Czech acacia honey

A very pale honey from the white flower clusters of black locust, which blooms in Czechia in May and June. It crystallises very slowly, so it stays liquid for a long time.

Origin

Czechia

Colour

14 mm · extra white

Taste

sweet, floral, freshly fruity

Crystallization

very slow

Season

May – June

Plant

Robinia pseudoacacia · robinia (false acacia) →

Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical of the variety, not a measurement of one jar. Where a source describes the colour only in words (such as ‘light amber’), we convert it to the middle of the matching band of the Pfund scale, so the figure is approximate. The season follows the sources or, failing that, the flowering time of the plant in that area.

Black locust comes from North America; it was first planted in Czech forests in the 1760s, but today it is classed as an invasive tree.