During the first national lockdown there was a real boom in letterbox gifts - from flowers to pick-me-ups.
And the concept of letterbox gifts isn’t going away anytime soon, pairing convenience and thoughtfulness in an eco-friendly way.
They can be delivered without anyone needing to be home to sign, and also require less packaging, and therefore less waste.
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And now, you can even get letterbox cheese boards which make a gorgeous gift for yourself, friends and family. With Mother’s Day fast approaching, it could be a quick and easy way to say your mum is ‘simp-brie the best’.
I do promise to avoid any other cheesy cheddar themed puns throughout this review.
Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses , based in Lancashire, are a family of fourth-generation cheese-makers who first launched in 1932.
This year sees the independent business celebrate 90 years of award-winning cheese making, including British hard, blue and soft cheeses with milk from its own herd of cows and goats.
Shoppers can now get their handmade farmhouse cheeses direct from the dairy in a mini or maxi cheese board, costing between £8.50 and £13 plus delivery.
I tried out their mini cheese board, which is suitable for one to two people. It comes packaged in a purple box perfectly sized to fit straight through the letterbox.
The cheese board features a Blacksticks Blue, Button Mill soft cheese and Sunday Best hard, as well as Tracklements sticky fig relish and Peter's Yard crackers.
The Perfect British Cheese board has even won the Gold Award for best cheese board display at the International Cheese & Dairy Awards 2021.
This very much seems to be a family farm that knows what they’re doing, and knows what works, with their Sunday Best cheese being made from a 50 year old family recipe.
And if you’re ordering for Mother’s Day, all cheese boards include a Mother’s Day card that can be personalised with your own message too.
The Button Mill is super creamy, while the Blacksticks Blue offers just the right amount of bite. Yet it’s the Sunday Best that steals the show and is a clear signature staple in their collection.
For under a tenner, you really can’t go wrong and it’s perfect for a spring park picnic, or a treat for a Netflix night in.
You’ve probably seen Butlers’ cheeses before, as they’re stocked in most supermarkets, but ordering directly sees it go straight from dairy to doorstep.
Having sampled a selection of their cheese menu, I’m desperate to try their cheese Easter eggs , which are currently on pre-order ahead of the big day.
