{"title":"Pine Honey","description":"\u003cp\u003ePine honey is one of the great secrets of the Mediterranean pantry — a dark, resinous, mineral-rich honey almost unknown outside Greece, where it accounts for roughly two-thirds of the country's honey production. If you have only ever tried floral honeys, the first taste of a proper pine honey is a small revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe honey isn't made from pine flowers — pines don't produce nectar in the usual way. Instead, bees collect the honeydew produced by tiny insects (Marchalina hellenica) that live on the pines of Attica, Evia and the northern Aegean forests. The result is a honey that's less sweet than floral varieties, darker in colour, and remarkably complex on the palate — with notes of resin, malt, forest floor, and something faintly savoury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur Pine Honey collection focuses on small Greek producers working traditional apiaries in the pine forests where this honey has been made for centuries. Every jar is raw and unfiltered, with the enzymes, pollen, and mineral content that make pine honey genuinely functional as well as delicious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTry it drizzled over a strong cheese, stirred into black coffee, spooned onto Greek yoghurt with tahini and walnuts, or brushed over roast pork or duck as a natural glaze. Once you've tasted it, you'll understand why Greeks reach for it as their everyday honey.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/0643\/1830\/collections\/pine-honey.jpg?v=1776595657","url":"https:\/\/checkout.backtonatureorganicfoods.co.uk\/collections\/pine-honey.oembed","provider":"Back to Nature Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}