About this Honey
Harvested from the white lacy flowers of the Wild Carrot plant (Queen Anne's Lace). Often considered a weed, it produces a delightful honey that is dark amber with a strong, distinct aroma. It often tastes like candy or plain sugar syrup with a unique herbal bite, crystallizing quickly into a fudge-like texture.
Honey Characteristics
Daucus carota
Summer
Rare
Western High Plains & Great Basin
Intensely aromatic, herbal, wild weeds, warm earth
Thick, transforming rapidly into a dense, fudge-like paste
Honey Profile Chart
Scale: 1 (Low) → 5 (High)
The Story
The intricate, flat white umbels of Daucus carota, or Queen Anne’s Lace, bloom profusely across the Western High Plains and Great Basin during mid-summer. Honey bees must systematically work the hundreds of tiny individual flowers that make up each umbrella-like cluster, collecting a nectar that is deeply influenced by the hardy, deep-rooted taproot system of this wild, resilient pasture plant.\n\nDue to its elevated glucose concentration relative to fructose, Wild Carrot honey exhibits a rapid crystallization speed, quickly locking down into a luxurious, smooth, fudge-like paste. This specific crystal lattice structure makes it a premier spreadable asset on the culinary board, delivering a fascinating contrast of an initial wave of intense candy-like sweetness immediately truncated by a sharp, highly distinctive, and earthy herbal bite.
Sensory Profile
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Where Wild Carrot Honey is Produced
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At a Glance
A Rare variety, harvested in Summer, from Western High Plains & Great Basin, derived from Daucus carota blossoms.