Phacelia honey
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Honey from lacy phacelia, a plant sown as bee forage. Liquid it is almost colourless; once set it is whitish, sometimes with a golden tinge.
- Origin
- central and south-eastern Europe (Poland, Croatia)
- Colour
- 15 mm · extra white
- Taste
- delicate, floral, gently sweet
- Crystallization
- slow
- Plant
- Phacelia tanacetifolia · phacelia →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Laboratories recognise it by its high share of trans-linalool oxide among the aroma compounds.
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