National Honey Board (https://www.honey.com) The reliable source of honey information ; FORMS OF HONEY & HONEY VARIETALS
FORMS OF
HONEY
Delicious in any form
Most of us know honey as liquid in a bottle, but there are lots of other ways to enjoy this natural nectar. Comb, crystallized, liquid, whipped and beyond—it just depends on what texture and usage you're looking for. Between the vast array of varietals and diversity of forms, there's a perfect kind of honey out there for every occasion.
HONEY
VARIETALS
The color, flavor and even aroma of honey differs, depending on the nectar of flowers
visited by the bees that made it.
There are more than 300 unique types of honey available in the United States alone,
each originating from a different floral source.
Their shades range from nearly colorless to dark brown, while flavors go from subtle
to bold; even the aroma of honey may be reminiscent of the flower.
As a general rule, the flavor of light-colored honeys is milder,
and the flavor of darker-colored honey is stronger.
Varietal honeys may be best compared to wine in terms of climatic changes.
Even the same flower blooming in the same location may produce slightly different nectar
from year to year, depending on temperature and rainfall.
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