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Title: 2018 Tupelo honey crop, not impressive to me.
Post by: Van, Arkansas, USA on November 01, 2018, 11:45:26 PM
I purchased some 2018 Tupelo honey.  I was not impressed, there is a slight bitterness to the well known world wide for it sweetness honey.  I have some 2016 Tupelo that lives up to the name.  The year 2017 was a bust for Tupelo honey due to wind and rain.

I purchased from one of the largest producers of Tupelo.  I would like to know if others have tried the 2018 crop and their thoughts.
Blessings
Title: Re: 2018 Tupelo honey crop, not impressive to me.
Post by: BeeMaster2 on November 02, 2018, 06:50:28 AM
Quote from: Van, Arkansas, USA on November 01, 2018, 11:45:26 PM
I purchased some 2018 Tupelo honey.  I was not impressed, there is a slight bitterness to the well known world wide for it sweetness honey.  I have some 2016 Tupelo that lives up to the name.  The year 2017 was a bust for Tupelo honey due to wind and rain.

I purchased from one of the largest producers of Tupelo.  I would like to know if others have tried the 2018 crop and their thoughts.
Blessings
Van,
Like Manukau honey, Tupelo honey is adulterated really bad. I would take some of it and put in the refrigerator and see if it crystallizes. I bet it does even though Tupelo doesn?t.
Jim
Title: Re: 2018 Tupelo honey crop, not impressive to me.
Post by: Van, Arkansas, USA on November 02, 2018, 02:49:14 PM
Thanks Mr. Jim:
This particular Tupelo I Purchased is supposedly from hives placed on private swamp land, Georgia, SW that tested 80%.

I have placed the Tupelo in back of my cabinet to see if it crystalizies, Good Idea Mr. Jim.  Time will tell.
Blessings