Premium acacia honey from the Loire 250 g
Acacia honey is the mildest honey there is, and with that the safest choice when you are not quite sure what you are looking for. It is almost clear in colour, lightly floral, and so soft in taste that it overpowers nothing. Which is exactly why this is the honey tea drinkers end up with.
Taste and texture
Soft and subtly floral, without the spicy or woody notes that dark honey can have. Acacia honey naturally contains more fructose than other kinds, and that is why it stays liquid for months while the rest has long since turned grainy.
Where it comes from
From the orchards around Orléans, in the Loire valley. The acacia blossom flowers only briefly, about two weeks in May and June, which makes this one of the smallest harvests of the year. Our honey comes from a family run apiary in the Sologne that has been there since 1991 and moves its hives along with the blossom.
What Grand Cru means
The apiary divides its honey into two groups. With polyfloral honey the bees bring in whatever happens to be in flower. With Grand Cru the hives stand in an area chosen in advance because one type of flower blooms there in abundance, so that as little other nectar as possible finds its way in. Acacia belongs to that second group. That is why this honey is so recognisable and so consistent in taste, year after year.
How to use it
In tea this is the best of the six. With green tea, white tea and light oolong, acacia honey leaves the taste of the leaves intact, where a firmer honey would cut straight across it. Stir it in only once the tea has cooled to about 60 degrees, otherwise the finer aromas disappear.
Beyond that: over yoghurt, stirred through porridge, on a warm slice of bread, or in a dressing with mustard and vinegar.
Crystallising
This kind rarely sets hard. If it does, stand the jar for half an hour in a bowl of hand warm water of about 40 degrees. Not in the microwave and not in boiling water.
Specifications
Ingredients: 100% honey
Contents: 250 g
Category: Grand Cru, predominantly one type of flower
Origin: area around Orléans, Loire valley, France
Texture: liquid, stays liquid for a long time
Flowering period: May and June
Packaging: glass jar
Storage: dry, dark and at room temperature, not in the fridge
Allergens: may naturally contain traces of pollen
Please note: do not give to children under 12 months
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