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<p>SaraYhu43799: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;br&gt;30 August 2019&lt;br&gt;ShareSave&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lauren TurnerBBC News, Washington DC&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Everything you think you understand about American cheese is incorrect.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That's what the cheese makers and cheesemongers of the US wish to inform you. 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One of the bestselling items made by Utah-based business Beehive Cheese, of which he is president, is the uncommon Barely Buzzed - a cheese rubbed with coffee grounds and lavender.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When it's been sold in the UK nevertheless, it was for the equivalent of $70 per pound - and in the US, it retails for $24. While an exporter looked after process, Mr Welsh says there were big transport and tariff expenses imposed on the cheese, and as a result it wound up &quot;being exorbitantly expensive and inaccessible to a lot of UK consumers&quot;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Hopefully one day it will change and consumers in the UK will be able to enjoy our distinct cheeses,&quot; he adds.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The young farming family&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Trisha Boyce, a third-generation dairy farmer, and her other half Jarred took over Chapel's Country Creamery in Maryland two years earlier. 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