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Welcome to Llaeth
y Llan, the Village Dairy where Gareth and Falmai Roberts produce
their superb dessert yogurt, a melt in the mouth delicacy, which they
have perfected since 1980. |
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That was when
they decided to progress from their village milk round into other
milk product directions. It was how Llaeth y Llan yogurt was born.
Falmai took a course in yogurt making at Rease Heath College of Agriculture
while Gareth re-invented himself by undergoing training with CREU
- the Clwyd Rural Enterprise facility at Llysfasi College in Denbighshire
to broaden his creative skills. |
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"Their first
yogurt" Falmai recalls, "was made in stainless steel buckets" using
milk from their own cows which was cultured in the farmhouse airing
cupboard. |
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That's a long
long way from now when great vats replace the buckets, and the latest
technology takes care of the culturing processes. But the basic raw
material is the same - pure wholesome milk from their own fifty dairy
cows supplemented by more, as needed, from Dairy Farmers of Britain
by contract. |
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Both Falmai
and Gareth have been accoladed many times for their enterprise and
the quality of their produce which now runs into 25 different flavours
including their very latest - Celtic Coffee and Cointreau and Orange. |
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Sales have increased
year on year so that Llaeth y Llan yogurt is now known and enjoyed
throughout Wales - even in the National Assembly in Cardiff! - as
well as the North West of England and the border towns off Shrewsbury,
Hereford, Gloucester and Bristol. |
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But it is still
the homely family business run by the couple, their son
Owain and a workforce from Llanefydd village. |
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And on top of
all this, they welcome interested groups who come to see how the yogurt
is produced and look around their nationally acclaimed garden. Both
are well able to elaborate on the means of production,the history
of the premises, and the development of the gardens. Now you can even choose to stay over in the new farmhouse B&B. http://www.tal-y-bryn-guesthouse.co.uk/ |
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The
farm is called Tal y Bryn which broadly translates from Welsh as Top
of the Hill - a fair description of its location overlooking the Elwy
River and valley which ultimately joins up with the River Clwyd near
St Asaph and enters the sea at Rhyl. |
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It is an area
which is charged with historical interest, from the emergence of man
as a cave dweller -250,000 years ago - through to the iron age and
the forts of 3,000 years back, then the Romans followed by the saints,
the enlightenment, and into the nineteenth century when Llanefydd
village featured in the the war revolt. Literateurs have also lived
here including Thomas Edwards - known as Twm o'r Nant the Cambrian
Shakespeare who played his part in bringing about social reform through
his robust plays ridiculing the injustices of his day. |
