Raw Cherry Flower Honey – ‘Ciliegio’

Benefits: Eucalyptus honey is highly prized for its antioxidant and anti-bacterial properties. Considered beneficial against flu, colds, and respiratory infections, also traditionally used to help soothe and prevent urinary tract infections.

Tasting Notes & Tips: This honey has a highly perfumed aroma, and dark colour. Quick crystallising with a fine or medium crystals. A rich and deep sweet flavour, with light toffee and licorice notes, and a dry, almost salty finish. Try with yogurt and porridge, or in homemade chocolate truffles, or drizzled over some strong cheeses.

Provenance: Made by a family of beekeepers, whose hives are in the national park of Abruzzo, Italy. The bees forage on the Eucalyptus flowers found there in July and August.

Raw honey is not suitable during pregnancy or for children under 12 months old.

New, larger size – 1 x 240g pack.

Benefits: A gentle honey, great for children. It may also help to keep your liver and intestines healthy, and its antibacterial properties have traditionally been used to help with any respiratory ailments.

Tasting notes and tips: A delicate, light flavour. Try it by the spoon, but it can also be wonderful with cheeses, or spread thickly on crumpets and toast. We like it topping a decadent dessert of cream and fresh summer fruits.

Provenance: Made in Hungary, the beekeeper cuts the comb directly from the honey frame that’s been in the hive.  It has nothing added and nothing removed so that it maintains all its nutritional benefits.

Raw honey is not suitable during pregnancy or for children under 12 months old.

Benefits: Like all honeys, it’s a natural preservative, with antiseptic qualities that can soothe sore throats, coughs & colds. Vanilla is also beneficial for digestion, stomach problems and inflammation.

Tasting notes and tips: Lots of floral notes and the fresh vanilla gives the honey a distinctive vanilla ‘tang’. Heavenly with toast, marvellous in cakes and bakes, or try over your porridge.

Provenance: A multifloral honey made from the wide variety of flowers across the beautiful Southdowns in East Sussex. Once jarred, the honey is infused with fresh vanilla pods (98% honey & 2% vanilla).

Raw honey is not suitable during pregnancy or for children under 12 months old.

Available sizes: 340g

Benefits: Like all raw honey it is a natural anti-septic and has high anti-inflammatory properties. Could also be beneficial for the treatment of colds, coughs and sore throats. It is also thought to reduce burns and scars when applied to the skin.

Tasting notes and tips: This honey would work well with yogurt, on porridge, or with poached fruit such as pairs, apples. Pair with cinnamon, cloves and star anise flavours. Try it as a glaze for Gammon and duck. It would also work well in cakes and bakes.

Provenance: Raw, pure honey from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, South America, which is surrounded by beaches and populated with rich, tropical flora and fauna. It has a deep amber colour, with a smooth texture. This medium-strong honey has caramel sweet notes plus some acidity at the end. Made by Mexican Stingless Bees, who forage on wildflowers, plus nectar from thyme, avocado & cacti blossom.

Raw honey is not suitable during pregnancy or for children under 12 months old.