Lapsu Majas Siers

In 2013, Jānis Lapsa began making cheese in his home kitchen in Ogre as a small-scale home producer. Today, the entire cheese-making process remains 100% handmade, from preparing the cheese mixture to shaping and packaging the finished products.

Cheeses

• Cow's milk cheese with reduced salt content - available in 27 different flavours. The cheeses carry the “Green Spoon” quality mark, recognising products that meet established Latvian quality and sustainability criteria.
• Lactose-free cow's milk cheese with reduced salt content – Lapsu Mājas began producing it in 2021, pioneering lactose-free farmhouse cheese in Latvia.
• Jāņu cheese - a traditional Latvian cheese associated with the summer solstice celebrations, is made in two varieties – with butter or with sweet cream.

How the Cheese Is Made
The milk used in production is sourced from local dairy suppliers. The milk for the reduced-salt cheeses and Jāņi cheese is supplied by the dairy processing company “Straupe”, while the milk used for the lactose-free cheeses is sourced from AS “Jaunpils pienotava”. The eggs used in production are supplied by “Rasas”, a farm in Ropaži Municipality.

For Visitors

• A tour of the production, followed by a tasting of 10 different varieties. The selection may include sweet cheese, the Legendary Pine Cone, lactose-free cheese, Jāņu cheese and grilled cheese. The tasting and presentation can also be arranged at a customer’s chosen location.
• Jāņu cheese-making workshop. Learn about the traditional process and techniques used to make Jāņi cheese and take part in making it yourself. Participants can taste freshly made, warm Jāņu cheese and sample warm whey, traditionally known as the “elixir of youth”. The workshop can also be arranged at a customer’s chosen location.

Where to Buy
Fairs and farmers’ markets throughout Latvia, Stockmann in Riga, Liepkalni shop near Pļaviņas, Rāmkalni cafe and shop and the Rāmkalni café at Berģu Depo, the Novada Garšas e-marketplace, by prior arrangement, directly from Lapsu Mājas in Ogre.