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> Through their work, they’ve set standards for select honeys like the country’s famous Chestnut honey—a rare, bittersweet and intensely aromatic honey made by
by rob74 5y ago
> Through their work, they’ve set standards for select honeys like the country’s famous Chestnut honey—a rare, bittersweet and intensely aromatic honey made by bees that harvest nectar of the flower of the chestnut tree
Er, I'm by no means an expert (though I do eat a lot of honey), but this sounds suspiciously like honeydew honey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey#Honeydew_honey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey#Honeydew_honey), which is actually made not from nectar, but from (to quote the Wikipedia article) "honeydew, the sweet secretions of aphids or other plant-sap-sucking insects", and is indeed "bittersweet and intensely aromatic", but not all that rare...
- mytailorisrich 5y agoThis is chestnut honey and takes a lot of flavours from there like all honeys made from a specific plant or specific blend. It's by no means unique. For instance there is chestnut honey from around the centre of France where there are chestnut forests. Anyway, for me the best honey is lavender honey.
- throw_away 5y agoFor some reason the idea of aphid honey gives me a "eww bugs" reaction, but then I think, "oh yeah, bees".
- Barrera 5y agoOne insect secretion or another, it's basically the same thing.
- martopix 5y agoChestnut honey is not at all rare in countries with many chestnut trees, like around the Alps. In my hometown in southern europe you find it easily in supermarkets, and it's indeed bittersweet, aromatic, and dark brown.
- dljsjr 5y agoMonoculture honey does often take on unique flavors and characteristics based on the source of the nectar. This doesn't seem odd to me at all. For a North American example, Tupelo Honey is a good example of a monoculture honey with a very unique flavor profile.
- treeman79 5y agohttps://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/french-bees-making-colored-honey-article-1.1175991 https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/french-bees-making-co... Like M&M honey