Product description
Carob Honey
The Carob tree is probably the most emblematic tree of the Algarve.
It yields a dark honey with chocolate aroma. Its flavor provides notes of chocolate, remaining, at the end, a slightly bitter tone.
For this reason, there are those who use it in their diet as a chocolate substitute. As it is an appetizing honey, it is seldom used therapeutically.
Eucalyptus Honey
Very typical of the landscape of our country, this tree generates honey of different brown shades.
With an active aroma and a pleasant taste of menthol, it may have slight variations, depending on its region.
Therapeutically, it is widely recognized for its benefits regarding respiratory problems, used simple or along with a tea.
Wild Flowers Honey
It is the most common honey in the world and in our country as well.
From the flowers that bloom naturally throughout the country, it gives numerous distinct colors and flavors.
Naturally sweet, it is used in its pure stage and in pastry.
Forest Honey
Forest honey is essentially a honeydew from the trees and shrubs of the Portuguese Forests.
Chestnuts, oaks, pine trees and heather flowers are the main components of this type of honey.
It has a very dark color, an intense aroma and a strong, slightly woody, flavor.
It has many minerals and amino acids, along with top antibiotic properties.
It is very good for the digestive system.
Sunflower Honey
Sunflowers are the summer landscape in the Alentejo fields, where beekeepers take their bees to pollinate and collect the nectar of this flowers.
With a yellow color, it is commonly compared to the color of egg yolks.
It has a very creamy sweet taste, crystallizing quickly is much used for spreading on bread.
It is highly rich in vitamins and minerals.
Orange Blossom Honey
This honey is obtained from the nectar of the orange tree flowers of Algarve.
It has a light color and, by opening the jar, we can sense the aroma of the orange trees of this region.
With its very distinctive taste of citrus, it is thicker and quite sweet.
Therapeutically, it helps normalizing intestinal problems and the nervous system.
It is recommended for insomnia treatments and used in infusions. Recent studies have proven its effectiveness in reducing the alcohol effects.
Therapeutically it helps intestinal problems, the nervous system, insomnia treatments and reduce the alcohol eff ects.
Strawberry Tree Honey
Typical on the mountains of Alentejo and Algarve, it is a very specific honey due to its bitter taste, reminiscent of coffee. At the first taste it may appear sweet but it quickly reveals its complexity and bitterness, leaving a distinctive aftertaste.
With a fast crystallization, it has a dark brown co lour.
In therapy, it is used to cleanse the urinary tract and it is acknowledged as an anti-asthmatic.
Due to be harvest in the Winter, it’s a very rare and of difficult harvest honey.
Mountain Honey
This honey is harvested from the nectar of the flowering plants and shrubs which grow more than 600 meters high in the mountains of our country.
It can show various colors and flavors depending on the region where it is harvested, although it usually presents intense and strong flavors.
It is excellent for the respiratory track.
Wild Lavender Honey
The Wild Lavender plants grows wild throughout the interior of Portugal, making it the most peculiar honey of our country.
Its color reminds us of gold and it has a very floral aroma which is a characteristic of the Lavender plants. When we taste it we perceive it as being, probably, the world's sweetest honey!
It is widely used in cooking, in sweet and sour sauces, and added to fresh cheeses, natural yogurt or dried fruit, it originates pleasant and amazing desserts.
In traditional medicine it is used as an anticoagulant and an antispasmodic.
Thyme Honey
It is harvested in several areas of our coastline.
Thyme is a plant with a large percentage of thymol, which provides a very intense and aromatic sense, with a taste of menthol and mint.
It may present an assortment of brown shades, depending on the collecting area.
Due to its elevate content of thymol, this honey is quite therapeutic regarding its recognized antiseptic properties.
It’s a rare honey in the world because Thyme it’s a very sensitive plant, not being possible to harvest it every years.
Heather Honey
There are several types of heathers in the mountains of our country. These shrubs bloom in the north, during spring/summer, and in the south, in autumn/winter, making it possible to harvest this honey throughout these two periods.
It has a dark reddish color, getting brownish when crystallized.
It is a very aromatic honey, popping out flavors such as wood, spices and caramel.
With a sweet and strong taste, with notes of caramel, it can be slightly bitter bringing to mind coffee.
This honey is therapeutically beneficial to treat infections of the urinary tract and of the prostate gland.
Super honey Kids
It’s a selection of the sweetest honeys of Portugal that will make the delight of your children, being the best sugar substitute for their health.
In a special squeeze bottle with a non-drip lid, it’s easy for them to lay the honey directly in the bread, milk, yogurts, mouth…
Please be aware that children under the age of 12 months should not consume honey, as it may cause botulism (food poisoning). Until that age, the babies have immature intestines and the Clostridium botulinum spores, existing in honey, can cause intoxication of the intestine.
From 12 months old, already with the immune intestine, it is perfectly healthy and prudent to consume honey.
Spring Flowers Honey
A special selection of the nectar of the most delicate Spring Flowers that will seduce you and make you feel that Spring it’s around you all year long.
