All About Honey

We offer a variety of honey at Down the Lane Farm.

We use our CT Wildflower honey to create the wonderful tastes and textures of creamed honey and our infusions.

Smooth, creamy, and perfectly spreadable, our creamed honey has a rich, velvety texture and a mellow sweetness that makes every bite feel indulgent. Delicious on toast, biscuits, and warm bread, it’s a simple favorite with a luxuriously smooth finish. 

Delicately floral and beautifully balanced, our lavender infused honey combines natural sweetness with soft herbal notes for an elegant, aromatic finish. Its silky texture makes it perfect for tea, yogurt, pastries, cheese boards, and more. 

Sweet with a bold kick, our habanero infused hot honey starts with golden honey flavor and finishes with a warm, lively heat. Its smooth texture makes it a flavorful drizzle for pizza, fried chicken, biscuits, charcuterie, and marinades. 

Honey is a natural sweet substance made by honey bees from nectar. Bees collect nectar, transform it with enzymes, and store it in honeycomb cells where it thickens into the golden sweetness many people use as a food sweetener.

Honey is mostly made up of natural sugars, along with small amounts of water and trace compounds that contribute to its flavor, aroma, and color. Its taste and texture can vary depending on the flowers the bees visited. Unpasteurized honey will crystalize once the air temperature falls below 65 degrees.

Crystallization is a natural process of honey and does not mean the honey has gone bad. Honey will never go bad as long as moisture does not get into the jar (no double dipping your spoon). However, it can crystallize. Crystallized honey dissolves great in a hot tea or tastes delicious spread on toast. Crystallization begins when the air temperature is between 52 - 65 degrees. The ideal storing temperature for honey is 70-80 degrees.

LIQUIFY CRYSTALLIZED HONEY

To preserve the quality of your unpasteurized honey, you must melt the sugars slowly. Set the glass jar in water temperature 95 – 110 degrees with the lid off. DO NOT GET MOISTURE INSIDE THE JAR. Carefully stir the honey to distribute the warmth and melt the sugar crystals.  We NEVER recommend placing honey in the microwave. Honey gets hot quickly and holds the heat. You will risk pasteurizing or burning your honey. It’s a slow process but worth the extra effort to keep your honey liquid.

• · Provides quick energy because it contains natural sugars.
• · Adds flavor to tea, toast, yogurt, oatmeal, and baked goods.
• · Can help soothe the throat for some people.
• · Contains naturally occurring compounds that contribute to its aroma and character.
•  Add honey to your skin care routine
• · Has a long shelf life when stored properly in a sealed container.

Honey is still a form of sugar, so it is best used in moderation as part of a balanced diet.

Store honey in a tightly sealed container at room temperature. A cool, dry pantry is usually a better choice than the refrigerator, since cold temperatures can make crystallization happen faster. Keep the container clean and dry to help preserve quality.

If honey develops a sour smell, bubbling, or signs of fermentation, it may no longer be good to use.

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