Frumushika steppe honey
různé: divoká stepní flóra Tarutynské stepi (mj. Tamarix ramosissima, Lathyrus pannonicus, Prunus tenella), s podílem medovice
GIGeographical indications outside the EU
A Ukrainian geographical-indication honey from the wild flora of the Tarutyne steppe in southern Bessarabia. It is brownish yellow with a greenish tinge and smells of white fruit, dry grass and wax.
- Origin
- Tarutyne steppe, Bessarabia (Odesa region), Ukraine
- Colour
- 60 mm · light amber
- Taste
- apple and pear, slightly tart, gently bitter finish
- Plant
- různé: divoká stepní flóra Tarutynské stepi (mj. Tamarix ramosissima, Lathyrus pannonicus, Prunus tenella), s podílem medovice · tamarisk →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Its pollen includes grains of steppe plants that are rare in Ukraine, such as the dwarf Russian almond (Prunus tenella).
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