Scottish Heather Honey by Edinburgh Honey Co. 1kg

Scottish Heather Honey - classic taste of Scotland. This Scottish Heather Honey comes from our own apiary at the Gleneagles Hotel, Falkland Estate and at the Borders. It is rich in taste and very aromatic.

Specific characteristic: very high thixotropy - meaning it turns into gel, when at rest.
Heather honey has an unusual texture, due to its thixotropic characteristic, being a jelly until stirred, when it becomes a syrup like other honey, and turning again to a jelly.

Both heather (Calluna vulgaris) and manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) honeys are described as thixotropic. This means that they are gel-like (extremely viscous) when standing still, but they can turn liquid when agitated or stirred.

The viscosity of heather honey is so high that makes the extraction of the honey from the comb very difficult. That's why, this honey is extracted by pressure (instead of centrifugation), which destroys the combs.

Heather Honey is very strong in flavour hence should be used with caution. It goes very well with oranges in marmalade or in cakes.

About the Producer
We are Marta and Andy, and we are beekeepers form Edinburgh. We specialise in rare, high quality, raw honey, which we source from our own apiaries both in Scotland and Poland. Our beekeeping tradition has started with our grandfather Stan over 60 years ago back in Poland.

We are an independent, family-owned company with 60 years of beekeeping traditions. All of our honey is being sourced in the sustainable and responsible way, both from our own apiaries in Scotland and our families in Poland. We specialize in honey that is hand-packed with recycled materials only and it is 100% plastic free.