Large labelled glass jar containing 1kg of dark raw organic Greek mountain oak honey.
video of metal spoon dripping into an open jar of raw organic Greek mountain oak honey.
Beekeeper Thomas sitting in courtyard with flowers holding jar of raw honey.
metal spoon of dark mountain oak honey dripping into open glass honey jar, with beekeeper Thomas holding jar of honey amongst oak trees.
multiple bee hives in forest clearing near a place called Rentina.
open cardboard box with wrapped jar of honey and biodegradable loosefill made from potato starch inside
Labelled glass jar containing 490g of dark raw organic Greek mountain oak honey
    Large labelled glass jar containing 1kg of dark raw organic Greek mountain oak honey.
    video of metal spoon dripping into an open jar of raw organic Greek mountain oak honey.
    Beekeeper Thomas sitting in courtyard with flowers holding jar of raw honey.
    metal spoon of dark mountain oak honey dripping into open glass honey jar, with beekeeper Thomas holding jar of honey amongst oak trees.
    multiple bee hives in forest clearing near a place called Rentina.
    open cardboard box with wrapped jar of honey and biodegradable loosefill made from potato starch inside
    Labelled glass jar containing 490g of dark raw organic Greek mountain oak honey
Large labelled glass jar containing 1kg of dark raw organic Greek mountain oak honey.
video of metal spoon dripping into an open jar of raw organic Greek mountain oak honey.
Beekeeper Thomas sitting in courtyard with flowers holding jar of raw honey.
metal spoon of dark mountain oak honey dripping into open glass honey jar, with beekeeper Thomas holding jar of honey amongst oak trees.
multiple bee hives in forest clearing near a place called Rentina.
open cardboard box with wrapped jar of honey and biodegradable loosefill made from potato starch inside
Labelled glass jar containing 490g of dark raw organic Greek mountain oak honey

Artisan Raw Certified Organic Greek Mountain Oak Honey – Intensely Rich, Fruity & Thick

This year's batch of Mountain Oak honey is exceptionally thick, with a moisture level of just 13.6%—the lowest we've ever recorded, even compared to our Vanilla Fir. This low moisture content results in a profoundly deep and intense flavour.

Summary

Thomas' raw organic Greek Mountain Oak honey offers a deliciously rich, mineral treacle flavour with hints of cooked apples and plums. The aftertaste lingers briefly with a slight sourness, while the aroma is fruity, reminiscent of cold spiced fruit sauces. These characteristics make it a perfect accompaniment to fruitcake or Christmas pudding.

Product Highlights

  • Coarse-filtered to retain natural enzymes and pollen
  • 100% Raw and unpasteurised
  • Cold-pressed to preserve nutritional integrity
  • Certified Organic by EU standards
  • Exceptionally thick with a 13.6% moisture level
  • Harvested at high altitude (900m+) in Rentina, Greece
  • Rich in oligosaccharides, supporting digestive health
  • Awarded the Quality Silver Award at the 2019 London Honey Quality Competition

Aroma

Fruity and spiced, evoking cold spiced fruit sauces.

Flavour

Deliciously rich and mineral treacle flavour with hints of cooked apples and plums. The aftertaste is brief with a slight sourness.

Colour

Very dark, nearly black, with a slight hint of purple.

Origin

Sourced from a forest on a mountain near a lake in Rentina, Greece. This honey is a honeydew variety, derived from the sap and resin of oak trees rather than flower nectar. Honeydew honeys are high in oligosaccharides, known for their prebiotic qualities that aid digestion.

Common Uses

  • Drizzled over fruitcake or Christmas pudding
  • Spread on toast or scones
  • Stirred into porridge or yoghurt
  • Used as a natural sweetener in teas
  • Incorporated into baking recipes for added depth

👤 Producer Story

Thomas, a passionate beekeeper in central Greece, works with his father Giorgios and sister Elena. They combine traditional methods with modern practices to ensure bee health and quality honey. The family produces Greek honeys like mountain oak, red fir, vanilla fir, wild thyme, pine, and orange.

🧊 How to store your honey

To preserve its natural potency, store the honey in a cool, dark place. Light and heat degrade the enzymes that contribute to antibacterial activity. Keeping it away from light and high temperatures helps maintain its flavour, texture, and active properties.

🍯 Why Raw Honey is Different from Processed Honey

Raw honey comes from the hive to the jar with minimal interference. Most supermarket honey is processed to look attractive—drained of pollen, heated, and blended. Raw honey varies from batch to batch because it’s not factory-processed or heated. It changes with season, climate, and bee forage. We update this fact sheet based on the current batch.

🌀 Crystallisation

Raw honey crystallises naturally (so we cannot accept returns on crystallised honey). We indicate on the site whether the honey is runny or crystallised, but this may change. If you want runny honey and it has crystallised, it's easy to return it to runny. Check our Runny Honey Guide or read more on crystallisation.

🏪 About Us

At The Raw Honey Shop, we believe honey should be RAW, unpasteurised, and 100% natural. Since 2008, we've introduced customers to pure, all-natural honey. Our catalogue includes over 30 raw and organic varieties. Thank you for visiting. We look forward to sharing a world of raw, pure, and truly wonderful honey—the way the bees intended it!

📸 Representative Photo Disclaimer

Product photo is representative. The colour and texture of raw honey may vary by season and crystallisation level. Please check the product title and description for accurate contents.

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Artisan Raw Certified Organic Greek Mountain Oak Honey – Intensely Rich, Fruity & Thick

This year's batch of Mountain Oak honey is exceptionally thick, with a moisture level of just 13.6%—the lowest we've ever recorded, even compared to our Vanilla Fir. This low moisture content results in a profoundly deep and intense flavour.

Summary

Thomas' raw organic Greek Mountain Oak honey offers a deliciously rich, mineral treacle flavour with hints of cooked apples and plums. The aftertaste lingers briefly with a slight sourness, while the aroma is fruity, reminiscent of cold spiced fruit sauces. These characteristics make it a perfect accompaniment to fruitcake or Christmas pudding.

Product Highlights

  • Coarse-filtered to retain natural enzymes and pollen
  • 100% Raw and unpasteurised
  • Cold-pressed to preserve nutritional integrity
  • Certified Organic by EU standards
  • Exceptionally thick with a 13.6% moisture level
  • Harvested at high altitude (900m+) in Rentina, Greece
  • Rich in oligosaccharides, supporting digestive health
  • Awarded the Quality Silver Award at the 2019 London Honey Quality Competition

Aroma

Fruity and spiced, evoking cold spiced fruit sauces.

Flavour

Deliciously rich and mineral treacle flavour with hints of cooked apples and plums. The aftertaste is brief with a slight sourness.

Colour

Very dark, nearly black, with a slight hint of purple.

Origin

Sourced from a forest on a mountain near a lake in Rentina, Greece. This honey is a honeydew variety, derived from the sap and resin of oak trees rather than flower nectar. Honeydew honeys are high in oligosaccharides, known for their prebiotic qualities that aid digestion.

Common Uses

  • Drizzled over fruitcake or Christmas pudding
  • Spread on toast or scones
  • Stirred into porridge or yoghurt
  • Used as a natural sweetener in teas
  • Incorporated into baking recipes for added depth

👤 Producer Story

Thomas, a passionate beekeeper in central Greece, works with his father Giorgios and sister Elena. They combine traditional methods with modern practices to ensure bee health and quality honey. The family produces Greek honeys like mountain oak, red fir, vanilla fir, wild thyme, pine, and orange.

🧊 How to store your honey

To preserve its natural potency, store the honey in a cool, dark place. Light and heat degrade the enzymes that contribute to antibacterial activity. Keeping it away from light and high temperatures helps maintain its flavour, texture, and active properties.

🍯 Why Raw Honey is Different from Processed Honey

Raw honey comes from the hive to the jar with minimal interference. Most supermarket honey is processed to look attractive—drained of pollen, heated, and blended. Raw honey varies from batch to batch because it’s not factory-processed or heated. It changes with season, climate, and bee forage. We update this fact sheet based on the current batch.

🌀 Crystallisation

Raw honey crystallises naturally (so we cannot accept returns on crystallised honey). We indicate on the site whether the honey is runny or crystallised, but this may change. If you want runny honey and it has crystallised, it's easy to return it to runny. Check our Runny Honey Guide or read more on crystallisation.

🏪 About Us

At The Raw Honey Shop, we believe honey should be RAW, unpasteurised, and 100% natural. Since 2008, we've introduced customers to pure, all-natural honey. Our catalogue includes over 30 raw and organic varieties. Thank you for visiting. We look forward to sharing a world of raw, pure, and truly wonderful honey—the way the bees intended it!

📸 Representative Photo Disclaimer

Product photo is representative. The colour and texture of raw honey may vary by season and crystallisation level. Please check the product title and description for accurate contents.

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What is the story behind Thomas and his family beekeeping operation?
The first thing you should know about Thomas is that he is very warm hearted and very passionate. Although his family have been beekeeping for many generations his story with us starts one day back in 2016. Thomas and his girlfriend Christina turned up at our warehouse in Brighton. At the time he was studying at the University of Brighton. He came with samples of his family’s Greek honey. This was fortuitous because I had been seeking Greek honey for some time but had not been able to meet any producers who met our standards. Anyway, we were blown away by the quality of the honeys, particularly the dark ones, like Oak. We learnt that the family beekeeping operation consisted of Thomas, his sister Elena, his Dad Giorgios and his aunt Ana. They were a small operation at the time but Thomas was ambitious and determined to grow the business. Since then, we have worked closely with Thomas and encouraged him to get organic certification and to focus on providing honeys, which are most popular with our customers, like Oak, Fir and Orange Blossom. Now his business has grown substantially, and he has gained a big place in the hearts of our customers – particularly following the floods in September 2023, which destroyed 300 of his hives. He has since recovered, thanks in part to donations from customers. His business goes from strength to strength.
2
What is the status of Thomas’ honey?
His honey is 100% raw, meaning it’s never heated or filtered beyond coarse filtering to remove any debris from the hive. processed. This ensures it retains all its natural enzymes, pollen, and beneficial properties. In addition, he recently gained organic status. This means regular inspections and analysis of the honey. His bees forage in unpolluted areas free from pesticides and synthetic chemicals. Also, there are other requirements, such as no sugar feeding.
3
What types of honey does Thomas produce?
Thomas produces several honeydew honeys (honeys from tree sap and aphid activity). There is mountain oak, red fir, pine and vanilla fir. Then there is Chestnut, which is a mixture of honeydew and blossom honey. He has a few blossom honeys such as orange blossom and thyme. In addition, Thomas is developing some new products for us, including a mountain honey with propolis.
4
Where does Thomas keep his hives?
Thomas has most of his hives in the mountains of central Thessaly, where his Oak, Red Fir and Mountain honey come from. In lower areas of Thessaly his bees create Thyme honey. These are all very remote and wild places. On the island of Evia, he has hives for Pine honey. Thomas’ Chestnut honey comes from Mount Athos, which is in the Macedonian region of northern Greece. Then in the Peloponnese in the south of Greece he has hives for Orange Blossom honey. Specifically the hives are in the organic orangeries of the Laconia country. On Mount Mainlo, also in the Peloponnese, his bees create the famous Vanilla Fir honey, which can only be found in Greece, nowhere else in the world.
5
What else should I know about Thomas’ honey?
This is very much a family operation. His family oversees everything, from hive management to extraction and packaging, ensuring top quality in every jar. At busy times he will work with other family members, such as his Uncle Stefanos, who helps him with the Red Fir hives. In recent years, the honey has won awards in the Great Taste Awards and London Honey Awards. For instance, his Chestnut that comes via the Monks of Mount Athos won Gold in the London Honey Awards.
6
Any recommendations for ways to use Thomas’ honey?
Thomas’ honeys are very thick and strongly antibacterial. His Oak and Chestnut are ideal for easing the discomfort of sore throats and coughs. If you have a sore throat take a tea spoonful of his Oak honey and tip your head back and let the honey coat your entire throat. Do not drink anything for 10 minutes, so that the honey has a chance to properly work on the inflammation. You will find it eases any discomfort.
7
Why are Thomas’ honeys so thick and antibacterial?
The Greek climate helps to reduce moisture in honey making them especially thick. This means the natural enzymes are more concentrated than in honeys that have higher moisture content. This may be the reason why Thomas’ honey generally has a higher Activity level than other honeys.

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