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different varieties of Ayora honey
In Spain there are more and more consumers and it is becoming a highly valued product.
People are much more informed about the types of honey that exist with their different aromas, flavors and textures.
Honey has been one of the most important and valued products for thousands of years thanks to being a totally natural product and its great nutritional properties.
In the market we find many types, although they vary according to their origin and seasons of the year.
WHAT VARIETY OF HONEY ARE THERE?
It has been discovered over time that there are many varieties of honey and we can find them on the market from many sources in Spain.
We can differentiate them into these types: multifloral (different flowers), monofloral (extracted from a single plant) and forest honey (from tree leaves). Although the type of honey also depends on the season of the year.
-Monofloral honeys: nectar is obtained from a single flower or plant. Beekeepers should place their hives in somewhat restricted areas so that bees only go to plants of the same species and pollinate them.
-Multifloral honeys: it is the result of collecting the nectar of several flowers. It depends on the season and the area.
To make it softer, it is usually collected in spring and to make it a stronger and more intense flavored honey, it is collected in summer.
-Forest Honey: From the collection by bees that live in forests, so it is obtained from the leaves of the trees. In fact, it is when the bees have already pollinated the rest of the flowers, when autumn begins.
WHAT ARE THE MOST CONSUMED HONEYS
TASTE
COLOUR
SEASON
HONEY OF FLOWERS
smooth
Amber
Spring
ROSEMARY HONEY
smooth
Very clear
Spring
ORANGE BLOSSOM HONEY
sweet with acidity
light amber
Spring
FOREST HONEY
a little salty
dark amber
End Summer-September
THYME HONEY
persistent and intense
light amber
end of spring
EUCALYPTUS HONEY
Intense
shifting amber
Winter
OAK HONEY
Intense
Dark amber, almost black
August September
MOUNTAIN HONEY
Fruity, slightly acid
reddish amber
Spring
CRITERIA TO BUY THE BEST HONEY
If you want to acquire authentic honey, whatever the variety, you must base yourself on several very important criteria.
-QUALITY:
The quality of the honey is very important since it is the best for it to have all its properties.
The best way to know if a honey is of quality is if it crystallizes, which will guarantee that it is pure honey.
Each variety of honey crystallizes sooner or later and not all of them turn white.
-ORIGIN:
You have to take into account where the honey comes from since there are honeys that only exist in certain countries. For this reason, many honeys from Spain already come with a 100% denomination of origin.
Spain differentiates it in two ways:
-DOP (Protected Designation of Origin)
-IGP (Protected Geographical Indication)
-VARIETY:
Throughout the world there is a great variety. If there are more varieties, the costs will be lower and it is more difficult to find good quality honey.
That is why it is important to choose native honeys and in Spain there is no problem finding them
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