Acorn honey comb 250g

01 · WHERE IT COMES FROM

A sweet drop on the young acorn

In July and August, when the acorns on the Pyrenean oaks of those slopes are the size of a chickpea, they give off a sweet drop and the bees gather it. It is not floral nectar: it is a honeydew honey, and that explains how it behaves — dark colour, a taste less sweet and deeper than a floral honey, and slow crystallisation that keeps it fluid for a long time.

It is a honey with a short season: two months of gathering on a handful of high mountain slopes.

02 · HOW IT COMES AND HOW TO EAT IT

You chew the wax and spit it out

It comes in a sealed tub with a cut piece of comb. Cut a small piece, press the wax in your mouth and enjoy the honey; the wax is spat out afterwards, like chewing gum.

One thing worth knowing beforehand: the piece is cut from a frame, so the cells along the cut are open and the surface is not capped from edge to edge. That is what a real comb looks like, not a moulded piece.

As with all honey, it should not be given to children under twelve months.

03 · BEFORE YOU BUY

It is a natural, seasonal product, with what that brings: