Czech buckwheat honey

A less common summer honey from flowering buckwheat. It is very dark to black, with a very strong aroma.

Origin

Czechia, smaller buckwheat fields

Colour

120 mm · dark amber

Taste

very strong, pronounced

Season

July – August

Plant

Fagopyrum esculentum · buckwheat →

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.

Blossom honeys are usually lighter than honeydew honeys; buckwheat honey is the main exception among Czech blossom honeys.