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The world-famous Hungarian honey
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7 December was the day of St. Ambrose which is celebrated as the day of beekeepers in Hungary. In honour of this day, I thought it would be a great idea to get to know one of the precious Hungaricums of the country: the Hungarian acacia honey. This special type of honey has been officially registered as a Hungaricum since 2014. What makes this honey so special? This article tells you everything there is to know about it.
Honey is a sweet food substance produced by bees most often from the nectar of plants. There are two types of honey according to what it is made of: the floral nectar and honeydew. Honey is stored in wax structures called honeycombs, and it is most often collected from the hives of domesticated bees, a practice known as beekeeping.
Why you should eat more honey
Honey has a disinfecting effect and serves as an inflammation relief. It is highly recommended to eat more honey during the cold seasons when people are more likely to catch a cold. You are advised to have a nice cup of tea with a teaspoon of honey just to stay healthy. Apart from the medical benefits, the Hungarian honey has a unique and delicious flavour you cannot find anywhere else in the world.
What makes the Hungarian acacia honey special?
Honey-making has is an ancient history in Hungary. There are traces that there were beekeepers already in medieval Hungary, who were mostly teachers or monks. There are two circumstances that makes the Hungarian acacia honey special: the Pannonian Basin’s unique climate and Hungary’s expansive acacia forests. The acacia forests in Hungary expand to large areas, and within these areas nothing else is blooming at the same time as the acacia trees.
This is what makes Hungarian honey so special: bees can collect the nectar only from the acacia trees and no other plants are involved, thus creating a truly pure and clear acacia honey.
Many other countries have acacia forests but those are not so expansive, and usually there are many other plants around that bees can collect the nectar from, thus the honey will not be clear acacia honey.
