Pohutukawa Blend – Four for $40

Description

Pohutukawa honey is collected from the flowers of the Pohutukawa tree – fondly known as the ‘New Zealand Christmas tree’, since they decorate themselves with masses of red flowers every summer before Christmas. It is a light colored honey with a delicate sweet taste. Some people say they can taste a faint salty hint in Pohutukawa honey from the coastal climate the trees grow in.

This particular batch of Pohutukawa honey came from a few apiaries situated on some of the islands of the Bay of Islands, Northland – a unique coastal setting that is hard to beat. This season’s batch has a bit of Kanuka honey in it, tinting the batch a slightly darker colour than is usual for Pohutukawa but it still has the beautiful Pohutukawa taste. Due to a different extraction method, this honey batch has tiny specks of wax in it (harmless to eat) … au naturel!

This honey was harvested between some fishing and diving and then brought back to the mainland on the boat. Produced by an affiliate beekeeper (although I helped harvest and pot it!) and brought to you by Don Buck Honey.