Greek Thyme and Wildflower Honey (16 oz jar)

by Monastiri

Product Features

• Our honeys are raw with all their naturally occurring enzymes, antioxidants and nutrients.
• Our honeys are collected by hand, using traditional methods.
• Our honeys ripen inside the beehives without any chemical additives.
• Our honeys are chemical and pesticide free.
• Our honeys are not blends ours come from bees that feed freely on distinct floral sources resulting in unique flavors, textures, aromas and colors.

Product Description

Following a 3000 year tradition, our beekeepers set their hives on the rocky, windswept hills of the Island of Crete. The result is a honey with a subtle thyme aroma and an intense floral aftertaste, perfect in teas, over yogurt, and on toast. Rich in enzymes that relieve inflammation. Storage and Handling - Our honey naturally crystallizes because it is minimally processed. Some honeys will crystallize faster than others. To return a honey to its liquid form, gently heat it by placing it in a double bowl with hot water beneath or you may slightly warm them in the microwave. Please be cautious not to overheat them. Do not refrigerate our honey. It should be stored away from sunlight and heat, preferably at room temperature around 75 degrees. Will vary from photo.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000KI7GTK
• UPC: 821522523088
• Country of Origin: Greece
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,423 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Winnie The Pooh's Honey, February 5, 2011

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A. Bartoli (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greek Thyme and Wildflower Honey (16 oz jar) (Misc.)

Winnie The Pooh was forever getting his head stuck in beehives and that sort of thing, and I imagine it must have been because the hives were filled with Greek Thyme Honey! Honey is incredibly varied in its flavors, and for those of you having grown up on Sue Bee Clover Honey, well you have had the blandest, most generic tasting honey ever made. Little wonder most people will opt for sugar packets over that sticky mess unless they are real health nuts.

In the rest of the world, honey is a fabulous flavorful treat which varies from fragile, waxy delicate flavors (like Acacia Honey) to the pungent leather and iron tang of African forest honey. When I was in Greece, I greatly enjoyed waking up in the lazy island sunlight with a strong cup of coffee and a simple breakfast of fresh yogurt and honey. There is simply no finer honey on earth that the wild thyme honey from the island of Naxos. Unfortunately, you are unlikely to find that unless you go there. The next best thing is ApiPharm's Greek Thyme & Wildflower honey, which comes from the Aegean Islands (where incidentally Naxos is located).

The flavor of this honey is wonderful. It is intensely concentrated and super sweet, while at the same time expressing a wonderful explosion of floral aromas and the minty herbal flavor of thyme on the tongue. The flavors and aromas are so complex, I guarantee you will have to taste this more than once to fully appreciate it!

It differs from the thyme honey found in Crete, which has the same sweetness, but lacks the concentrated balance of flavors and ultimately seems a bit bland by comparison. Monastiri honey of Crete is very close in its flavor, and it will give you 90% of the experience at half the price, so you might want to consider that as an alternative for the budget-conscious. The other thyme honeys of the world really are a bit overwhelmed by the terroir -- which is to say you taste more of the New Zealand origin that the thyme in New Zealand thyme honey for example. That's not at all the case for Greek Honey, where each variety is remarkably distinct from each other. If you are a bit of a honey aficionado, ApiPharm makes a six-jar gift set with a nice variety that is fun to try, each quite meorable in their own way. After you taste them, you start thinking of when you would use THIS honey or when you would use THAT honey, rather than honey in general; so it's a bit of a slippery slope as you may soon find that you need to have several jars of different honeys around for different purposes.

To avoid the confusion, perhaps it is best to simply start with the best, the Greek Thyme Honey, which may help you resist the urge to try the others...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Greek Honey, April 11, 2010

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Polestar "Northern Exposure Groupie" (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Greek Thyme and Wildflower Honey (16 oz jar) (Misc.)

This is an excellent honey. It has a stronger taste than domestic and it is a thick honey but both of those things are positives. The health benefits of Greek Honey are historical. It is expensive but worth it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite honeys, February 16, 2008

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Mohinder Sachdev "Mo" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greek Thyme and Wildflower Honey (16 oz jar) (Misc.)

Excellent addition to yogurt, tea, or desserts, this is one of my two or three favorite honeys. Sweet, potent, and exotic, a great thing to eat with a loved one.