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Heather honey

Heather honey is a honey with intense and persistent aromas, which brings back memories of summer and autumn. Oranic heather honey is also called manure, brecina or calluna honey. The term heather is used to call two similar species, the Erica and the Calluna. The name Erica comes from the Greek term "ereiken" which means to break and that is given to heather by the fragility of its branches and because it is used as a remedy to dissolve gallstones. Calluna also comes from the Greek and its meaning is to sweep, clean, beautify since the heather has been used since ancient times to make brooms. Within the genus Erica there are many species of heathers in Spain. Depending on the species of heather and the other nectars that compose the heather honey we will have different colors of organic heather honey and making it more or less smooth and with a different degree of bitterness. Heather honey color is dark brown , with an 8.5 value on the Pfund scale. Heather honey aroma is intense and persistent, with notes of hummus, autumn, mushrooms and burned wood. Organic heather honey taste has a delicate flavor with a bitter point and in some cases with salty notes. Heather honey crystallizes at variable speed in thin and compact crystals. For a honey to be considered heather honey, it must contain at least 45% heather pollen within its pollen spectrum.

Heather honey

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€12.49

Artisan heather honey Muria

Artisan heather honey by Muria. Buy artisan heather honey manufactured from beehives located in north Castilla and Cataluña northwest. Strong flavor with flower and autum notes. Very persistant. Dark amber color.

€12.49
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