California sage honey
Salvia mellifera
A light, heavy-bodied honey from wild sages, chiefly black sage, which flower in the Californian scrub in spring.
- Origin
- USA – Southern California
- Colour
- 17 mm · extra white
- Taste
- mild, gently herbal
- Crystallization
- very slow
- Plant
- Salvia mellifera · sage →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Honey sold as “California white sage” comes mostly from black sage rather than white sage.
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