Goya (Bitter Melon)Goya is a typical Okinawan ingredient. Raw, it is bitter, which is why it's called the bitter melon, but the bitterness is in the juice. We put it in a food dehydrator to take out the liquid and with it, the bitterness. The colour, however, does remain. And when the powdered dried goya is added to the cheese, it gives it a gentle green colour. There is a very mild goya taste to this cheese, but our customers like it mostly for its striking colour. It