A tub of raw organic forest honey with a capacity of 5kg, labeled 'Raw Honey Forest' from the north of Spain.
    A tub of raw organic forest honey with a capacity of 5kg, labeled 'Raw Honey Forest' from the north of Spain.
A tub of raw organic forest honey with a capacity of 5kg, labeled 'Raw Honey Forest' from the north of Spain.

Luisa’s Raw Forest Honey – Rich, Dark & Full-Bodied

Luisa’s Raw Forest Honey starts with an aroma of sticky toffee pudding. On first taste, it has deep, full-bodied, slightly smoky, earthy tones, delivering a more savoury taste than many other honeys. The rich main flavour is reminiscent of pomegranate molasses, with strong mineral notes and a slightly dry, clean finish. The body is thick, sitting on the tongue before melting away.


Summary

This certified organic raw Forest honey is harvested in the Cantabrian Mountains and hills of Asturias, a lush, unspoilt region of northern Spain. Known for its rich, dark, and molasses-like flavour, this honey is naturally high in fructose, making it an immediate energy boost. Produced by Luisa and her family, it is a fine example of raw honey at its purest – coarse-filtered, unpasteurised, and enzyme-rich.


Product Highlights

  • Certified Organic
  • Raw, natural, and pure
  • Coarse-filtered & unpasteurised
  • Rich in natural enzymes
  • Naturally antibacterial
  • Harvested from remote forests in northern Spain
  • Dark, thick, full-bodied honey
  • High in natural fructose for lasting energy

👤 Producer Story

In Asturias, northern Spain, Luisa and her family run a raw honey business. Her children Olaya and Mario manage the bees, while her mother Jacoba and sister Ines assist with extraction and packing. Their bees forage in forests and on mountains, yielding dark organic honeys. They hold a Denominación de Origen certificate from the EU.


🧊 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 temps 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!


📸 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.

Please note we cannot accept returns on this honey due to its size. The tub has travelled all the way from Spain so small dents will often appear.  If your tub or tin arrives slightly damaged and leaking, we are happy to give you a partial refund on the amount of honey you feel has been lost. Unfortunately, we cannot replace whole tins or tubs unless more then 50% of the honey has been lost. We would then request you send us pictures so that we can assess the damage and agree the replacement.

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Raw Organic Forest Honey - 5kg Runny

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Luisa’s Raw Forest Honey – Rich, Dark & Full-Bodied

Luisa’s Raw Forest Honey starts with an aroma of sticky toffee pudding. On first taste, it has deep, full-bodied, slightly smoky, earthy tones, delivering a more savoury taste than many other honeys. The rich main flavour is reminiscent of pomegranate molasses, with strong mineral notes and a slightly dry, clean finish. The body is thick, sitting on the tongue before melting away.


Summary

This certified organic raw Forest honey is harvested in the Cantabrian Mountains and hills of Asturias, a lush, unspoilt region of northern Spain. Known for its rich, dark, and molasses-like flavour, this honey is naturally high in fructose, making it an immediate energy boost. Produced by Luisa and her family, it is a fine example of raw honey at its purest – coarse-filtered, unpasteurised, and enzyme-rich.


Product Highlights

  • Certified Organic
  • Raw, natural, and pure
  • Coarse-filtered & unpasteurised
  • Rich in natural enzymes
  • Naturally antibacterial
  • Harvested from remote forests in northern Spain
  • Dark, thick, full-bodied honey
  • High in natural fructose for lasting energy

👤 Producer Story

In Asturias, northern Spain, Luisa and her family run a raw honey business. Her children Olaya and Mario manage the bees, while her mother Jacoba and sister Ines assist with extraction and packing. Their bees forage in forests and on mountains, yielding dark organic honeys. They hold a Denominación de Origen certificate from the EU.


🧊 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 temps 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!


📸 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.

Please note we cannot accept returns on this honey due to its size. The tub has travelled all the way from Spain so small dents will often appear.  If your tub or tin arrives slightly damaged and leaking, we are happy to give you a partial refund on the amount of honey you feel has been lost. Unfortunately, we cannot replace whole tins or tubs unless more then 50% of the honey has been lost. We would then request you send us pictures so that we can assess the damage and agree the replacement.

1
What is the story behind Luisa and her family’s beekeeping operation?
Luisa has been a beekeeper for over 40 years. Going further back in time her parents and grandparents were also beekeepers. She runs a close knit family operation consisting of her daughter Olaya and son Mario, who are the beekeepers. Then her sister Ines and mother Jacoba (who is 88 and still working) help with packing the honey. Their company is based on the very distinctive honeys of Asturias and Leon, which tend to be dark and strong tasting.
2
What is the status of Luisa’s honey?
Asturias is a part of Spain where many people left the villages to go to the city in the 20th century. Therefore, it is a very wild and underpopulated region of Spain, on the north western coast of Spain. It is an ideal place for the organic honey production, which Luisa practices. Her honey is 100% raw – it is never heated or filtered beyond coarse filtering to remove any debris that remains from the hive. Therefore her honey has all the natural enzymes, pollen, and beneficial properties that make raw honey such a wonderful natural product. Being certified organic guarantees that Luisa’s beekeeping follows specific principles, such as no sugar feeding, the hives being made of natural materials, the hives being a specified distance from any non organic crops etc. There is monitoring by the organic certifier, which means inspectors can turn up without warning. Where you see where Luisa’s bees forage, on the mountain tops and in the forests that carpet the sides of the mountains you realise that this honey is super organic.
3
What types of honey does Luisa produce?
Her flagship honey is an organic Forest, which is dark and rich. On the mountain sides and tops there are both main types of heather honey. There is the heather from the genus Erica and there is the Ling heather, known as Calluna in Spain. This is a thixotropic honey, which has a jelly like consistency and is in high demand in western Europe and Japan. Then there is Chestnut honey and Eucalyptus honey. Luisa also has a range of creamed honeys, she creams Chestnut, Heather and Eucalyptus. This process gives the honey a smooth consistency, which is neither set or runny (and is still totally raw).
4
Where do Luisa’s honeys come from?
Luisa’s honeys mainly come from the region of Asturias, with some of her honey coming from the neighbouring region of Leon. These are wild mountainous forested regions. The heather varieties tend to come from the mountain tops, whilst the forest honeys come from the forests that carpet the mountain sides. In addition, the eucalyptus comes from the lower areas near to the coast of Asturias, where the air is moist and the climate milder, which perfectly suits the production of Eucalyptus honey.
5
Is there anything else I should know about Luisa’s honey?
Yes! Her honey has a Denominación de Origen (DO) certificate from the EU, which recognises its authenticity and quality as a unique product that has specific characteristics related to the soil and climate of Asturias. In addition, Luisa’s honey has won many awards. She exports some honey to Japan and there it was voted as Honey of the Year in the main honey competition there.
6
Any recommendations for ways to use Luisa’s honey?
As well as an aid when you have a cough or cold Luisa’s honey pairs very well with a Spanish cheese, such as Manchego. Pour a spoonful of her forest over a slice of Manchego cheese and see how the flavours set each other off!
7
Why are many of Luisa’s honey varieties darker than other raw honeys?
The bees forage on chestnut, oak and heather. These are honeys that are particularly high in minerals and antioxidants, especially Chestnut. The tannins (a kind of antioxidant) make the honey very dark and also give it a bit of a kick – you get a tickly feeling in the back of the throat when you swallow it.

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