Kānuka honey
Kunzea ericoides
Honey from the white flowers of kānuka, a New Zealand relative of mānuka. It tends to be slightly paler and milder than mānuka honey.
- Origin
- New Zealand
- Colour
- 60 mm · light amber
- Taste
- delicate, sweet, buttery, toffee
- Plant
- Kunzea ericoides · kānuka →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Kānuka flowers after mānuka, which lets beekeepers keep the two crops apart.
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