Lebanese oak honey
Quercus spp. + savý hmyz
A honeydew honey from Lebanese oaks, where bees collect the sweet secretions of sap-sucking insects. It is dark brown, viscous and crystallises little.
- Origin
- Lebanon (Mount Lebanon range)
- Colour
- 120 mm · dark amber
- Taste
- malty, resinous, slightly bitter
- Crystallization
- slow
- Plant
- Quercus spp. + savý hmyz · oak →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Known locally as 'black honey', it is one of the Lebanese favourites, yet its yields have been falling faster than any other.
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