Red quebracho honey
Schinopsis balansae
A single-flower honey from the red quebracho tree of the dry Chaco forests of northern Argentina. It is dark amber with reddish, sometimes greenish tints and stays liquid for a long time.
- Origin
- Argentina (Chaco, Formosa, Santiago del Estero)
- Colour
- 123 mm · dark amber
- Taste
- sweet, liquorice notes, slightly astringent
- Crystallization
- slow
- Plant
- Schinopsis balansae · quebracho →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
The name quebracho means ‘axe-breaker’: its timber is among the hardest in the world.
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