Honey From Different Flowers – How Do Flowers Affect Honey Flavor

Do different flowers make different honey? If you have ever noticed bottles of honey listed as wildflower, clover, or orange blossom, you may have asked this question. Of course, the answer is yes. Honey made from different flowers that the bees visited has varying properties. Here’s how it works. How Do Flowers Affect Honey? Honey has terroir, a term used more often by wine makers. It comes from the French term that means “taste of place.” Just like wine grapes take on certain flavors from the soil and climate in which they grow, honey can have a variety of flavors and even colors or aromas based on where it was made, the types of flowers used, the soil, and the climate. It may be obvious that honey made by bees collecting pollen from orange blossoms will taste different from honey that came from blackberries or even coffee blossoms. However, there […]

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