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Series Kyrgyzstan 9 frames

Milk

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In Kyrgyzstan, a taste of the ‘purest milk imaginable’

In search of the traditionally made dairy foods that continue to sustain this Central Asian nation.

Words by Caroline Eden, The Financial Times

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Out on the emerald pastures of Kyrgyzstan, the saying goes, “When the ground bursts open with grass, the udders explode with milk.” Here, escarpments of wildflowers meet glacier-fed rivers in the shadow of the Tien Shan, or Celestial mountains. It’s a landscape made for grazing livestock.

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As published in The Financial Times
As published in The Financial Times
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