Shea honey
Vitellaria paradoxa
A dark honey from the flowers of the shea tree, which grows across the West African savannah. Its colour is a tobacco brown.
- Origin
- Togo (Kara region), West African savannah
- Colour
- 114 mm · amber
- Taste
- notes of chocolate and tobacco
- Plant
- Vitellaria paradoxa · shea tree →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Shea blossoms in the dry season, when the tree has shed its leaves; the same tree yields shea butter.
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