Rewarewa Honey

Description   Rewarewa Honey - Rewarewa 500g This light red Rewarewa Honey comes from a bright red needle-like flower. This honey has a distinctive set of flavours. Appearance: Light amber with orange hints Flavour: Clean, sweet, smoky, complex Rewarewa, the New Zealand Honeysuckle named for its free-flowing nectar from the flowers, is a tall, slender, elegant member of the native New Zealand forest. Rewarewa (Knightia excelsa) Family: Proteaceae Rewarewa is the New Zealand Honeysuckle. The large cluster of brick red flowers provide large volumes of nectar giving the plant its common-name. The honey-bee produces from it a dark and rich flavoured honey. It is a tall tree, and in summer produces bright red needle-like flowers which curl into tight intricate spirals. This spiral shape is a motif of the New Zealand bush and can be seen repeatedly in New Zealand art. Rewarewa wood is, like it's flower, red in colour. It is a sunshine wood and the honey it produces contains this same warm, glowing quality. The rich, red honey the Rewarewa tree produces is comparatively mild, and popular with those who enjoy bush honey. "Red, warm and sweet, this honey is a taste of the Pacific sun". The nectar used to be collected by the Maori to eat; the picked flowers would be tapped on the inside of a container with the nectar flowing freely. In times past the Rewarewa nectar was used to cure sore throats. Rewa Rewa occurs in lowland and subalpine forests from North Cape to Marlborough.   Details   SKU: Rewarewa honey Weight: 0.60 kg Price: $14.00 NZD [convert]   (Notify me when the price drops)   Options   Choose creamed or liquid:  Creamed Liquid   ADD TO CART

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