Piquillín honey
Condalia microphylla
Honey from piquillín, a thorny shrub of the buckthorn family that grows in the Espinal scrublands of Argentina. It is among the darkest honeys of La Pampa province and stays liquid for a long time.
- Origin
- Argentina (La Pampa, southern Buenos Aires province)
- Colour
- 65 mm · light amber
- Taste
- intense, woody, caramel and liquorice
- Crystallization
- slow
- Plant
- Condalia microphylla · piquillín (Condalia) →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Together with caldén and algarrobo, piquillín is one of the main nectar trees and shrubs of the native woodlands of La Pampa.
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