Portuguese Heritage Raw Honeys
Our complete Great Taste Award Winning range of outstanding premium, Raw unfiltered, artisan made, pure honeys from the pristine ecology of Portugal. Guaranteed free from GMO's, antibiotics, and contaminants. Personally sourced and ethically traded. A true distillation of the flowers of Portugal brought to you by master artisan beekeepers and natures greatest alchemist; the humble honeybee.
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Wild about Honey
Raw Alentejo Sunflower Honey - Girassol - REDUCED TO CLEAR
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Visit product page →Most of you know that honey kept properly can last almost indefinitely, but our sunflower honey has come to the end of its official best before date at the end of this year, so we are reducing the price to clear to £6.49 from £9.49. Orders of 24 jars or more will also receive 10% off in addition. No other discounts can be used in conjunction with this offer
Raw Sunflower honey locally known as "Girassol" is a lovely pollen rich, taste of pure summer sunshine. Sunflower honey crystallizes very quickly and can only be bottled in the first weeks after harvesting. It sets to a rich creamy, nutty taste and texture, and has a bright tangy finish. It is like candy in a jar. If you want a naturally set, medium sweet, relatively neutral honey which is perfect to use in hot drinks and teas, then this is the one.. It comes in early September and is quite limited in quantity.
Sunflower honey is naturally, extremely pure because the long coarse sunflower stem acts like a filter to soil contaminants.
It is known to have many beneficial properties as well as having a reputation in certain parts of the world as being particularly helpful with digestive and heart/lung health and also as a general "tonic" ( in addition to all the other usual antibacterial properties of honey)
This Sunflower honey also comes from the Alentejo region, which is hot dry and arid in the summer months and the least populated part of Europe.
Our lovely Raw Sunflower honey comes from two master beekeepers, Sr Fernando and Pedro, a young, highly gifted, multi generational beekeeper who has also learned the craft from his uncle.
SEASONAL UPDATE:
This years sunflower is the best we have seen yet, Typically intermittent rains will allow other wildlfower nectars to find their way into sunflower honey, Owing to the southern European drought the Sunflower honey this year is nearly a 100% pure as few other flowers grew during this unusually dry season.
Honey and Crystallization. Crystallization is a completely natural process and occurs with all raw honey. The speed and size of the crystallization depends on variations in the balance of sugars, ambient temperature and to some extent water content If your honey is set hard, you can loosen it up by placing it in a pan of hand hot water, (and repeat as necessary) using a spoon placed in hot water first and of course storing it in a sunny/warm place in the house.
BULK DISCOUNTS
This product is already heavily discounted so no bulk discounts will be applicable
You may find cheaper raw honey than ours, but you wont find better...
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Wild about Honey
Raw Algarvian Heather Honey - Urze - by Wild about Honey
£12.99
Visit product page →Another 3 Star Great Taste Award Winning Honey in 2020. Featured in the Times as a special selection of Thomasina Miers and Michel Roux.
This is some of what they had to say about it.
"Rich, dark, thick and luscious, with a distinct aroma of heather — this has huge flavour, with herbal notes, acidity and bitterness all wrapped up in the honey’s sweetness."Raw Portuguese Heather honey, locally known as "Urze", is a potent, rich, delicious, aromatic honey. Also highly esteemed for its antibacterial and antioxidant properties. Recent Portuguese studies show it to be more potent than Chestnut honey and very high in phenolic compounds
If you've bought our Heather honey in the past you would know that our Portuguese Algarvian heather usually comes from the "Erica" family of heather not the Calluna, or Ling like the Scottish Heather. It is not thixotropic or jelly like in that way, but is a rich dark, viscous honey. This is a truly rare and beautiful honey; smoky, strong aromatic.
The Erica Heather (at least 6 species of white and red) flowers in the winter months in the Algarve, it provides valuable food to the bees and quite often is not taken for this very reason. Should the spring flowers be late or the weather harsh, the bees will eat most or all of it, before it is taken.
This 2019 harvest, has quite simply been one of the very best we have ever seen, the quality is exceptional. It has depth, balance, complexity and a superb complex aromatic finish. Quite simply you will not find a better example of this honey. If you can find one at all...
Honey and Crystallization. Crystallization is a completely natural process and occurs with all raw honey. The speed and size of the crystallization depends on variations in the balance of sugars, ambient temperature and to some extent water content If your honey is set hard, you can loosen it up by placing it in a pan of hand hot water, (and repeat as necessary) using a spoon placed in hot water first and of course storing it in a sunny/warm place in the house. Near a radiator or heat source is fine as it needs to go over 42 degrees C for a while to destroy enzymes and for sugars to degrade.
BULK DISCOUNTS
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You may find cheaper raw honey than ours, but you wont find better...
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Wild about Honey
Raw Algarvian Orange Blossom Honey 2018- Laranjeira - by Wild about honey
£12.99
Visit product page →Another award winning ,100% Raw, cold-extracted, unfiltered, Orange Blossom Honey from the Algarve. A luxurious, sweet, floral, highly scented honey, full of the delicate scent orange flowers. Golden and runny when warm, sets with an extremely fine, smooth, creamy crystal structure when cold. This years Orange Blossom honey is even lighter, more delicate, floral and piercingly sweet than last years. It is like tasting an orchard of Orange flowers.
If you like your honey light, sweet and floral, this is the one. The Algarve region is famous for its citrus orchards and the orange blossom honey produced from this region has tremendous variety. We have tried to pick an example which is a true classic.
Perfect for use in or on desserts.
This is what the judges at the Great Taste Awards had to say about our Orange Blossom...
"Pale golden honey, fragrant and floral. Tastes smooth and very moreish.
Judges loved this and all went back for more! We particularly like the clarity and viscosity.
Just the ticket on your breakfast toast or on yogurt." "Very light on the nose, on the palate there is a vibrancy of fresh petals, sparkly and then quite short - there is a delicate sweetness."Honey and Crystallization. Crystallization is a completely natural process and occurs with all raw honey. The speed and size of the crystallization depends on variations in the balance of sugars, ambient temperature and to some extent water content If your honey is set hard, you can loosen it up by placing it in a pan of hand hot water, (and repeat as necessary) using a spoon placed in hot water first and of course storing it in a sunny/warm place in the house.
BULK DISCOUNTS
please call or email us if you require any help making a bulk purchase. Thanks
You may find cheaper raw honey than ours, but you wont find better...
