Mānuka 515+ honey by Finders & Keepers made in Windwhistle, Aotearoa
Regular price $100.00
A native monofloral honey collected from areas abundant with flowering mānuka — yielding a higher concentration of the naturally occurring compound (Methylglyoxal) to which it owes its coveted properties and taste.
MGO: 515+ (UMF 15+)
Harvest 2022
250g, 100% raw mānuka honey
Thyme, caramel, cinnamon, fresh pine sap.
Earthy, nutty, spicy — a unique, robust honey with a lingering finish.
Their honey is a celebration of the season, flora, and nuances of the bees’ forage. Each harvest brings its own unique flavour profile and characteristics to the honey as the result of a number of environmental factors; the date of the last winter frost, the amount of spring sunshine nourishing the warming earth, the humidity of the summer months and intensity of its heat.
For these reasons, you can expect to see variation in the colour, taste, and texture of honey from one year to the next. Instead of blending, pasteurising, or refining the honey in any way, they choose to revere these properties that make raw honey so unique.
This wild substance has captivated and been used (for many purposes) by ancient civilisations throughout history — now finding its way to the pantry of the modern home.
Honey, with its sweetness and complexity, has a way of standing on its own as the hero on a plate; or used as a condiment to compliment, contrast, add depth, or balance flavours in cooking or cheese pairings.
Being a small producer means they are able to tend to each hive individually, moving the bees to wild environments when they're delivering the most interesting or intense flowerings.