page_title: List of dishes from the Caucasus
section_title: Cheeses
hierarchical_section_title: List of dishes from the Caucasus / Traditional dishes / Cheeses
caption_attribution_description: Русский: национальное блюдо адыгской кухни. Готовится из цельного овечьего, козьего, чаще коровьего молока.
context_page_description: The cuisine of the Caucasus includes the traditional cuisines of the countries, in West Asia, of Georgia, Azerbaijan in Transcaucasia and of Eastern Europe in North Caucasus.
context_section_description: Some popular cheeses from the Caucasus include :
  Ashvlagwan (Ашвлагуан) — Abkhaz smoked cheese, similar to sulguni
  Chechil (Չեչիլ) — String (often smoked) cheese, made in Armenia
  Chechili (ჩეჩილი) — Cheese in shape of ropes, made in south Georgia
  Adyga kwae — (Адыгэ Къуае) - Mild cheese, made in Circassia
  Chkinti' (ჭყინტი) - Salty and "juicy" cheese made originally in Imereti
  Dambalkhacho (დამბალხაჭო) — "Rotten" cheese made in Pshavi and Mtiuleti
  Guda (გუდა) — Cheese made from sheep milk in Tusheti. Its preparation takes 20 days.
  Iron tsykht (Ирон Цыхт) — Cheese made in Ossetia
  Qatik — Sour creamy cheese, made in Azerbaijan
  Sulguni (სულგუნი) — One of the most famous cheeses from Mingrelia, made from cow or buffalo milk
  To-beram (ТIо-берам) — Cottage cheese mixed with sour cream, made traditionally in Chechnya and in Ingushetia
caption: Circassian cheese
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