Manuka Honey

• Packager:           Harrod's  http://www.harrods.com

• Nectar Origin:   New Zealand
• Color:                My guess is Light Amber or Amber.
• US Grade:         None.
• Filtration:           Raw.
• Price:                 Like the other Manuka honeys featured on this blog, I was given this as a gift (thanks, Brad Nilsen).  This honey is available from Harrod's on the Internet for about $38.00/pound. 
• Background:               Manuka honey comes from the tea tree in New Zealand.  Medicinal claims are made about this honey, which has led to a grading system: 0-5 means unique Manuka factors are not present; 6-9 means low levels; 10-15 are useful levels; and 16 and up are high levels.
• Flavor:   This Manuka honey has the glimmering, gold-speckled honey I've come to anticipate from Manuka honey.  I was also expecting a mouthful of medicine-like flavor.  Instead, this was more like brown sugar or burnt sugar with that special bitter flavor that makes Manuka honey what it is.  Some have described it as pepper or ginger.  Perhaps.