Purple Honey is sold out. It will be Jul/Aug, if i have any. No need to message.
Purple Honey is sold out. It will be Jul/Aug, if i have any. No need to message.
Purple honey, the good stuff, is produced in the Sandhills of North Carolina. Many say, it's the only place in earth that this mystery of nature is found. While some may disagree, when challenged to produce purple honey, no one can seem to come up with the purple stuff that meets the three distinct criteria of the real purple honey. First off, true purple honey, that produced in the Sandhills, is fairly tangy. I have my ideas why that is, but we will save that for later. Secondly, it is very sweet. While raw honey is naturally 25% sweeter than granular cane sugar, this purple honey seems to be considerably sweeter. Lastly, but definitely not the least, the purple honey has a distinct fruity flavor. Something slightly familiar, but also something that you just cant put your finger on.
Ive tasted several versions of OTHER east coast purple honey, but none compare to that produced in the Sandhills.
A few other lesser known facts about the purple is that it is a bit thinner than normal honey. It doesnt have that thick slow to pour consistency.
Although regular honey has an indefinite shelflife, the purple stuff seems to begin to lose its color and flavor at about 4 to 6 months. The flavor transitions from the fruity base to a more licorice than a medicinal flavor. After that, it loses it's, I wanna savor this, character and develops a more of an, i wanna spit this out, flavor. The color transitions from a deep purple, to a browinsh, motor oil appearance.
Having grown up around bees and honey, i recall seeing individual cells of what was called Blue Honey, back in the day when i was a teen travelling to Moore County to help with the bees throughout the Spring and Summer. Today, it has taken on a life of it's own it seems and is mostly identified as Purple Honey.
I can't even begin to count the number of times ive heard someone say oh, thats kudzu honey.
Well folks, kudzu was an imported plant from Asia to help with erosion control, supposedly.
Well, to my limited knowledge, no one ever reported purple honey in Asia.
Many people believe that because the bloom of the kudzu is purple, that MUST be the source of the purple honey.
Unfortunately for that theory, there is NO kudzu within the flying distance for a honeybee, anywhere near where my purple honey was produced.
Another point to make is that even if there were kudzu in the area, it hadnt bloomed when my purple was produced. Muscadine grapes another favorite supposed source, were still green when my purple was produced.
There are only a few things that are likely sources, in my thoughts, and ill save that for later.
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