Tim has flown to La Rioja region of Spain (just below the Pyrenees) to visit Alvaro, one of our main beekeepers who's supplied us for many years. He is off today to visit the biosphere Reserve where the bees make their 100% pure honey, free from pesticides and pollution.
He mainly produces organic honey: Forest, Mountain, Heather, Oak, Lemon blossom, Orange blossom and Rosemary honeys. His honeys are popular due to their tendency in staying runny longer especially the darker honeys, although raw honey always eventually sets after a while as it has not been over heated or ultra filtered.
Our Winter catalogue has just landed, giving you a taste of what is available this Autumn and Winter - including the new Bioactive Forest (Active 25), an extra virgin olive oil, high in polyphenols. We've have been busy over the last few weeks taking delivery of our new stock. Potent and delicious honeys that I discovered during my travels this year, like the amazing organic Mountain honey created on Mount Helidona from Fir, Oak, Chestnut and mountain herbs. (It's from an exceptionally wild area known as the Greek Alps.)
ACTIVE 25+. We have just taken delivery of a rare & highly antibacterial Sidr & Oak honey from the Rhodope Mountains Greece — the place of one of Europe’s few true virgin forests — very ancient woodland, undisturbed by people. The forest and the bees have produced a truly unique creation. Sidr nectar and Oak honeydew in the same honeycombs - two of our most potent honeys together. Not only is it very antibacterial but the flavour notes of the Sidr and Oak combined are deep and balanced: Oak up front, molasses and dark chocolate, rounded by Sidr’s creamy smoothness.
If you’re searching for a honey that’s not only delicious but also rare, powerful, and steeped in tradition, look no further than our Raw Certified Organic Artisan Sidr - Active 24 One of the world’s rarest honeys, Sidr honey has been cherished for centuries for its purity, healing properties, and unique flavour.
This is one of the finest raw organic forest honeys produced due to the extremely remote area it comes from. Beekeeper Luisa places her hives high in the Cantabrian Mountains and hills in Asturias, a green and unspoilt area in the north of Spain. The forests in this area are untouched, in a chemical-free environment with a mixture of wild Mediterranean oak, chestnut, beech, and pine trees.