Aloe honey

Honey from the winter flowers of Aloe davyana, which grows on the grassland plains of north-eastern South Africa. It is very pale, almost colourless, and its high glucose content makes it granulate quickly into a fine, creamy paste.

Origin

South Africa (Highveld, summer-rainfall region)

Colour

6 mm · water white

Taste

delicate, milky, not overly sweet

Crystallization

fast

Season

Plant

Aloe greatheadii var. davyana · aloe →

Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.

This aloe is the country's most important indigenous bee plant; in winter beekeepers move their hives to the so-called 'aloe fields'.