Czech sunflower honey

A summer honey from sunflower fields. It is bright yellow and quickly sets firm, with very fine crystals.

Origin

Czechia, mainly South Moravia

Colour

52 mm · light amber

Taste

moderately sweet, distinctly tangy, fruity

Crystallization

fast

Season

July – August

Plant

Helianthus annuus · sunflower →

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.

Sunflowers are grown on only about 16,000 hectares in Czechia, mostly in the warmest areas where rapeseed is a risky crop.