Varieties of Honey ~ Here are Some Different Varieties
by Jen
I've been away for a while but I'm back with even more honey flavors to tell you about; One that I got from the store La Famille Mary in Paris was CARROT honey. When I saw it on the shelf I was too curious & just had to try it. Who knew there even was such a thing as carrot honey? But I assume those little carrot plants have flowers that need pollinating because carrot honey really does exist & it is quite interesting. It's very sweet & creamy, light in color (I would almost say golden orange) & has an aftertaste that reminds me of stewed carrots. I just eat it out of the jar. ;-) PARIS honey: I recently purchased this from a tiny little shop in the 14th arrondisement of Paris called Les Abeilles. The owner is also a beekeeper & sells beekeeping gear along with honey & other bee products. Anyway, there are quite a few hives in Paris. Some are in parks, others are on rooftops. It is a blend of honey from Paris & close suburbs. I told the owner I detected a bit of lime flower (tilleul in French) & he was so impressed & asked me if I was a beekeeper. I said no, that I just had several varieties of honey at home. Anyway, it was a very nice, light & creamy honey. I bought some in hopes that it will help deactivate some of my allergies, which seems to be working. I have a bit on toast most mornings. CHESTNUT honey: I know I've mentioned this one before but I got it from the same guy that sold me the Paris honey & it's a little bit different from the organic one I usually get & a little lighter tasting & more liquid. It's a dark, full-bodied honey. I haven't made up my mind about which one I prefer. I also got this one for my allergies as a lot of the parks in Paris are full of chestnut trees. I've been told that the chestnuts from the trees in the parks are not the same kind that we eat & are called "decorative chestnuts" and are actually pretty bitter. Only the squirrels would eat them. I'm not entirely sure this is true but it's what I was told by a friend who was told by her French husband. SAGE honey: I was really excited to try this one as I'd heard good things about sage honey but a little disappointed as I didn't think it had much taste at all. This was another French honey & very light in color & taste. I guess there was a really tiny aftertaste of sage but barely detectable. I had read that Californian sage honey was really amazing though. Maybe I'll have to pay my cousins in California a visit! MANDARINE ORANGE honey: This one was also from Les Abeilles & quite delightful. It was a rich, medium colored honey with a little bit of a fruity aftertaste. It's a very neutral honey. Probably good for teas as well as on toast. COFFEE honey: Yes, coffee honey! It had a little bit of a nutty, coffee taste. It was light in color & creamy. A bit too weird for my taste buds. I love coffee & am definitely a coffee fiend but this one was a bit strange in the sense that I'm not sure what it would be good on. I don't think it's the best for your morning toast (unless you dunk your toast in coffee then maybe it'd be okay) & putting it in tea might change the taste of the tea too much. I tried this one as a sampler in the store at La Famille Mary in Paris but didn't purchase it. MIMOSA honey: This one has a very strong, flowery perfume taste to it. It tasted a lot like the Tasmanian honey I got last year so now I know what the majority of flowers were in that. It does taste like what a mimosa flower smells like. Again, I'm not sure what this one would be good on as it was a bit overpowering for me but still very interesting at the same time. This is another one that I just sampled but didn't buy. My cupboard overfloweth with honey jars as it is! I also tried (& bought) two little mini-jars of honey that were touted as supporting the immune system had essential oils added to them. One was grapefruit oil & the other was spearmint oil. Both were very nice. I think the honey they used as a base was probably acacia. The taste of the essential oil remains on the tongue for quite a while. Both were very refreshing. Anyway, that has been my latest adventure in honey! Take care everyone & bon appetit! Jennifer Jen you amaze me! We absolutley love to read your articles. Thank you so much for this latest one. There are so many varieties of honey to taste and you have certainly tasted a few different varieties. If there are some of you who haven't yet read Jen's other articles you may like to check these out too.
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