Silver fir honeydew honey

Silver fir honeydew honey (Abies alba)

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Is considered as one of the best honeydew/ forest varieties in Europe particularly in central Europe where it is widespread. The aphids responsible for its production belong to the Cinara genus. In Italy this honeydew variety comes from the Alps and the Apennines of Tuscany. In Germany from the Black and Bavarian Forests. An excellent table honey that goes well with cheese.

Mention should also be made of the Greek fir honey, which represents about 5% of total honey produced in Greece. The honeydew produced mainly by the insect Physokerames hemicryphus from the Greek Fir tree – Abies Cephalonica. Turkey too is known for Turkey fir honey derived from the Abies bornmulleriana trees in Marmara region as well as the Uludag mountains situated about 500 km north east of Ankara and 300 km south of Istanbul.

Characteristics:
Color: Dark amber to nearly black, sometimes with greenish shade
Taste: Low sweetness, medium intensity aroma, piquant
Odor: Between medium and high intensive, balsamic, herbal, resin, pine, malty, putrid vegetable, incense, caramel

Translation: German: Weißtannenhonig or Schwarzwald-Tannenhonig; French: Le miel de sapin or miellée de sapin, Le Miel de Sapin des Vosges*, Miel de Sapin Pectine, Miel d’épicéa; Italian: Il miele di abete or Il miele di abete bianco or melata d’abete bianc; Turkish: Köknar balı; Greek: Mέλι ελάτης, Μέλι Ελάτης Βανίλια Μαινάλου**; Spain: Miel de Abeto; Slovenian: Hojev med, Croatia: Med medljikovac

*Le miel de Sapin des Vosges (AOC): Honeydew from the Vosges Fir or Silver Fir (Abies pectinata or Abies alba) grown in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

**Mέλι Ελάτης Βανίλια Μαινάλου (DOC): Fir Honey Vanilla Mainalon. Honeydew from the fir trees of the mountain area, Mainalon, in northern Arcadia, Greece