2 x Hellenic Arbutus Honey by The Travelling Bee Company 227g

Collected from the arbutus plants of Mount Olympus, the ‘Home of The Gods’ in Thessaly, Greece.

Natural and unprocessed.

Awarded 2 stars at The Great Taste Awards 2022. So what did the judges say?

"A beautiful looking coppery toned honey with hints of deep caramel. Wafts of the hive and bee with vegetal overtones and a mere whiff of floral fragrance. Incredibly complex with notes of aniseed, licorice, rich caramel, roasted coffee, with burnt and bitter woody notes adding their astringency to a deeply sweet and characterful gift from nature. Compared to a fine whisky, playful on the palate. A truly complex and exciting honey that is an absolute flavour bomb."

Arbutus honey (also known as “strawberry tree honey” due to the fruit found on the plant) is a favourite in Greece. A rare honey due to the plant blossoming late in the year. It is famous for its unusual taste and boasts one of the highest antioxidant counts in the honey world.

The taste: Initially sweet with a hint of pine cutting through, followed by a surprising bitter aftertaste similar to ground coffee or dark chocolate. It is dark amber in colour, with a strong yet amiable aroma. This honey pairs well with almost all Mediterranean dishes and cheeses. This is one for the honey connoisseur’s collection!

About the Producer
Happy bees make the best honey! Here at the National award winning Travelling Bee Company, our mission is to supply you with the highest quality honey- and that's what we do. Our unique and completely natural honeys are all 100% raw, unprocessed and look and taste magnificent. Thanks to our loved and cared-for bees, we extract only the honey they can spare- a natural beekeeping practice that involves hand spinning the honey out of its comb. Filtering and pouring our honey into jars ,ensuring the natural beauty and taste our honeys are renowned for.

We source and produce our gorgeous natural, unprocessed honey from bee hives across the North East of England, Northumberland and by the shores of the Kyles of Bute, Argyll, Scotland.