Green honey

[Erichalfbee]

In a pm.

 

[Murox]

Having said that maybe, but would it be blue?

not necessarily

 

[enrico]

Aye ok send me your address I’ll make it a 12 oz for the same price.

I said that once and ended up posting 2 oz jars all round the United Kingdom. My lime honey was green but not that green and it stayed perfectly clear. It really is fascinating!

 

[Jimmy]

you have to be careful - a lot of the time it's the colour of the glass rather than the honey. I remember years ago I had a pallet full of jars from Patteson's which was distinctly green. I won the commercial class at the Gower show that year and the judge (who was fairly local) sook me out to have a chat as he was fascinated 'by the green tinted honey' I hated to burst his bubble when I told him it was the glass

See ITLD's Post in this recent thread about a green hue in glassSelling honey from the hives in the UK

 

[Swarm]

I used to use 300ml round and they were always green tinted.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

See ITLD's Post in this recent thread about a green hue in glassSelling honey from the hives in the UK

cheers - saved me digging it out

 

[Erichalfbee]

I used to use 300ml round and they were always green tinted.

That green?

 

[victor meldrew]

No thanks. I wouldn’t bet on that being honey.
This is, though

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Looks like my wife’s lemon cheese .

 

[Swarm]

That green?

Enough to alter the true colour of the honey.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Enough to alter the true colour of the honey.

My jars are pretty green now you come to mention it. Just looked.

 

[Firefly]

No thanks. I wouldn’t bet on that being honey.
This is, though

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What does it taste & smell like? We bought a jar this year from your part of the world. It looks just like that but Mrs F refuses to touch it - she says it "smells like a farmyard". I've heard dandelion described as "smelly socks"

 

[Erichalfbee]

I've heard dandelion described as "smelly socks"

It does at first but mellows. I love the taste and so do some of my customers. It crystallises very quickly so I soft set it. That in itself seems to mute the aroma. I do have small 15lb bucket aside to sell as runny, along with the soft set ,at the Conwy honey fair. Ive never seen any sold there before so we will see.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I do have small 15lb bucket aside to sell as runny, along with the soft set ,at the Conwy honey fair. Ive never seen any sold there before so we will see.

after being sat in a bucket for a few months the 'aroma' will have gone, leaving just the fantastic flavour

 

[ericbeaumont]

Interesting summer honey

This is a possibility: Sacre bleu! French bees make colored honey ... after visiting M&M plant

 

[Firefly]

It does at first but mellows. I love the taste and so do some of my customers. It crystallises very quickly so I soft set it. That in itself seems to mute the aroma. I do have small 15lb bucket aside to sell as runny, along with the soft set ,at the Conwy honey fair. Ive never seen any sold there before so we will see.

Good tip - thank you. Like Sturmer Pippin, no good until after Xmas Soft set sounds like a good idea, the same jar is rock hard now

 

[ldwgs]

I think it’s lime some of it is very translucent and it tastes citrusy could also have phacelia nectar in it.
Last year we had lime honey but it wasn’t so green .

A few years back inspecting a hive in central London which had a few cell with light green honey in. It tasted very Limey and there were many lime trees in the area