Organic Millefiori Honey by La Ginestra 500g
Brand: La Ginestra
Mille fiori in Italian means 'thousand flowers' and
the bees that made this honey pollinated in a region where there
were many varieties of flowers giving its complex floral taste.
Mille fiori is also often called wildflower honey. This is one of
the better known and loved table honeys and also in some ways the
rarest: made of nectars from flowers in a particular place at a
particular time, it is essentially impossible to reproduce its
unique colour, aroma and flavours from year to year. This is the
perfect honey for every use; dark, thick, crystallised with a rich
sweet finish. It is a high energy food, perfect spread on buttered
toast for breakfast and delicious with cheese. Our producer - La
Ginestra Our honey comes from a Cooperative in Tuscany called La
Ginestra, founded in 1978 by a group of young people who wanted to
preserve and renew the traditions of the Tuscan countryside.
Established on a farm that had been abandoned for decades, it took
the name form the beautiful yellow bushes of wild broom that at
that time filled the uncultivated fields. Since 1989 the farm has
been organic, using eco-compatible methods of production in
accordance with EC regulations. Beekeeping is one of the farms main
spheres of activity, producing 6 varieties of single flower honey
from the uncontaminated pastures and woodlands of Tuscany: Acacia,
Chestnut, Wildflower, Forest flower, Eucalyptus and Heather. The
honey is produced with the organic agriculture methods that prevent
the use of any synthetic products or chemicals to treat and care
for the bees, plastic has also been abolished with the bees only
coming into contact with wood, metal and wax. The beehives are kept
in wooded areas far away from urban and intensively farmed areas.
After the extraction of the honeycombs they filter and separate to
eliminate impurities and air that can sometimes remain. The honey
is then packed in a liquid state (after a little heating under 40
degrees if it is too dense or cold).
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Price:
13.90
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