Mediterranean heath honey
Erica multiflora
An autumn honey from Erica multiflora, a Mediterranean heath that flowers from September to November. It is very dark with a reddish tint, cloudy even when freshly extracted, and crystallises very quickly.
- Origin
- Calabria, Basilicata (Pollino), Marettimo island
- Colour
- 120 mm · dark amber
- Taste
- sour and distinctly bitter
- Crystallization
- very fast
- Plant
- Erica multiflora · heath →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Unlike the spring honey from tree heath, this heather honey is gathered in autumn.
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