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The filter we use still allows small particles of beeswax and pollen to remain in the honey. We believe a finer filter would remove some of the taste and beneficial properties of the honey. At Nook Farm Honey we sell eight types of honey: –
o Cumbrian Wildflower Honey
o Yorkshire Wildflower Honey
o Yorkshire Heather Honey
o Scottish Blossom Honey
o English Blossom Honey
o Balsam Flower Honey
o Borage Flower Honey
o Tree Blossom Honey
Honey is produced all over the world and every region honey has its own unique flavour and different properties. The aroma, flavour and colour of honey is determined by the types of flowers from which the honeybee collects nectar.
If a bee collects nectar from one flower source this gives the honey a consistent flavour and is described as a single flower honey.
Wildflower honey is made by bees collecting nectar from a wide range of flowers and this means the characteristics of wildflower honey vary even from one field to another.
Here in Britain our beekeepers produce some of the best honey found anywhere.
Our Balsam Honey is amber coloured, it has a nice thick consistency but will still run off a spoon. It has a delicious distinctive taste with a background flavour with hints of toffee. Balsam Honey is wholesome and very satisfying you may not be able to resist eating it straight from the jar as it’s so moreish. It is a single flower honey, from bees kept in areas where Balsam grows in huge quantities. Balsam Honey is the perfect accompaniment to ice cream or yoghurt, it can add an extra depth of flavour in cooking especially stir-fries and curries. It is pure, unpasteurised and raw honey.
Bees love Balsam and a bee that has visited a Balsam flower will often look completely white after covering itself in pollen. Balsam grows mostly along riverbanks its proper name is Himalayan Balsam. The Victorians grew Balsam as a greenhouse plant but it escaped into the wild and is now naturalised in the British Isles.
Borage Honey is a single flower honey and unique in its flavour and quality. It is a pale light runny honey with a delicate mild taste. We work closely with beekeepers in the UK who supply us with Borage Honey. Borage honey is a very versatile honey and can be used to sweeten tea or coffee. It adds flavour and sweetness without being overpowering. Borage Honey can be used instead of sugar and it could be better for you as you need only a little to add sweetness to a dish. It is pure, unpasteurised and raw honey.
In the summer a field of Borage will be alive with the sound of Honeybees. Borage or Starflower is a traditional medicinal and culinary herb native to the Mediterranean it was first cultivated in Turkey and Syria. You may be familiar with Borage in your garden or have seen the flowers in a glass of Pimm’s.
English Blossom Honey was a big hit with the Great Taste Judges.
“This has amber-toned clarity and a surprisingly deep, low-noted but complex aroma majoring more on the hawthorn and dandelion than the softer florals. On the palate, bright acidity comes into play – the lime perhaps coming into its own. This lifts and amplifies the medley of notes to enhance the complexity. The pleasing, golden-syrup like viscosity ensures even delivery and a delightfully long aftertaste.
This is a very fragrant honey with lots of flavours and aromas of the countryside,. It is creamy but syrupy and very smooth. It would be perfect drizzled on a bit of toast !
This dark golden honey is slightly cloudy. The judges liked the depth of the honey, with the floral and citrus notes. Some of the judges found that the flavour didn’t live up to the complex floral notes. We found it to be delicately robust as a blossom honey.”
English Blossom Honey is a runny honey with a clear dark golden colour it has a strong sweet taste which melts away on your tongue. The flavours come from a mix of flowers such as Lime and Apple trees, Dandelion and Hawthorn this honey is carefully and lovingly harvested. It is pure, unpasteurised and raw honey.
This lovely honey is produced by our friend whose apiaries are located in areas around parks, gardens and golf courses near Manchester where there is an abundance and variation of forage for the bees to gather. This gives the honey a luxurious texture and makes it a very versatile honey which can be used as a substitute for sugar in cooking and hot drinks. It adds flavour and sweetness without overpowering other tastes, great to use every day. Most people say this honey is their favourite though all our honey is very popular!
Cumbrian Wildflower Honey was a big hit with the Great Taste Judges.
“A clear, running honey, very light on the nose with herbaceous and floral notes on the palate. Sophisticated and nuanced, delicious yet delicate.
Clear, almost transparent. An almost herbaceous note on the nose. Sweetly honeyed with a balancing astringency. Reasonable length, sweet finish. Citrussy, a little floral.
A very pale honey with a silky texture and a level of sweetness that sits so well on the palate. It delivers a balanced complexity of flavours underpinned by the faintest hints of wax from the honeycomb. Such a nuanced honey.”
Our Wildflower Honey is very runny, it is beautiful in flavour and to look at, it is truly the taste of Cumbria. This Wildflower honey has a range of flavours from the wildflowers that grow in the countryside around Nook Farm. Our Wildflower honey can vary slightly from year to year. Willow Herb, Blackberry, Clover, Thistles, Meadowsweet, and Heather all play their part in the complexity of tastes in this exclusive honey.
It is a luxury product and we often compare it to a fine wine or champagne in its quality and pedigree. We harvest our honey in late summer and it is always a time of great excitement and anticipation. Producing honey in our part of Cumbria is not easy but worth it, supply is limited and demand extremely high. We hope you enjoy this honey as much as we do.
We are so delighted to have been recognised again by the Guild of Fine Foods for our Yorkshire Heather Honey, of course we all know “it’s delicious” but that’s what the judges said so now it’s official!
At the world’s most coveted food and drink awards the judges said;
“The big and enticing aroma draws us in, this richly golden and glistening honey is smoky and bold. The texture is thick with hints of the waxy honeycomb. Just good, solid, smells of honey. A perfectly acceptable honey with an artisan feel. This has all the elements of Heather honey – what you’d expect. That heady aroma of heather and hive. It’s delicious”.
Yorkshire Heather Honey was one of 5,904 products to receive a Great Taste award in 2023 (which is only 41.6% of the total products entered).
14,195 products were put through the competition’s rigorous blind judging process, 4,088 products were awarded a Great Taste 1-star – ‘food and drink that delivers fantastic flavour’, 1,568 were awarded a Great Taste 2-star – ‘above and beyond delicious’, and 248 were awarded a Great Taste 3-star – ‘extraordinarily tasty food and drink’.
Our Heather honey is a smooth, rich flavoured and full bodied honey with a distinctive aroma. The initial taste is slightly caramel, and it is soon followed by a cooling sensation in the back of the mouth, it has complex aftertastes with a hint of aniseed. It is probably packed full of antioxidants and flavanoids as these have been shown to be high in Heather honey. Heather honey needs very careful harvesting and delicate handling before it is bottled to retain all its unique natural properties. This wonderful honey is from bees in North Yorkshire, honey is produced in batches specially for us. Spread this honey onto buttered wholemeal toast or crusty bread, drizzle into porridge for the ultimate comfort food. It is pure, unpasteurised and raw honey.
Ling Heather grows in upland areas across the UK. It is a low flowering bushy shrub which has spectacular purple flowers often creating a carpet of colour when plants grow close together. During August hives are moved from the lowlands to the heather moors to be placed amongst the heather and if the weather is good the bees quickly produce Heather honey.
Yorkshire Wildflower Honey is a delicious runny honey with a light golden colour and smooth texture. Our Yorkshire Wildflower Honey has slightly citrus flavour with a suggestion of toffee. It is a natural product and some jars will vary in taste with more rich notes of Ling Heather. The main flavours come from a mix of native wildflowers including Blackberry, Thistle, Clover, and Heather. This honey is carefully and lovingly harvested, It is pure, unpasteurised and raw.
This lovely unique honey is produced by our beekeeper friend whose apiaries are located in the North Yorkshire. There is an abundance and variety of forage for the bees to collect nectar and pollen. Yorkshire Wildflower Honey is a simply yummy honey which can be used as a substitute for sugar in cooking and hot drinks. It adds flavour and sweetness without overpowering other tastes, great to use every day on toast or cereals etc. If you can resist eating it all at once it will become more set if stored.
Scottish Blossom Honey is a delicious runny honey initially and then will set with a creamy light golden colour. Our Scottish Blossom Honey has a strong sweet taste loved by those with a sweet tooth. The flavours come from a mix of flowers, including oilseed rape and native wildflowers. This honey is carefully and lovingly harvested, It is pure, unpasteurised and raw.
This lovely honey is produced by our colleague whose apiaries are located in the North of Scotland in Aberdeenshire where there is an abundance and variety of forage for the bees to gather. Scottish Blossom Honey is a very versatile honey which can be used as a substitute for sugar in cooking and hot drinks. It adds flavour and sweetness without overpowering other tastes, great to use every day on toast or cereals etc.
Tree Blossom Honey is pale orange in colour, it has a clear runny consistency. The flavour of this honey is difficult to describe but most people say it has a citrus taste but there are also more complex notes in the background. Tree Blossom Honey is refreshing and not too sweet on the pallet leaving your mouth feeling Zingy. It is a single flower honey predominately from the Lime or Linden tree. Conditions must be perfect for the Lime Trees to produce a good amount of nectar so it’s not every year this honey is available. Tree Blossom Honey claims to have many health benefits. It’s a natural antibacterial, antioxidant, has mild cough suppressing and expectorant effects. Plus, may help with insomnia, anxiety and hay fever!
Linden honey, also called basswood or lime honey, is a variety of honey made from the flower nectar and pollen of linden flowers. There are about thirty tree species in the Tilia genus, all of which are nectar-producing and may serve as food for honeybees.
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