyth. Made by cheesemaker Roger Yorke, using raw unpasteurised milk from a single herd of local cows, this cheese is carefully handcrafted, and it shows! Delicious rich & salty notes compliment the amazingly creamy texture. Sample Award-winning Abaty Glas with us this weekend:

SATURDAY - Roath & Pontcanna Markets
SUNDAY - Riverside Market

In the press!

Thank you for the wonderful write-up in last month's edition of the magazine!

We’re thrilled to announce we are almost ready for the release of Hiraeth and Crwys, our two heritage recipe cheeses! We will have limited batches ready for sale this year, with larger stocks to follow in 2024 when a fresh flush of Spring milk will be available! 🐑

Cheese of the Week! 🧀 Abaty is an organic, raw-milk soft cheese very similar to a classic Brie. Made on a very small scale by Roger Yorke in micro-dairy, Caws Penhelyg, Aberystwyth, Abaty is carefully crafted in small batches with local milk.

Full flavoured with lovely tones of light acidity to cut the buttery richness, this Brie is incredibly versatile and perfect for enjoying alongside crispbread and fresh fruits & honey in this gorgeous weather 😎

Sample Abaty with us this weekend:

SATURDAY - Pontcanna & Roath
SUNDAY - Riverside (25th Anniversary Edition! 🥳✨)

NEW - CHEESE BOOK ALERT! 💛

Hot off the press, this new cheese book has been written by cheese chum Emma Young - AKA 🧀

The Cheese Wheel is a great reference book to so many incredible cheeses – written with useful pairings and detailed notes on each cheese. Emma’s goal with this book is to ensure we all have a little more understanding of cheese and ultimately get us to discover and eat more cheese!

It’s a really fabulous addition to the world of cheese, congratulations Emma x

This weekend we join all the amazing traders at festival in Cardiff Bay.

We’re here until 9pm today and for the rest of the weekend with a selection of our British Cheese and Cheese Platters to go!
Glorious sunshine, fab food and ice cool drinks…what’s not to love! 😎

Hackney’s finest cheese plates with serving up banging pints !

New gift hampers are now online!

We've been busy behind the scenes this week - the Ty Caws website has had a little freshen-up pre Christmas! 🎄 Seasonal gift hampers are live online, and it's now easier to filter, select, and search for your favourite cheeses, hampers, and gift services. Visit the new web shop to sneak peak our Christmas collection ✨

Order online for nationwide delivery, or we offer local home delivery (select CF postcodes) weekly.

👉 www.tycaws.com for all the details

TRUFFLED!
We love a little truffle and couldn’t resist to truffle our newly listed Bix

The decedent richness of Bix has worked brilliantly with our minced black truffle and mascarpone layer - adding even more decadence!

🎁Don’t forget Mother’s Day this Sunday! - Truffle Bix is now included in our Mother’s Day gift box available to buy from our online shop and can be delivered in time for Sunday.

Truffle Bix will also be available at our usual weekly farmer’s markets this weekend.

Happy Tuesday ☀️
Owen

NEW! Mother’s Day Gift Box

We’ve carefully selected a range of award winning cheeses from dairies founded / run by women.

🎁 Our gift box includes:

· TRUFFLED BIX – decedent and super delicious with a line of creamy black minced truffles.

· CORNISH YARG – my Mam’s favourite cheese! A cheese that stands out with its nettle leaf rind and crumbly, yet creamy texture.

· SPENWOOD - a ewe’s milk cheese inspired from a trip to Sardinia! Fruity nuttiness is often a characteristic of this manchego-style cheese.

· TREFANDWYN BLUE – Best Welsh cheese at the Word Cheese Awards last year, a deliciously creamy blue with salty hits and savoury finish.

· CRADOC’s ANGLESEY SEA SALT CRACKERS

· HANDWRITTEN GIFT CARD

🚚 DELIVERY March 24th or available to collect at our usual farmers market locations.

🎁 https://www.tycaws.com/shop

NEW IN!
Bix from

This little triple crème cheese is made to the style of a French Brillat Savarin and Chaource.

Extra double cream is added to the milk before the cheese is made which gives this cheese super rich qualities with texture like butter. Oh la la!

Made in Oxfordshire by Rose Grimond and team, using their own organic milk.

We picked up our first batch of cheese last week where we also had the pleasure of lunch at their very own Cheese Shed ! - a barn converted to offer the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich 😍 A must pit stop if you’re ever in the area!

For Bix, we recommend popping open a bottle of fizz for this one and enjoy!
The sun is our so why not 😎

NEW BLUE!

Winner of the Best Welsh Cheese at the World Cheese Awards last November!

TREFALDWYN BLUE oozes with creaminess, and with this comes richness and a bold savoury tang to finish.

Made in small batches by ex-primary School teacher Clare Jones who was inspired by local rich pastures and small dairy farms that produce the highest quality milk!

Available to buy now at our online shop and at our market stalls.

Trefaldwyn will also feature in our new Mother’s Day gift box….now taking orders !🎁

Have a great week 🧀🧡

CHEESE RECIPE - something for the weekend !

We love a good cheeseboard, but we also love a good recipe with cheese!

This week’s recipe comes from Mel who is a confessed cheese addict, and loves to chat about cheese at our Rhiwbina and Pontcanna markets!

We’d love to hear about your favourite CHEESE recipe and if featured we’ll give you a £10 voucher off your next cheese purchase!
Email us at [email protected] or drop us a DM here.

Mel’s recipe:
1. Roast chicory with olive oil, white wine vinegar and honey - covered with foil for 20 mins, then without for 10 mins.
2. Toast rye bread, or favourite loaf from your local baker.
3. Layer a chunk of Mrs Bells Blue, red onion chutney, the chicory, toasted walnuts and a drizzle of honey.
4. Finish the dish with micro greens from 🥬

Have a fabulous cheese-filled weekend!
Owen 🧀🧡

ALL markets open!

We’re back at all our usual locations with our full selection of British cheese…and hopefully with brighter weather! ☀️

Find us at:

🧀 Friday - RHIWBINA
🧀 Saturday - ROATH & PONTCANNA
🧀 Sunday - RIVERSIDE

Ask us about our market specials 😉

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🔺MARKET UPDATE🔺

Due to Friday’s weather warning there won’t be a market this week in

There will be reduced markets at on Saturday and on Sunday, without gazebos - but we will still be there with cheese! 🧀

And we’ll also be at on Saturday

Stay safe and remember that we also offer home deliveries so we’ll gladly bring the cheese to you next week! Just order via tycaws.com

Cariad mawr, Team Caws x