Pefkothymaromelo Kritis
Thymbra capitata + medovice Marchalina hellenica na Pinus brutia a P. halepensis
PDOProtected designation of origin
A Cretan honey with a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO): a natural blend of thyme honey and pine honeydew. It is light amber.
- Origin
- Crete, Greece
- Colour
- 42 mm · extra light amber
- Taste
- mild, floral, hints of wood and resin
- Crystallization
- slow
- Plant
- Thymbra capitata + medovice Marchalina hellenica na Pinus brutia a P. halepensis · conehead thyme (Thymbra) →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
It arises because Crete's late-flowering thyme blooms just as the scale insect Marchalina hellenica produces honeydew on the pines.
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