Cheese Database

Brie vs Cambozola

Brie, field guide plate
Brie, photographed

Brie

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Soft
Type
Bloomy rind
Rind
Bloomy rind
Country
France
Place
Île-de-France

Brie is a soft cow's-milk cheese with a white bloomy rind, from the country east of Paris. The paste ripens from the rind toward the center.

Cambozola, field guide plate
Cambozola, photographed

Cambozola

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Bloomy rind
Country
Germany

Cambozola is a branded soft blue cheese from Germany, made with cow's milk. A wheel has a white bloomy rind and a pale paste marked with blue veins. Extra cream in the make keeps the center rich, and a ripe wheel is almost spoonable. The taste is milder than a firm traditional blue, with mushroom notes from the rind and a gentle blue tang inside. The name joins the idea of Camembert with the idea of Gorgonzola, and the cheese sits between those two styles.