Raw Arbutus "Bitter" Honey (Wild About Honey) 500g

Product Description

Arbutus Unedo "bitter honey",  is a very rare powerful raw honey. It comes from only three places, southern Portugal, Sardinia & Greece. it has a truly unusual bitter/sweet complex multi layered taste & is not for the unadventurous!

Arbutus honey contains homogentisic acid, a powerful phenolic acid. The antioxidant & antibacterial qualities of this honey are truly exceptional & it is one of the most antioxidant as well as antibacterial honeys in the world. Studies we have seen suggest that this is possibly the most antioxidant rich honey available.

Arbutus honey is extremely rare & made in limited quantities & not necessarily every year, we source our Arbutus honey from 4 different sources each of which are quite distinct in character. So the Arbutus honey you buy will vary in flavour & texture over time depending on which source it came from. Some are very bitter & some are sweeter with a small percentage of Portuguese heather or Eucalyptus. They are all wonderful & beneficial. Arbutus honey is typically very expensive, but we try to bring it to you at a reasonable price so it remains accessible & not exclusive or prohibitive like active Manuka honey.

The Arbutus Unedo tree flowers in the winter in Portugal & covers the hillsides of the pristine Algarve region where beekeeping has been sustainably practised by master artisan beekeepers for over 1000 years.