Coffee blossom honey
Coffea arabica
A rare honey from the small white flowers of the coffee plant, which last only a day or two. It is pale with an amber tinge.
- Origin
- Brazil (Espírito Santo), Colombia (Tolima)
- Colour
- 34 mm · white
- Taste
- delicate, floral
- Plant
- Coffea arabica · coffee →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
It carries traces of caffeine from the nectar, about 12 mg per kilogram – a tiny amount.
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