Seasoned Advice Asked by dsg on April 17, 2021
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, I bought some black honey that someone was selling on the roadside in unlabeled jars. It was the most delicious honey I’ve ever had. It tasted like caramel but also like honey. It was very dark, almost black. It was less viscous than typical honey.
I tried finding it on the internet, and someone said it might be forest honey, but I found two imported European forest honey products, and they were not the honey for which I was looking.
Can you help me find that delicious honey? I’m curious what it’s called and where I can buy it in the US.
It is honeydew honey. It is not made from nectar, but from tree parasite secretions. It has a quite different taste from regular flower/nectar honey, and it is much darker. Sometimes it is also called forest honey.
Wikipedia has a paragraph on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey#Honeydew_honey
There is a slim possibility that it is not a real honey at all, but pine honey, which is actually a jelly made from pine flowers/leaves (it uses the fresh tips where the needles are very soft). It is used as a bee honey substitute, not a fruit jelly substitute, and the name also includes the word "honey", so there is a chance for miscommunication, especially if a language barrier is present. But I think you'd have described the taste differently. It is also a richer taste than normal honey, but a bit sharper, not caramel-like mellow, and the pine resin aroma is discernible.
Correct answer by rumtscho on April 17, 2021
If it is very dark in colour and has a bit of a bitter taste, it could be a garden sage (Salvia officinalis) honey.
cheers!
Answered by Miha on April 17, 2021
It could be chestnut honey. I have also tried this black honey from a Bosnian friend here in detroit, Which he received from back home. It was deffinately different from any honey i had before, although i am also from bosnia. This chestnut honey is common in western bosnia, as they have lots of chestnut trees.
Answered by Hamza on April 17, 2021
It could be. Field, forest, or jungle honey. Some times you find it as you did at small stands or sold from a bucket. There are no standards. They have honey to sell. You taste & buy if you like. You may never find that flavor again. As it is wild honey. They have what they have to sell of it.
Answered by J Bergen on April 17, 2021
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