Strawberry tree honey

Autumn honey from the blossom of the strawberry tree, a shrub of the Mediterranean maquis. Amber when liquid, hazel to brown with grey-green tones once crystallised.

Origin

Sardinia, rarely Tuscany

Colour

70 mm · light amber

Taste

strongly bitter, astringent, long finish

Crystallization

fast

Season

Plant

Arbutus unedo · strawberry tree →

Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.

The strawberry tree flowers in October and November, so the honey is made almost only in Sardinia; it sells for four to eight times the price of ordinary honeys.