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This honey, like a smooth butter, is perfection on a piece of toast! |
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This honey, like a smooth butter, is perfection on a piece of toast! Every so often we get the pleasure of visiting Garnett Puett (famous bee and wax sculpture artist and beekeeper) and his partner and artist, Whendi Grad, on the Big Island of Hawai'i. Not only do we get to enjoy a tropical paradise that is just the right temperature, we also get to see parts of the island that aren't usually accessible to touristas like us. This trip we were allowed to watch the placing of hives in the Wilelaiki forests in an incredibly beautiful location overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The locations are wonderful and fascinating to see, but it is the time we get to spend with Garnett and Whendi, and the conversations that come about, that make it a wonderful experience. This being our third visit, we already know bunches about bees on the island. But, every time we get to talk we learn even more!  This trip we clarified that the bees of Big Island Bees live on flower nectar 365 days a year. This makes for some very healthy bees. Unlike the mainland, where most bees live on some sort of honey substitute, usually sugar water or high fructose corn syrup, during the dry or cold seasons, in Hawai'i there are nectar flows all year around.
Of course, the passion Garnett and Whendi have for their "family" of bees always comes through in our conversations. Like all the "farmers" we know, there is more to the "food" they produce than making a living - it is also about the health value of what they produce, and their compassion for the land. This white Ohi'a Lehua honey is a beautiful, soft, off-white color. We have been waiting for over a year to see it "in production" and it is almost ready! Exactly the opposite of the overheated, pasteurized, mixed-up honeys that are prevalent everywhere these days, this honey comes from the blossom of the Ohi'a Lehua tree, found only on the volcanic slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawai'i. This honey, once extracted from the hive frames, will naturally crystallize within hours. Just to jar it, the honey needs to be heated back to the hive temperature of 94 degrees so that it will flow smoothly into the bottle. Once jarred, it goes through a secret process, and without adding anything to the honey, its white creamy texture is achieved. It makes for a wonderfully floral flavor and a smooth creamy texture that is more solid than liquid -- making it easy to spread. This is a spreading honey, not a pouring honey. No sticky bottles here! This creamy Ohi'a Lehua honey now comes in 47-ounce jars at a great price! 35% cheaper per ounce than the smaller 9-ounce jars. At almost 3 pounds of honey, this is perhaps the best deal on honey in the world! Rare, organic, unfiltered, raw, and never blended, this is one of the honeys to have, period! They are just finishing the bottling and we expect to have the honey in our warehouse in about two weeks. Order now, as this year's bottling is limited.
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