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Title: Tupelo honey
Post by: monarchis on September 07, 2015, 10:38:57 PM
Hi guys. In other post I read for tupelo honey. I google it but I didn't find information about the botanic origin or the tree origin. I found a tupelo honey cafe and a Van Morrison's song  :angry: Anybody know's about the tupelo honey? Thanx!
Title: Re: Tupelo honey
Post by: Foxhound on September 07, 2015, 10:48:07 PM
It's from a particular tree that grows in the swampy area in the florida panhandle. It has be certified to be called Tupelo honey. Don't know to much more about it.
Title: Re: Tupelo honey
Post by: iddee on September 07, 2015, 10:50:17 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupelo
Title: Re: Tupelo honey
Post by: Maggiesdad on September 07, 2015, 11:12:28 PM
Our Tupelo here in VA is Nyssa Sylvatica.
Black Gum, Bee gum. Good honey.
Title: Re: Tupelo honey
Post by: monarchis on September 08, 2015, 12:53:05 AM
Thanx guys!
Title: Re: Tupelo honey
Post by: mtnb on September 08, 2015, 08:55:20 PM
I hear it's great honey! I want to try that and the sourwood honey.
Title: Re: Tupelo honey
Post by: Michael Bush on September 09, 2015, 09:17:20 AM
Tupelo and sourwood are two of my favorite honeys.  I don't get either here and I have to buy them.  Seems silly to buy honey when I always seem to have plenty of honey... but they are quite special.  I also like thyme and eucalyptus quite a bit.
Title: Re: Tupelo honey
Post by: Dallasbeek on September 09, 2015, 10:55:50 AM
Quote from: Michael Bush on September 09, 2015, 09:17:20 AM
Tupelo and sourwood are two of my favorite honeys.  I don't get either here and I have to buy them.  Seems silly to buy honey when I always seem to have plenty of honey... but they are quite special.  I also like thyme and eucalyptus quite a bit.

How do you feel about buckwheat honey?  I bought some at a farm stand south of Gettysburg and really liked it
Title: Re: Tupelo honey
Post by: Michael Bush on September 09, 2015, 03:59:02 PM
I've had some buckwheat that I liked a lot.  I've had some other that had a bad aftertaste.  Maybe one was pure and the other mixed with something.  But which is which?
Title: Re: Tupelo honey
Post by: marshmasterpat on September 10, 2015, 05:49:18 AM
Anyone have an idea if the eucalyptus honey comes from the species of eucalyptus they are planting to extract essential oils and such from.  Or which species makes the good honey.  Would probably plant a few just for kicks.
Title: Re: Tupelo honey
Post by: Michael Bush on September 10, 2015, 04:50:10 PM
I think most of the Eucalyptus honey comes from Australasia where they have hundreds of species.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Eucalyptus_species