Aroeira honey
Myracrodruon urundeuva
Dark amber to brown honey from the aroeira-do-sertão tree of the dry forests of northern Minas Gerais. It is less sweet than most honeys.
- Origin
- Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Colour
- 120 mm · dark amber
- Taste
- intense, slightly bitter, cocoa, spicy
- Crystallization
- very slow
- Plant
- Myracrodruon urundeuva · aroeira →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Since 2022 it has held a Brazilian designation of origin (INPI) as ‘Mel de Aroeira do Norte de Minas’.
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