About this Honey
Harvested from the Golden Wattle, the floral emblem of Australia. It is a premium Acacia-style honey that is light in color and very clear. It has a mild, sweet, and slightly toffee-like flavor. Because it is low in glucose, it stays liquid for a long time, making it an excellent choice for a table honey that won't crystallize in the jar.
Honey Characteristics
Acacia pycnantha
Spring
Specialty
SE Australia & Victoria
Light toasted sugar, subtle warm honey notes
Water-clear, thin, beautifully fluid
Honey Profile Chart
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The Story
Sourced from the radiant, golden puffball blooms of Acacia pycnantha across Southeastern Australia, Wattle honey represents a premium, elite-tier table asset. Because the individual blossoms lack deep flower tubes, honey bees can forage with high efficiency, collecting a pristine, straw-colored nectar that is exceptionally low in dark plant minerals and complex tannins.\n\nIts chemical blueprint features a heavily skewed, low-glucose and high-fructose composition, granting it an almost permanent physical stability that allows it to remain fluid and glass-like in the jar for years without granulating. On the tongue, it exhibits a clean, lightweight fluid texture completely devoid of heavy or earthy tones, delivering a remarkably clean, sweet, and slightly toffee-like luxury profile that makes it a definitive centerpiece for single-origin coffees and double cream brie.
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At a Glance
A Specialty variety, harvested in Spring, from SE Australia & Victoria, derived from Acacia pycnantha blossoms.