Genuine Tasmanian Learherwood Honey By The Tasmanian Honey Company (4.4 Lbs/2kg)

Description

The Tasmanian Honey Company began in 1978 as the concept of Julian Wolfhagen, a beekeeper with a profound passion for Tasmania, its wild forests and the honey that they produce. Today they employ more than a dozen staff and export pure, beautifully packaged honey. Thier success has largely been built on a passion for, and a commitment to the production of wild and uncompromised leatherwood honey, which they like to think of as the distillate of the wilderness. Julian was involved with bees as a child, however a re-acquaintance with bees and honey via a bottle of mead shared around the fire on a cold winters night, planted an inspirational ÒseedÓ that was to grow into what is now the Tasmanian Honey Company.
Connoisseurs of fine food continue to recognize Leatherwood Honey as one of the finest and rarest honey in the world. It is known for its unusual flavor and its complex lingering palate. It has a very unique aroma, some describe it as a spicy type of smell and it would be absolute heaven on toast or in some teas. The healthy vitality contained in this truly natural food, produced as it is from the wilderness forests where no form of pollution exists. The nectar yield of Leatherwood trees is correlated to the age of the tree. Young Leatherwood trees are a poor nectar source. Leatherwood honey is produced by bees from the nectar of the leatherwood Eucryphia lucida flower of trees are those that 175 to 210 years old. Leatherwood is the single most important nectar plant in Tasmania. Leatherwood honey is slightly liquid with uniform crystallization, a smooth creamy texture and an ochre-yellow color. The perfume is intense with notes of balsamic scents, which develops quickly into clean fresh notes of citrus fruits and white flowers. The flavor is clean and fresh, very balsamic, with lightly spicy notes in its long finish. Overall, the sensation of eating this honey is very pleasurable: it is creamy, buttery, low in acidity and melts in the mouth.