Linden honey

Pale yellow honey with a greenish tinge from lime-tree blossoms. It often contains honeydew from the leaves, so the colour varies.

Origin

Central and Eastern Europe

Colour

35 mm · extra light amber

Taste

fresh, minty, with a slightly bitter finish

Crystallization

medium

Season

Plant

Tilia cordata, T. platyphyllos · lime (linden) →

Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.

The linden is the national tree of Czechia, Slovakia and Slovenia, and one of Europe’s most important honey trees.