OUR VARIETAL HONEYS     

TUPELO Honey (Florida Panhandle)

Our Tupelo Honey is gathered from the nectar of blooms of the white Tupelo Trees that grow along the riverbanks and in the swamps of the Florida panhandle. It is prized by many the world over, and unfortunately, it is available in limited quantities only due to its limited area of production.

Tupelo Honey is heavy bodied and is usually light golden amber with a greenish cast and has a mild, distinctive taste. Because of the high fructose content, Tupelo Honey is one of the sweetest honey varieties and it hardly ever granulates.

WILDFLOWER Honey (NJ +USA)

Our Wildflower Honey captures the nectar from a myriad of flowering trees, shrubs and flowers in New Jersey and across the USA.  Honey bees busily fly from flower to flower returning the nectar from a multitude of blossoms to their hive.  When all these nectars combine to create a full-bodied, hearty honey, it is best described as Wildflower.

Wildflower Honey has deep, rich flavor and is typically not as sweet as a Clover Honey. Many enjoy this heartiness and prefer to use Wildflower Honey as their table honey and in their cooking and baking.

ORANGE BLOSSOM Honey (Florida)

Our Orange Blossom Honey comes from a NJ beekeeper who keeps his bees in Florida during the winter months to pollinate the orange and citrus fruit crop every year.

Orange Blossom Honey is usually light in color, mild in flavor, delicate and with a fresh scent and light citrus taste.  Orange Blossom Honey is savored the world over on the table for everyday use, in teas and other drinks, in cakes and cookies, perfect when spread on toast, waffles, pancakes and other breakfast breads.  It also makes a delicious topping for yogurt, ice cream and fruit salads.  One of America's favorites!

BAMBOO Honey (NJ)

Bamboo honey comes from the "Japanese Bamboo" plant (also known as Knotweed, American Bamboo, Mexican Bamboo, donkey rhubard, fleece flower, etc.) which grows profusely in many damp areas of many states, along streams and rivers, and along interstate highways where water runs off and keeps the ground moist.  The plant is considered an invasive weed albeit its flowers are valued by beekeepers as an important source of nectar for honeybees, at a time of year (late August into September) when there is little else in bloom for honey bees to forage.

Our Bamboo Honey (so called by Northeastern US beekeepers) comes mostly from NJ with possibly some from across the Delaware River in Pennsylvania should the honeybees decide to forage that far.  It is a mono-floral honey, dark, and considered a mild-flavored version of Buckwheat Honey. It has many of the same properties and uses, but with a sweeter and more pleasant taste that many people prefer, without the molasses overtones.

EUCALYPTUS Honey (California & Australia)

Our Eucalyptus Honey brings the wilds of Australia to the US.  Eucalyptus trees are best known for the Koala Bears that eat their leaves, and flowers of this tree yield nectar that honey bees love to collect.  Our Eucalyptus Honey can be a mixture of both imported and California honey.  Eucalyptus honey comes from one of the larger plant families, containing over 500 distinct species and many hybrids.  As may be expected with such a diverse group of plants, eucalyptus honey varies greatly in color and flavor.

Eucalyptus Honey tends to be a stronger flavored honey, rich and distinctive, and is a full-bodied treasure that adds an extra dimension to recipes.  It tends to have a special herbal flavor carrying a hint of menthol.  As a tea lover, you will like it to liven up your morning or afternoon tea.

BUTTER BEAN Honey (NJ & DE)

Our Butterbean Honey comes from bees pollinating butterbeans (lima and other beans) in southern New Jersey and parts of northern Delaware.

Butterbean Honey has a very smooth and mild taste, and is not super sweet or super strong. It is an excellent sweetener for just about anything from that cup of tea, to a bowl of cereal, to sweet cakes and gooey treats. 

A perennial favorite among honey lovers and our best seller.

CRANBERRY BLOSSOM Honey (NJ)

We are able to offer (sometimes limited) quantities of lightly filtered New Jersey Cranberry Blossom Honey.  This is NOT honey to which cranberry flavor has been added rather, it is the result of bees gathering nectar while pollinating cranberry plants grown in cranberry bogs in southern NJ.

Our Cranberry Blossom Honey is always from New Jersey - albeit in your travels you may find cranberry honey from New England and the northern Mid-West.  Cranberry Blossom Honey is medium (sometimes reddish) amber in color and has a delicate cranberry aroma reflective of its floral source.

Smooth and yet slightly pungent and mildly tart with subtle floral hints, cranberry honey finishes with a lingering flavor aftertaste. It is a good table honey and pairs well with dark chocolate, apples, cornbread, pork, poultry, tangerines, walnuts, chamomile teas and is also used in place of sugar in fruit preserves.

BLUEBERRY BLOSSOM Honey (NJ)

We are able to offer (sometimes limited) quantities of lightly filtered New Jersey Blueberry Blossom Honey.  This is NOT honey to which Blueberry flavor has been added rather, it is the result of bees gathering nectar from flowering blueberry plants.  Our honey is always from New Jersey made by bees from nectar they collect while pollinating the tiny white flowers of the blueberry bush in southern New Jersey blueberry fields in late spring.

Blueberry honey is typically light amber in color, has a pleasant, full, well-rounded flavor, a slight spicy tang, and a blueberry aftertaste that lingers on.  A good table honey that is not too sweet and is also very popular among tea drinkers.

BUCKWHEAT Honey (NJ & Mid-West)

Buckwheat Honey is dark, full-bodied, rich in iron and anti-oxidants - key reasons why it's popular with honey lovers and health conscious consumers. Buckwheat honey has been found to contain more antioxidant compounds than many lighter honeys, tends to be higher in mineral content on average as compared to lighter honeys  and is perhaps the strongest and darkest of honey varieties.  Buckwheat honey is stout and complex and can be compared to sorghum or molasses. Hints of mossy earth, and a not-so-sweet composition and spiciness combine to develop a malty flavor with a pronounced strong aftertaste.

Buckwheat honey pairs well with any strong cheese (e.g. blue cheeses), over spicy chili, mixed with butter and cornbread, oatmeal, or anything maple syrup would be used on. Buckwheat honey is also good in traditional recipes fort hearty breads or honey cake, and is excellent in barbecue sauce.

CLOVER Honey (USA)

Clover honey is the best known varietal honey and has the highest annual production in the USA.  From the limited production in New Jersey and the East Coast to the wide open sweet clover fields of the Dakotas, Montana and Idaho, honey bees diligently produce millions of pounds of wonderful tasting, light, golden Clover Honey during the late spring and the warm summer months. We strongly believe in supporting local production, and so our clover honey is typically a 50:50 New Jersey, East Coast to western USA mix.

Clover honey is sweet, light honey with possibly just a hint of cinnamon undertones. It is a great table honey, goes well with just about anything that can use sugar.  Drizzle it on your cereal and yogurt you will be in for a pleasant surprise!

PALMETTO BLOSSOM Honey (Florida)

Our Palmetto Blossom Honey comes from the small, shrubby Saw Palmetto flowering palm found mostly in Florida The palm produces fruit once a year. The fruit is handpicked, dried into a powder, then converted into a liquid for encapsulation and sold mostly in health food stores. Honey bees pollinate the saw palmetto blossom as they visit each flower to collect the golden nectar which they turn into glorious, gourmet honey - rarely seen outside Florida.

The color of Saw Palmetto Honey ranges from medium to dark. It is a full-bodied honey, with citrusy, smoky, and woody overtones. The honey makes a great compliment to cooked or cured meats such as Ham, Prosciutto, Turkey and Sausage and used a glaze when baking. It also goes well served with hard cheeses, on citrus for breakfast, with sharp black teas, and in fresh lemonades. Its distinctive taste will have guests asking for your secret recipe!

WILD RASPBERRY BLOSSOM Honey (Maine)

Pure and delectable honey produced from a single flower: wild raspberries in Maine.

Our Wild Raspberry honey is medium yellow in color, light and floral in taste, mellow and smooth, with a unique and ever so light raspberry  and cocoa/chocolate (yes!) finish.  Pairs well with champagne, chocolate, peaches, pears, sour cream, sugar and vanilla.  Great in herbal teas, ice cream, yogurts, on cereals, pancakes and fruit.

USDA Certified ORGANIC TROPICAL WILDFLOWER Honey (Brazil)

We do not know of any land areas within the US that are free from the effects of pesticides or other chemicals and where bees thrive and produce substantial quantities of honey. For honey to be labeled as USDA Certified Organic, very strict US agency regulations must be met. And so, we are pleased to have located and are able to provide organic honey produced in the remote regions of Brazil by Pennsylvania's Dutch Gold company.  Here the honey bees are healthy, free from any medications, and the flowers and blossoms are free from any chemical or pesticide applications.  Our Organic Honey is a very full-flavored, rich honey that tends to be darker in appearance and produced from the nectar of many flower varieties.

Our supplier has provided us with the following:

• Organic honey must come from organic bees.  Bees and hives that have not been medicated in any way.  Hive equipment that has had prior non-organic use is forbidden to become organic.  Organic honey must be produced from naturally foraging bee colonies that are located at least 2 miles (straight-line flight) from any source that could cause the honey to contain pesticides or herbicides.  Within this 2 mile radius no pesticides or herbicides may be used, and must not have had any chemical application in the previous 3 years.  Feeding of bees is prohibited.  If feeding is necessary to prevent starvation, the honey produced is not organic.
• Hives need to have all of their parts (supers, queen excluders, etc.) numbered to prevent accidental use in non-organic hives.  All hive parts must be made of wood.  Comb foundations must be made from organic beeswax.
• The extraction facility must be certified organic.
• All organic honey must be certified by an approved organic certifying agency.  The USDA's NOP program (National Organic Program) certifies the agencies.  Our supplier, Dutch Gold, is certified by the Pennsylvania Certified Organic agency who inspects their facilities on behalf of the USDA. Dutch Gold only accepts honey from areas that are certified organic by an NOP approved certifier.  The certifier must have physically visited the organic producing area.
• Prior to final packaging, all organic honey is stored in a segregated area to prevent co-mingling organic and non-organic product.
• Organic honey is only processed after all equipment has been completely flushed with hot water and PCO approved chemicals. The system is flushed with fresh water.  All equipment is completely clean and emptied of all prior honey.