Honey, I’ve shrunk the honey list!

Ha ha… that was just a funny line I wrote. This article is all about honey and the different kinds available and how to choose a good honey in India.

Here’s how you can select the best pure honey for your home and for your family and friends.

Honey is actually a wonderful gift of nature but we have so little of it, it’s really a shame. We should all start to have more honey every day. Honey can be a good replacement to refined sugar in your everyday tea.

Honey has several important characteristic on the basis of which we can choose a good quality honey.

These main characteristics are Colour, Consistency and Taste.

First of all you should see what the colour of the honey is like. Most honey has a smooth golden hue, but jamun honey is dark, lychee honey is light to deep red and honey obtained from a mix of many flowers is light coloured in shades of yellow to orange.

Second is consistency. The consistency of honey should be smooth and easy. It should not lump together nor should it flow very easily. Also it is important that the flow and consistency is the same throughout.

Third is the taste. The taste should always be a pure sweetness. As soon as you detect a hint of sourness you can be sure that the honey isn’t very good.

Now I would like to tell you about a simple yet very effective honey quality test. It is very easy and all you need is a transparent glass and warm water. Take a glass full or a jar full of warm water, and then mix a teaspoon of honey into it. Stir it with a spoon and then observe the honey. If the honey mixes smoothly with the water that means the honey is not pure. Sugars or some other additives have been added to it allowing it to mix into the matter.

If the honey just accumulates at the bottom without mixing with the water, then your honey is a of a good quality. Simple wasn’t it.

Now the important thing is that some companies manage to adulterate the honey yet it passes this simple test, is it is also important to take into consideration what the company and brand is. You should be quite careful when buying honey and be doubly sure that he product is pure and good.

Now that you know about honey it’s time to check out some good brands available in India. Have a look at this page for a great list. You can also check out much more from the www.top10in.in website.

Have a sweet honeyed time friends.

Ciao, Kaavya.