Raw and Organic Honey From A Small Scale Beekeeper

We slightly overstocked with gift sets for the Christmas Markets we have been doing over the last few weeks – so we have about 30 left over, which we’re now offering online. We also have a special offer on raw Heather and raw Orange Blossom honey – giving you 25% or more off. You can order these items by courier to get to you before Christmas. You really need to place your order by the 20th of December as we’re going away on the 21st. Whilst we will have someone to handle orders whilst we’re away we’re hoping that most of the orders will be made by the 20th so that it won’t be too busy for Chris.

Raw Honey Gift Basket of 3 honeys in kilner jars

Bread basket containing three 125 gram kilner jars of raw honey

The first gift set contain raw honeys like heather, lemon blossom and orange blossom in kilner jars.

There are 125 grams of honey in each jar. The jars are in a small bread basket wrapped around with raffia and a Christmas ribbon. Each set is £10.

Order Gift Basket of 3 organic honeys in 125 gram kilner jars

Two quarter kilo jars of raw organic honey

Two quarter kilo jars of raw organic honey in gift sets.

These gift sets contain two jars of raw organic honey. Typically the honeys will be of the varieties heather and thyme. Both honeys are high in antioxidants. Thyme honey contains a natural antiseptic that believe it or not is used in products like listerine! The jars are wrapped in a clear film with raffia and a gift tag. Each set is £8.

Order Gift Set of Two Organic Honeys

Two raw organic honeys in 125 gram kilner jars

Two small kilner jars of raw honey. One jar has organic walnuts in the honey.

These gift sets contain two raw organic honeys in kilner jars. Each kilner jar contains 125 grams of raw honey.  One jar contains nuts – organic walnuts. Nuts in honey are absolutely delicious and keep for a long time. The honeys are  typically from chestnut, rosemary, thyme and oak. The jars are wrapped in a clear film with raffia and a gift tag. Each set is £7.

Order gift set of two organic honeys in kilner jars – one jar has organic walnuts in the honey (delicious!)

DELIVERY IS £3 A SET (ALL SETS) OR £4.50 FOR TWO SETS. THREE OR MORE SETS ARE £7. For guaranteed delivery before Christmas you need to select the £7 delivery option irrespective of quantity. You will see the delivery options on the order form after you have clicked to order. If you want to combine your gift sets with an order of our other honeys in 1 kilo jars select the £9 delivery option.

For this week only (just to our best customers) we’re also offering sets of 4 kilos or more of raw heather and raw orange blossom at an extra 10% off – giving you a massive 25% discount (or even more for larger quantities). Choose either variety or a  combination of the two.

Ramon’s Heather honey is excellent. Very dark (almost black) and runny.

The Orange Blossom has a strong hint of orange in the after taste.

These two honeys are our top sellers.

To get this discount you have to enter the code XMAS on the order form – it’ll be clear where to put it when the order form comes up. The base cost is £10 a kilo.

Order Raw Heather Honey

Order Raw Orange Blossom Honey

Order by the 20th December for delivery before Christmas. Delivery is £9 an order irrespective of the quantity for the raw Heather and raw Orange Blossom offer. You can add gift sets to your order at no extra delivery cost.

Just writing this having visited Ramon. It was very good of Ramon to wait up for us as we arrived at midnight, having driven from just north of Madrid where we were delayed by some typical Spanish hospitality….just couldn’t get away from Antonio.  Ramon was expecting us about six in the evening, but he didn’t complain even though he had to get up at four the next morning to move some hives onto the lavender in a remote area about 100 miles from his home.

Ramon had put the rosemary in jars the day before we picked it up. We shared a glass of wine with him and Begonia, his lovely wife, who has incredibly clear skin. She puts it down to the rosemary honey face mask she puts on once a week, which she recommended to me.

Then we were on our way, in a dash to our house in the pyrenees for a night’s sleep (got there at 5am after spending hours talking to Ramon and Begonia), then the next day a dash to catch the ferry from Dieppe.

I must say this rosemary honey has a wonderful translucent appearance and it is at its peak now.

There’s a plethora of types of organic honey for sale in the supermarkets and health food stores. People buying this are clearly under the impression that organic=natural honey. However, this just isn’t the case. Most organic honey is processed honey. It’s been pasteurised – i.e boiled to something like 170F so that it’s quicker and easier to get into jars. This speeds up the production process – more jars filled per hour then more profit for the honey producer. Also, most organic honey has been ultra filtered. This is a process where honey is pushed through an extremely fine mesh. The process removes all debris and most of the pollen. It is the pollen that contains the anti oxidants, minerals and vitamins that are beneficial to health.

Wikipedia define unltrafiltration as follows: Ultrafiltered honey Honey processed by very fine filtration under high pressure to remove all extraneous solids and pollen grains. The process typically heats honey to 150-170 °F to more easily pass through the fine filter. Ultrafiltered honey is very clear and has a longer shelf life, because it crystallizes more slowly due to the high temperatures breaking down any sugar seed crystals, making it preferred by the supermarket trade. Ultrafiltration eliminates nutritionally valuable enzymes, such as diastase and invertase

Really the test of good honey is more about whether it’s raw. It is raw honey that still contains the enzymes and pollens that are beneficial for our health. If it’s organic as well great but the first check should be whether it’s raw.