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Raw orange blossom honey is a very pleasant and light pure honey. One of children's favorites, it has a subtle and delicate orange flavor with a touch of herbal flora. It is a honey recognized worldwide by chefs and sommeliers.

This is a pure citrus flower honey with a very pleasant taste and a gentle touch of orange. It comes from bees that feed on the flowers of Mediterranean orange and lemon trees, with flowering starting at the end of March and ending in early May. Unlike tree honey that comes from sap, these varieties of flower honey are much lighter in taste and color and tend to crystallize faster due to higher levels of glucose.

We harvest this variety of raw orange blossom honey at the end of April and beginning of May in the regions of Murcia and Valencia.

What about the tree where the honey comes from? The orange and lemon tree flower known as orange blossom is a beautiful citrus tree that produces fruits, with dazzling white flowers when it blooms.

Properties of Orange Blossom

Orange blossom comes from the Arabic word meaning white flower. Characteristic flowering of orange trees, lemon trees, and citron. To preserve its properties, harvesting should be done in spring. It is a tree that is cultivated in warm climate areas and its fruits bloom at the end of autumn and mainly in winter. However, when it is in full bloom, it is usually between March and April. In addition to its beauty, orange blossom is characterized by its intoxicating aroma, widely used in aromatherapy and cosmetics. While this flower is also attributed with a multitude of therapeutic properties. Some of its most interesting properties include:

• Anti-inflammatory protective properties.
• Calming and relaxing effects.
• Supporting digestive processes.

What is orange blossom honey?

Raw honey is different from processed honey, raw honey means that the honey is packaged from the hive to the jar with minimal interference. Most industrial honey is highly processed to always look the same and attractive, as a result of these processes and pasteurization carried out by many producers, enzymes, pollens, and most of the honey's properties are lost.

The raw honey we harvest subtly varies in some of its nuances like color from one batch to another, so you may perceive some variations from one season to another, due to rainfall, temperatures during flowering. It comes from fields in the regions of Murcia and Valencia, areas where orange and lemon fields mainly thrive.

Characterized by a pleasant, sweet, and delicate flavor that pairs well with a variety of foods, enhancing their taste.

Keep in mind that raw honey crystallizes, and this is a natural process that mainly occurs due to the natural glucose in raw honey.

Common uses of raw orange blossom honey

Pure orange blossom honey is particularly good for use in different recipes, such as salads, yogurts, toast, fruit desserts, meat glazes, baking, and to add a unique touch to a dish.

Try our baked honey orange chicken recipe and our Rice Pudding with Orange Blossom Honey dessert.

See more in our HONEY RECIPES section

CRYSTALLIZATION

The crystallization process is natural in raw honey, it is a process by which honey hardens. You can consume it perfectly in that state, but if you wanted to reverse that state, simply place it in a water bath for a few minutes, making sure not to exceed 40º.

About Us

Here at BEHONEY, we take pure honey very seriously and believe that honey should be RAW, unpasteurized, and 100% natural. We have been introducing our customers to a completely new world of pure, unpasteurized honey. With a product catalog consisting of a variety of different raw and organic honeys, we have a variety for all tastes.

You can learn more about us in the interview we conducted last May where we explained in a summarized way the operation of the hive and the process of moving the hives. See here.

Location

Murcia, Spain

At BEHONEY, we strive to obtain honey of a unique quality, and thanks to this dedication, we have achieved the brand of guarantee seal:

Agricultural Quality

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