- Packager: GloryBee, Inc., 110 North Seneca Road, Eugene, Oregon, USA 97402 1-800-456-7923 http://www.glorybee.com
- Nectar Origin: States of Washington and Oregon, USA
- Color: Water White or Extra White
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: I bought mine for $7.63/pound. The company's website sells this for $9.50/pound.
- Flavor: This has a pleasant flavor with a tangy finish. There is a hint of that flavor I associate with the inside of a blackberry -- that white piece on which the juicy seed pods clump. I will admit that you'll have hunt for that flavor.
- Packager: Puremiel, Poligono Industrial Cuatro Vientos 58 Bajo 11660 Prado del Rey Cadiz, Spain, Tel. 0034 956 724 525 http://www.puremiel.com/en/
- Nectar Origin: Spain
- Color: Water White.
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: About $20.70/pound.
- Flavor: This is a delightfully mild honey with few distinguishing flavor notes. I've finished half the jar and am at a loss for words to describe the flavor of this honey as being anything other than yummy. That said, I think I can say with some degree of certainty that it tastes similar to clover honey and has a bit of a fruity finish.
- Packager: Heavenly Organics Tel. (866) 923-2184 www.heavenlyorganics.com
- Nectar Origin: Central India
- Color: White.
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: Around $9.30/pound.
- Flavor: The label says it has a hint of licorice. Once that description is in your head it is hard to get it out and be objective. This honey is on the floral end of the spectrum and does have a little something about it that is kind of like licorice. It comes from the Indian Lilac tree, also known as Neem or Nimtree.
- Packager: Bee Chama Honey, 233 West Frontage Road, Polvadera, New Mexico 87828 USA www.beechamahoney.com
- Nectar Origin: Unknown. Presumably somewhere in the western United States.
- Color: Amber or Light Amber.
- US Grade: Not Listed.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: About $13.00/pound. (I bought a small bottle mislabeled as 12 ounces, it's probably about eight).
- Flavor: This honey is on the caramel end of the flavor spectrum. The following adjectives would not be too far off: warm, butterscotch, maple syrup, or toffee.
- Packager: Apicolutra Cazzola, distributed in the United States by Forever Cheese, Inc. 36-36 33rd Street, Suite 307, Long Island, New York (718) 777-0772 www.forevercheese.com
- Nectar Origin: Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Color: No color is listed on the label, but it looks water white to extra white.
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: $22.19/pound.
- Flavor: This honey has a chemical-like smell and flavor. It reminds me of the smell of new car tires. The aftertaste is bitter. The flavor of this honey is extraordinarily strong. I tried baking a loaf of bread with a teaspoon of this honey and was surprised that the flavor of the honey overpowered the taste of the bread.
- Packager: Manoa Honey Company, (808) 927-0501. www.manoahoney.com
- Nectar Origin: Hawaii.
- Color: Extra Light to Light Amber.
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: Unknown. This was a gift and the company's website did not have a price as of the date of this posting. Thanks for thinking of me, Geoffrey and Alessandra!
- Flavor: The first thing you always taste in a honey is sweetness. Your mind tells you it is honey. Of course there is color, texture and smell, but it is the lingering flavor notes that really differentiate one honey from another. This one has a strong nut-like flavor. There is a certain earthy flavor to it that produces a slightly bitter aftertaste.
- Packager: Langnese Honey, 22933 Bargteheide, Germany www.langnese-honig.de
- Nectar Origin: Unknown.
- Color: Unstated. Looks extra white.
- US Grade: A
- Filtration: Unfiltered.
- Price: $14.50/pound.
- Flavor: This is a nice, mild flavored honey with a hint of orange blossom at the finish.
- Packager: Apicolutra Cazzola, distributed in the United States by Forever Cheese, Inc. 36-36 33rd Street, Suite 307, Long Island, New York (718) 777-0772 www.forevercheese.com
- Nectar Origin: Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Color: No color given. It looks light amber.
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: $22.19/pound.
- Flavor: This has a strong floral taste. I was expecting something cherry or berry like, but didn't experience that. It tastes almost like perfume.
- Packager: Murray's Cheese 254 Bleecker St., New York City, New York 10014 and also in Grand Central Station, New York City, New York (the latter is where I picked up my jar) (888) 692-4339 www.murrayscheese.com
- Nectar Origin: Ithaca, New York, USA
- Color: No color listed. I would way it is light amber.
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: $15.98/pound.
- Flavor: Is this a honeydew made from sweet secretions left by locusts on apple trees or is this honey from apple tree and black locust tree blossoms? I searched the Internet and the packager's website for some hint about what floral source this honey might come from and have come up empty-handed. I suspect that this is a honeydew because the black locust tree is not indigenous to New York, the stated geographical source of this honey. The lid says this honey has dark notes of apple, vanilla and molasses. I don't detect any apple flavor, but I can accept the vanilla claim. There is a slightly bitter aftertaste, maybe that is what accounts for the molasses description. You will have to try to figure this one out yourself. It has a complex flavor that is not easily described.
- Packager: Bee Chama Honey, 233 West Frontage Road, Polvadera, New Mexico 87828 USA www.beechamahoney.com
- Nectar Origin: Unknown. Presumably somewhere in the western United States.
- Color: In my unscientific estimation the color is Extra White.
- US Grade: Not Listed - It claims to be extra virgin, just like the olive oil.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: About $13.00/pound. (I bought a small bottle mislabeled as 12 ounces, it's probably about eight).
- Flavor: This has a great honey flavor with a small hint of orange at the end.
- Packager: Clark's Honey Farm, P.O. Box 270193, Louisville, CO 80027 USA (866) 444-6639 www.clarkshoneyfarm.com
- Nectar Origin: Rock Mountain West, USA
- Color: No color given. To me this honey looks white or extra white.
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: About $5.25/pound.
- Flavor: The label says wildflower, but the packager's website indicates this is primarily alfalfa honey, so this must be what hay tastes like. When I think about hay and how it smells, I can taste a slight note of that in this honey. Maybe if I lived on a farm I would have more readily recognized it. Mostly the taste is assertive (it has a little bite to it), a bit spicy (like the complex flavors of spice cake) and floral. The floral taste reminds me of elderflower. Finally, a belated thanks to the Williams family for this present.
- Packager: The Big Island Bee Company, LLC 82-5780 Napoopoo Road #100, Captain Cook, HI 96704 (808) 328-1315. www.bigislandbees.com
- Nectar Origin: Hawaii.
- Color: No color given. My guess is Light Amber, although it looks much darker in the jar.
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: About $13.00/pound.
- Flavor: The label describes it as "sweet and nutty, with a soft, velvety texture." That is probably the nicest thing you can say about it. As you would expect, the first taste that hits your tongue is sweet. I can understand the nutty description, but what is missing is a description of the aftertaste which is a musty flavor. My first thought was urine, but I've never tasted that. If you are in Hawaii, I recommend picking up Kaiwe honey over this one. A big thanks to the Case family for this souvenir from their trip to Hawaii.
- Packager: Heavenly Organics Tel. (866) 923-2184 www.heavenlyorganics.com
- Nectar Origin: Kashmir, India
- Color: No color given. Water White to Extra White.
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: About $5.30/pound.
- Flavor: This is the runniest honey I've ever come across. It has an fruity and somewhat floral taste. The closest analogous flavor that we (I needed some help on this one) can think of is golden raisins. It also has a slight fermented fruit flavor.
- Packager: Cheri's Desert Harvest, 1840 East Winsett, Tucson, Arizona 85719 USA www.cherisdesertharvest.com 1-800-743-1141
- Nectar Origin: Southwestern United States.
- Color: My unscientific guess is Extra White.
- US Grade: Not Listed.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: $13.90/pound.
- Flavor: At first bite I think this honey has a buttery or butterscotch flavor, but then the aftertaste settles in and there is a definite, albeit subtle, mesquite flavor similar to the whiff of a distant mesquite barbecue.
- Packager: Bee Chama Honey, 233 West Frontage Road, Polvadera, New Mexico 87828 USA www.beechamahoney.com
- Nectar Origin: Unknown. Presumably somewhere in the western United States.
- Color: No color given, but in my unscientific estimation it looks White or Extra Light Amber to me.
- US Grade: Not Listed - It claims to be extra virgin, just like the olive oil.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: About $13.00/pound. (I bought a small bottle mislabeled as 12 ounces, it's probably about eight).
- Flavor: I think of this as a sweet and sour honey. At first the taste is sweet, but the finish is tart. The flavor is fairly complex. It has a hint of berry taste that reminds me of blueberry.
- Packager: The Big Island Bee Company, LLC 82-5780 Napoopoo Road #100, Captain Cook, HI 96704 (808) 328-1315. www.bigislandbees.com
- Nectar Origin: Hawaii.
- Color: No color given. This honey was crystallized. After warming it up it looks water white to extra white.
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: About $21.30/pound.
- Flavor: The texture of this honey is grainy. To me it had three distinguishable notes: (1) a general floral note, (2) a nutty taste that made me think of almond, and (3) another flavor note that I cannot describe that was a bit bitter and off-putting.
- Packager: Breitsamer + Ulrich GmbH & Co KG, Berger-Kreutz Strasse 28, D-81735 Munchen, Germany Tel. +49 89 45 05 62 0 www.breitsamer.de
- Nectar Origin: Unknown. Presumably Germany.
- Color: No color given. This is definitely Water White.
- US Grade: None.
- Filtration: Raw.
- Price: About $12.70/pound.
- Flavor: I admit this one has me stumped. To me there seem to be no undertones or aftertastes. This is simply the taste of pure, clean honey. My wife says she detects a small fruity aftertaste. Maybe so.
