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I've just read on Twitter that Yoav has launched his Artisan Geek website. I know there are a lot like me who have been eagerly waiting to see what goodies he has on offer.
Looks like it could be a one stop shop for all our cheeseyerotica ^-^
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Hooray!
http://artisangeek.com/ (http://artisangeek.com/)
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Congrats Yoav! My wallet may not thank you though - shopping via emails and knowing exactly what I want kept me on budget but now I can shop the aisles and get more than I need... :D
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Glad to see it up and running. I have already told all my goat friends about it.
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Congrats Yoav! My wallet may not thank you though - shopping via emails and knowing exactly what I want kept me on budget but now I can shop the aisles and get more than I need... :D
Yeah, this is what I'm scared of too!!! Could be very dangerous!! ???
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Congrats to Yoav! Very cool!
I have been wondering what he has been up to, since he hasnt had much of a presence in the forum of late. Apparently he has been busy!
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Whoa Whoa Whoa!!!
I had no idea all of this was going on!!!
First, thank you all for the response and Sharon... thanks for letting people know and twitting with me!
I haven't made any announcement regarding Artisan Geek yet because it is still in "soft launch" mode. That means the site is public and you can use it but I am still missing about 180 products and there are many descriptions and photos that are not yet posted. Aside for a few cosmetic issues, all technical bugs are gone and anyone can shop using credit card or PayPal, from wherever you are in the world.
I expect to launch officially in 10 days and I will announce it here. Please send me private messages for any special requests.
There has been lots of work put into this. It's not just what you see on the site; much of it is behind the scenes: Arranging logistics and customs compliance, testing packing materials and cold shipping, warehousing and lab packing practices, relationships with vendors and manufacturers, as well as farms, retailers, and culinary institutes. A lot has been going on. The entire purpose of this site is to enable anyone, from the hobbyist to the commercial producer to do creative, imaginative, high quality projects without breaking the bank -while taking true joy at it. To that end... my pride and joy here is really the sourcing of products from all over the world. Not just your standard Tomme mould and Flora Danica, but some very unique items such as spruce bark straps for Vacherin, Thistle rennet, Dutch presses that are actually hand-made in Holland, interesting authentic moulds... etc. etc. etc. There will be some very exotic cultures from small boutique producers too. So be patient... it's all coming!!!
To those of you who thought I disappeared... I haven't. I miss the forum very much but with all this work I haven't had enough time left in the day to check in over the past 4 months. As soon as the catalog is out I will have much more time for this. Well... in some other exciting news, it looks like I will be making some cheese commercially starting this very spring as well! The creamery will also serve as sort of a public experiment space and education center for Artisan Geek so it is all coming together finally after a year of planning.
And oh yes, another reason that I haven't been visiting the forum as often is that I turned a new daddy on January 2nd! Her name is Elenee and she amazes me every day. Some of you may remember on the forum when I proposed at the Marais in Paris? Well Marais is our daughter's middle name. What a year!
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Congrats Yoav! Great to see the site being up and running i really like that you seek wider variety offerings .... i shall place my next order in the near future :-)
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very cool.
congrats, three or four times.
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Hi yoav. congrat for the newgeek also from me zvisaar and all Israeli cheese makers
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Congrats Yoav! Great to see the site being up and running i really like that you seek wider variety offerings .... i shall place my next order in the near future :-)
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Thanks Reinhard! How is the stuff working out for you so far? Remind me the next time you order to send you that wrapping paper sample. You will see the difference right away!
very cool.
congrats, three or four times.
Thank you! (three or four times...)
Hi yoav. congrat for the newgeek also from me zvisaar and all Israeli cheese makers
Thanks Zvi! Are you and Tomer enjoying those cultures? I have some samples of things specifically for you two and for Anat and Alex (do you know them?)
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yap.thanks we enjoined the cultures and i made some magnjficant Gouda an Gruyere and some more other stuff made by timer experimenting the cultures waiting the new special thinks and timer made a local group in the facebook,,,,i know Alex speak from time to time
let me know when u have something special and when do you come to Israel....
how is Ur little new borne daughter doing ???
lets be in touch!!
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By Timer - I think you meant Tomer? (Tomer1 on the forum) Looks like your system autocorrects your typing (you must be using Apple iPad or iPhone... right? It always correct foreign language words and names to me into words that don't make any sense in the sentence when said in English). Yes, I saw his Facebook group, it's great. I am a member.
Glad to hear the Gouda went well! What did you use? Kazu?
The little one is doing well. She is all smiles! What do you expect? She got off to a good start surrounded with lots of love and cheese moulds. Here she is 9 days old, impressed by daddy's personal cheese mould collection (background), possibly wondering where her stuff should go?
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Congrats on the beautiful daughter!!
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The little one is doing well. She is all smiles! What do you expect? She got off to a good start surrounded with lots of love and cheese moulds. Here she is 9 days old, impressed by daddy's personal cheese mould collection (background), possibly wondering where her stuff should go?
She's a cutie. :)
All those moulds for her to play with! ;)
I have some samples of things specifically for you two and for Anat and Alex (do you know them?)
Whatever happened to Alex? We're talking about the "The Cheesepenter", correct? He had some useful input.
-Boofer-
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Thanks! Oh, you should see her now, 3 months later. She is running for mayor of NYC!
Yes, Alex the Cheesepenter. He is great! He is teaching cheesemaking in Israel. His wife is an amazing bread baker too. He doesn't post on the forum, not sure why but his cheesemaking is alive and well...
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I know that he do private cheese courses now in addition to his woodworking business, maybe his just busy?
Ive been making good use to the GEO you sent and PLA on an overly renneted raw milk lactic cheese. smells really feety ^-^
Planning on using the LH for some Emmentaler while room temp is still good for warm fermentation.
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Congrats Yoav! Great to see the site being up and running i really like that you seek wider variety offerings .... i shall place my next order in the near future :-)
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Thanks Reinhard! How is the stuff working out for you so far? Remind me the next time you order to send you that wrapping paper sample. You will see the difference right away!
very cool.
congrats, three or four times.
Thank you! (three or four times...)
Hi yoav. congrat for the newgeek also from me zvisaar and all Israeli cheese makers
Thanks Zvi! Are you and Tomer enjoying those cultures? I have some samples of things specifically for you two and for Anat and Alex (do you know them?)
Hi Yoav, yes all is fine and the next time to remind you for the wrap samples - it is already now time to order :-) i sent you an email already ....PLA ,MY800
Great service , not only offering products but indepth info around it too...on other website you may find items only very briefly described - this i would suggest you have added on your site describing the molds & cultures ...it will save you a lot of email replies to people like me :-)
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Thanks Reinhard!
Yes, I am working hard at it but there will be a much more detailed descriptions of the products and what they do, how they work and how they compare. Developing some infographics as well.
Glad to see that some of you guys have began using it! How fun! Such exciting time.
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I wish I had seen this earlier. Always prefer to help out the folks that help me out with good advice and encouragement. Still managed to spend a couple of dollar on the site. Do you by any chance have or plans to get quality hobbyist curd harps? Really only need the horizontal cut type but want something with stainless wire cutters.
cheers
Mike
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Congrats Iratherfly. Nice online shop.
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I'm happily joining the congratulations, and yes, I do enjoy your staff, just too busy with other things as well.
Mazal Tov!
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Whoa, had no idea this was Yoav's site - congratulations, Yoav, and congratulations for ranking so well in a raw google search. Bought 4 reb molds with the s/s weights, trier, assorted other stuff. Way to go!
Paul
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Isn't this forum just amazing? We have posters who started their own web store, some build cheese presses! Nice going Iratherfly!
My next purchase is that manchego mould. Are you thinking of selling cream wax eventually? I only know of one supplier that sells RED cream wax but it's only sold in 25KG tubs. Yellow, black and clear and all easy to get by for a home cheese maker's scale, just not the red.
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Hey all -
Just wondering if anyone has seen or heard from Yoav lately? Over the last several weeks I've sent a few e-mails, and a query from his site, but haven't heard from him...would like to order some things, as well as followup with him on a couple earlier item discussions. If anyone knows a better contact, would you please either let him know I'd like to get hold of him, or otherwise advise me? Many thanks...
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Paul,
I ordered something from Yoav / ArtisanGeek about 3 months ago, and it took a while to go through due to some problems he was having with switching servers. Maybe the problems are on-going?
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OK, that makes sense, could be. That's a bummer - hate to source some needed cultures elsewhere, so if anyone has a way to contact, could you help out? Many thanks, all.
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I switched from Glengarry to Artisan Geek a few months back for a similar reason. So far, Yoav's been great! He told me he was expanding I believe, or something about off-site storage or something. Anyways, some changes are in the works. Maybe you got unlucky and got caught up in that.
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It's just been a couple weeks without contact, so no worries. Just following up with Yoav from an e-mail he sent me, actually, and then ordering some stuff he apparently has but isn't listed on his site. Hopefully it will work out...needing a bolder linens for seeding my cave, some other stuff.
Thanks, Eric.
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Margaret at Glengarry has launched a new online ordering system.
Click here: Glengarry (http://www.glengarrycheesemaking.on.ca/)
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I've been anticipating this, thanks Sailor, wasn't aware it was up. Awesome setup.
Unfortunately I've not heard anything from Yoav, despite several e-mails and contact attempts from his site's query webform directly. Happened awhile back, too. Shame.
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He might be in Isreal
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Not sure, Steff. I first wrote to Yoav via his website and e-mail on Sept. 2, didn't hear anything from him so wrote again on 9/19; he replied same day, saying my e-mail was lost, something to that effect. He was very helpful and pitched some great ideas**, I wrote back right away, ready to order, just a question....and haven't heard from him since. I've tried several times, but not heard, so not sure what's going on. I like Yoav quite a bit and I hope he's alright. Also regret I have to try elsewhere, as I'm in need of some cultures for current makes, in addition to some new things for my winter plans.
Anyone know where FR22 is sold, in the U.S.?
**Honestly - some very creative and knowledgeable ideas - Yoav has always been really generous with his thoughts. I'm looking to try some Vacherin Mont d'Or this winter - unlike my Abondance style, which uses only a touch of Alp D, I'll be using several bought strains in these cheeses.
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Paul, have you had any luck getting in touch with Yoav? I have his phone number if you want it. I think it is his personal one and I know he does a lot with you so I don't think he'd mind me giving it to you. I could send it by cheese forum private message if you want it. I can't remember if you have my email address off forum.....but whatever...just let me know. I haven't spoken with him recently.....
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Many thanks, Tiarella. Yep, Yoav and I have been in touch, no issues. That said, he actually called me but I've misplaced the number - so that would be great. I'll PM you, and thanks again.