Honey Tasting  Add/Read Comments

A bloggers gathering in East London for a tasting of honey. A demonstration that there are almost as many variations as there are wines. Not one of the 17 available was similar to another. We had one I picked up while in Madrid, several sent over by Pille from Estonia, and one from Morocco that was as deep and as complex as a quality wines.

Some had curd-like texture, others as gravelly as a garden path. One was more like golden syrup, while another was creamy and very sweet. The aromas were equally as varied - one smelt hideously like an incontinent old woman but tasted of sweet citrus fruits mixed with caramel and gently rotten fruit. The Lavender Honey from Provence was woody and gently perfumed with the herb while a couple were very Turkish Delight-like.

Also a demonstration that a tripod really is required when taking photographs of foods. A shot of a row of jars lined up like paint pot samples is sadly too blurred for publication. The two below are not too bad but lack the sharpness I like in my photos. Perhaps it was the sugar-rush giving me the shakes. Either that or old age.