About this Honey
Harvested from the flowering Dogwood trees of the Eastern United States. Pure Dogwood honey is exceptionally rare because the nectar flow is often light and mixed with other spring blooms. When found, it is a light amber honey with a mild, pleasant, and "green" floral taste, often regarded as a delicate spring tonic.
Honey Characteristics
Cornus florida
Summer
Rare
Eastern United States
Delicate green twig, light spring blossom, faint honeysuckle sweetness
Light, thin-bodied, beautifully fluid and clear
Honey Profile Chart
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The Story
Pure Cornus florida honey is an exceptional apicultural rarity due to the highly volatile nature of the tree's spring nectar flow, which is easily overwhelmed by competing woodland flora. Honey bees are often deterred by the light, thin secretion profiles of the dogwood blossoms, requiring immaculate apiary isolation and precise timing to extract a clean, unblended monofloral crop. This light honey possesses a high moisture content and a thin-bodied, exceptionally fluid liquid state that shows almost zero immediate crystallization tendencies. Because of its light chemical weight and quiet, non-intrusive sugar profile, it performs exceptionally well as a delicate sweetener for high-grade jasmine green teas or soft, unripened chèvre where heavier honeys would overwhelm the base.
Sensory Profile
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At a Glance
A Rare variety, harvested in Summer, from Eastern United States, derived from Cornus florida blossoms.