Another one of the treats my partner got an a whim. This is a commercial honey, produced in Messinia, Greece and found on the shelves of M&S. RAW: Honey as it is stored in the capped honeycomb of the beehive -unaltered. In this context, this honey is not pasteurized and not filtered. This ("raw") is …
Category: Honey Review
Katkoot tries out lots of jars of honey and let’s you know what she thinks about them.
Borage Honey from Mick Smith
I had never heard of borage honey before coming to the UK. I wasn't sure what the plant even looked like. Well now I do: it is a blue flowering, edible plant mostly used for medicinal purposes - especially when processed into oil. Both honeybees and bumble bees love it. Mick Smith is a beekeeper …
Local Mixed Blossom Honey Comb
This honeycomb was given to me as a gift by my aunt. It is from a local to her beekeeper N Davis, near Swindon and is handcut (therefore, no factories involved). The evidence is in the hand-applied address label and the hand-written net weight on the packet. 🙂 The honey started to flow out of …
Hallasan Honey
Only Jeju... From the volcanic earth of the island of Jeju, rise a variety of plants (tropical to subarctic) to make it green above the black rock. A popular destination amongst the South Koreans themselves, this island is famous for the Haneyo's expertly caught seafood, cactus fruit tea, black pig barbecues and of course, Mt …
«Το Θυμάρι»
The name of this honey jar is "The Thyme". This is honey made by a small bee farmer in the mountains of Cyprus, my home. The hives are kept amongst wild thyme abundance and produce one of the most highly regarded and respected honey in the nation. I bought this particular jar from a small …
M&S English Spring Honey
My partner picked this jar up back in April, from the local M&S shop. He was not prompted by me, which means I am slowly yet successfully turning him into a honey connoisseur, or just a picky honey eater. This honey was in M&S and disappeared just as suddenly as it appeared. It is a …
