Where to Buy Honey, Any Ideas?I love to try different brands of honey that are available here (Singapore) in the supermarkets, pharmaceutical shops and honey specialty shops, and get my hands on local honey whenever I can while abroad. At any one time, I can have more than 10 bottles of honey stored in my kitchen. The best is of course to be able to buy fresh raw honey directly from credible bee farms. Here, Australian and New Zealand honey e.g Waitemata Honey is more common and its quality, relatively easy to trust. New Zealand’s Active Manuka Honey is a big hit with my family, but I always “warn” others before they buy – it’s costly and for some people, it tastes like medicine (it’s actually known as Medihoney in some pharmacies!). It takes an acquired taste to love it. I am fond of exploring the unique honey varieties from the States, but unfortunately, they are almost non-existent in the small shops here. Honey from China is not unappealing to me, but I must say after so many fraud cases related to foods from China, I am pretty wary of it. Many visitors from different countries ask where to buy honey that's raw or of good quality. I find it hard to make a recommendation as different countries produce different different floral varieties of honey and taste preferences can be very subjective; some like honey strong, others like it mild. Moreover, many types of honey sold here are not available in other parts of the world. Experience tells that honey is aplenty everywhere, but good quality honey can be rare. In my search on where to buy honey that's raw, I have found some nice raw honey online, such as the Really Raw Honey from the States.
When you take away the plastic cover and sniff the honey, you can immediately recognise the sweet fragrance from the flowers. As it's in cream form, it's less messy than liquid honey but to mix it well with water quickly, some warm water (not hot!) does help. And the taste? Delightfully pleasant, sweet, and a very subtle tinge of lemon taste. I am impressed. The floral aroma is so good (intense but definitely not overpowering) that I almost feel like I have real wild flowers in the mouth. Despite all the good things mentioned about the dark brown specks, I am still not keen to eat it. Perhaps at the back of my mind, I am still picturing bits of
bees'
legs, wings, body parts and other impurities...My younger daughter also frowns upon the brown bits whenever I mix the honey with water, complaining it's "dirt"! Filtering away the particles before giving it to her to drink is necessary. And this reinforces my belief why most commercial honey is processed and filtered for its sparkling clean appearance -- so that it would be perceived by consumers as
"good quality honey".
Nevertheless I am so glad that all the particles you can find in the honey are on the utmost top layer, which can actually be first removed and mixed with water. Then you can do a quick filter to remove the particles before drinking the honey water. The rest of the honey in the jar is clean and needs no draining.
The price? It’s not the cheapest honey around, but I think it’s value for money – one of the tastiest raw honey I have ever known! And if you're looking for some natural home remedy, this will be appealing - it's very smart supplier abandoned superiority claims and presented a factual-sounding line on the bottle "it's no secret, unprocessed honey, straight from the hive has been used worldwide for millennia to improve digestion, soothe sore throats, coughs, promote healing of burns, wounds, rashes, prevent tooth decay, and provide energy." Check it out: Really Raw Honey 1 Pound - Pesticide Free, Totally Unheated Honey
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Really Raw Honey sold in Amazon has a striking, memorable name which would not be forgotten easily. It has no fancy bottle label, just almost too plain blue and red text against all white background. I like the glass bottle, a much better
