Raw Greek Artisan Spring Pine - 500g

The background: This is a one-off - a rare Pine honey that we may never get again. I discovered this on a trip to Greece this Spring. I knew it was good as soon as I tasted it and I immediately entered a sample for the London Honey Awards. It won Gold. We were lucky to secure this batch and once it is gone it is gone.

Greek Artisan Spring Pine Honey -This is an unusual and rare Pine honey, that has the best flavour I have ever tasted in a Pine honey. Unusually this one was produced in the Spring, which rarely happens because of the weather conditions. 

Where does the honey come from?: This variety of Greek pine honey comes from the island of Thasos, the best place in Greece for Pine honey. Our opinion is that this is the best of the best.

Who produces this honey?: We have Asterios to thank for this. He is one of the most genuine people you could ever meet. His aim is always to present to us the highest quality honey possible. He is lucky enough to have an amazing network of fellow artisan Greek beekeepers. He introduced us to two such beekeepers, Triantafyllos and his Dad Grigoris whose bees produce this Pine honey. Their beekeeping is an art and they produce amazing honey from happy bees.

What about the tree the honey comes from?: The Calabrian pine tree is part of the conifer family, a resinous evergreen that can grow up to 80 metres in height. They generally live between 100 and 1000 years, sometimes even longer, the oldest one to date was found to be 4900 years old!

Common Uses: Pine honey is particularly good to use in Greek yoghurts, breads and ice cream, but perhaps best is to simply enjoy this delicious prized honey on its own.

Greek pine honey facts: Honey from pine trees has unique attributes - the bees love to feed on the liquid the aphids leave after they burrow into the bark drinking the sweet tree sap.

You can see a video of Asterios explaining about this rare honey here.