Tzfatit

Tzfat Cheese
Country of origin	Israel
Region	Upper Galilee
Town	Safed (Tzfat)
Source of milk	Sheep (original version), Cow, Goat, Water Buffalo
Texture	Semi-hard fresh and hard aged
Aging time	3 to 12 months

Tzfatit, or Tzfat cheese (Hebrew: גבינה צפתית, gvina tsfattit) is a semi-hard salty cheese produced in Israel, originally from sheep's milk. It was first produced in Safed (Tzfat in Hebrew) in 1840 and is still produced there by descendants of the original cheese makers.^[1]