About this Honey
The quintessential American honey. Harvested from pure stands of Trifolium repens in pastures. It is distinct from yellow or sweet clover blends. It is white to water-white in color and crystallizes rapidly into a smooth, white solid. The flavor is exceptionally mild and candy-like, making it the standard against which all other honeys are judged.
Honey Characteristics
Trifolium repens
Summer
Common
Midwest & Plains
Faint, clean sugar, subtle cut grass
Smooth, fluid, setting rapidly into a fine-grained solid
Honey Profile Chart
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The Story
White Clover honey is gathered from pure, expansive stands of Trifolium repens sweeping across the pastures of the American Midwest and Plains during the height of summer. Because clover blooms are highly sensitive to soil moisture and ambient temperature, high-volume nectar secretion requires a precise balance of warm days and cool nights, allowing bees to rapidly fill honey supers with clean, single-source forage.\n\nIts molecular structure features a heavy glucose saturation relative to fructose, causing it to display a rapid, highly uniform crystallization speed that transforms the liquid into a remarkably smooth, spreadable white solid over time. Yielding an exceptionally mild, candy-like profile completely devoid of sharp, bitter, or complex mineral tones, it acts as a flawless, neutral tabletop sweetener that enhances food without altering its baseline flavor profile.
Sensory Profile
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At a Glance
A Common variety, harvested in Summer, from Midwest & Plains, derived from Trifolium repens blossoms.