Why is Tupelo Honey So Special?
What is tupelo honey? Where does it come from? What makes this honey so rare and special? In two words - "amazing flavor." Keep reading to learn more about this enchanting honey variety.
What is tupelo honey? Where does it come from? What makes this honey so rare and special? In two words - "amazing flavor." Keep reading to learn more about this enchanting honey variety.
The flavor of this honey is medium sweet and very mild. It has just a whisper of vanilla flavor. Due to a high fructose content, this special honey also resists sugaring, and should remain liquid for a long time (assuming you can resist not eating it all in a month or two).
Each spring, as warm breezes arrive in the citrus groves of Florida and California, the orange trees come into bloom. Busy bees collect the nectar from these fragrant flowers, which is then converted into delicious orange blossom honey.
A beehive is a wondrous society of order and precision. In the summertime, there are over 40,000 bees packed inside a few wooden boxes. How do they cooperate so well to make delicious honey?
We get this question a lot. After time, sugar crystals will often start to form a jar or bottle of raw (unpasteurized) honey. Why does it happen and what can you do about it?
From time to time, customers ask us if our honey is organic. As applied to food, "organic" generally means that the food was grown without any synthetic inputs, such as pesticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers and was also harvested or processed without any solvents, irradiation or dyes.