About this Honey
A specialty honey from the Caribbean (especially Jamaica). As the name implies, the nectar produces a honey with a distinct bitter aftertaste, similar to dark chocolate or strong coffee. It is not a table honey for children, but a gourmet ingredient prized by chefs for cutting through the richness of heavy stews and sauces.
Honey Characteristics
Comocladia dodonaea
Summer
Rare
Caribbean (Jamaica)
Toasted dark espresso beans, high-percentage bitter cacao, heavy wood ash
Dense, heavy, highly viscous with slow crystalline granulation
Honey Profile Chart
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The Story
Sourced from the hyper-isolated, rocky terrains of Comocladia dodonaea within Caribbean coastal zones, this honey requires bees to forage under intense tropical heat and arid wind conditions. The plant secretes a highly concentrated nectar rich in defensive secondary metabolites, providing an evolutionary challenge that limits competing insect species and forces colonies to focus heavily on these toxicological blooms. The chemical blueprint reveals an exceptional density of complex polyphenols and a low moisture content range between 15.0% and 16.5%, driving a slow, irregular, coarse crystallization process. In gastronomy, it serves as a powerful corrective agent; its intense bitter compounds and high heat tolerance allow it to cut directly through heavy lipid layers, emulsifying efficiently in long-reduction savory sauces and game meat braises.
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At a Glance
A Rare variety, harvested in Summer, from Caribbean (Jamaica), derived from Comocladia dodonaea blossoms.