Bryn Hill's Green Tea Honey is harvested from our tea plantation in Topaz, Tropical North Queensland, Australia. Tea blossoms, full of healthy nectar and pollen, are produced by our tea plants throughout late Autumn, just before the plants go into hibernation for the winter.
Green Tea Honey is very rare. Most tea plantations do not have bushes that grow tall enough to produce tea flowers as flowering is prevented during cultivation by harvesting the leaves, forcing the plant to constantly make more leaf buds for tea.
Bryn Hill's Green Tea Honey is:
Green Tea Honey is very rare. Most tea plantations do not have bushes that grow tall enough to produce tea flowers as flowering is prevented during cultivation by harvesting the leaves, forcing the plant to constantly make more leaf buds for tea.
Bryn Hill's Green Tea Honey is:
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SINGLE ORIGIN
Most supermarket and other commercially available honey is blended, made by bees who collect pollen from many different species of flowers. Single origin honey is made from pollen collected from only one species of flower, which is why each single origin honey has its own gourmet taste, like wine. Bryn Hill's Green Tea Honey is produced only from the flowers of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, on our Topaz farm, ensuring it is single origin. It has a light colour with a delightfully mild, slightly floral taste and is only available for a short period of time each year. |
RAW
Honey that is labelled 'Raw' may still be heated up to 47°C, however Bryn Hill's Green Tea Honey is not heated at any stage of the extraction or packaging process. This ensures it retains all of its medicinal properties so it doesn't just taste great, but is wonderful for you. Heating honey above 37°C destroys its antiviral and antibacterial benefits, along with other nutritional and medicinal components.
Unfortunately, most commercial honey is subjected to numerous high temperatures. Removal of the wax cappings involves the use of heated equipment (wax needs at least 62°C to melt), then honey is usually heated to at least 50°C to assist in honey extraction, processing and bottling by machine as warm honey is thin (less viscous) and runs quickly, greatly reducing processing speed.
The final stage of most honey processing involves pasteurisation, where the honey is heated to above 70°C. Pasteurised honey lasts longer in its liquid state than unpasteurised honey, thereby appealing to the average retailer and consumer. Of course, this heating destroys important nutrients, enzymes, phytochemical and even flavours naturally present in honey. Our honey remains at the temperature it was in the hive, and is never pasteurised, thereby retaining an amazing amount of nutrients.
COLD PRESSED
Bryn Hill's Green Tea Honey is cold pressed by hand, not spun by centrifuge. Oxidation of honey can occur during rigorous centrifugal extraction, where the honey is repeatedly flung through the air and against the side of the drum, degrading its flavour and health benefits through excessive aeration.
Honey that is labelled 'Raw' may still be heated up to 47°C, however Bryn Hill's Green Tea Honey is not heated at any stage of the extraction or packaging process. This ensures it retains all of its medicinal properties so it doesn't just taste great, but is wonderful for you. Heating honey above 37°C destroys its antiviral and antibacterial benefits, along with other nutritional and medicinal components.
Unfortunately, most commercial honey is subjected to numerous high temperatures. Removal of the wax cappings involves the use of heated equipment (wax needs at least 62°C to melt), then honey is usually heated to at least 50°C to assist in honey extraction, processing and bottling by machine as warm honey is thin (less viscous) and runs quickly, greatly reducing processing speed.
The final stage of most honey processing involves pasteurisation, where the honey is heated to above 70°C. Pasteurised honey lasts longer in its liquid state than unpasteurised honey, thereby appealing to the average retailer and consumer. Of course, this heating destroys important nutrients, enzymes, phytochemical and even flavours naturally present in honey. Our honey remains at the temperature it was in the hive, and is never pasteurised, thereby retaining an amazing amount of nutrients.
COLD PRESSED
Bryn Hill's Green Tea Honey is cold pressed by hand, not spun by centrifuge. Oxidation of honey can occur during rigorous centrifugal extraction, where the honey is repeatedly flung through the air and against the side of the drum, degrading its flavour and health benefits through excessive aeration.
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CHEMICAL FREE
Bryn Hill beehives are interspersed among our 30 acres of tea, an environment that is chemical and pesticide free and bordered by World Heritage rainforest . Our hives are organically managed according to Australian regulations, however our honey is not certified organic by any regulatory body. We believe it is of more benefit if consumers also look for raw, cold pressed honey, since organic honey can still be heated to high temperatures. |
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UNFILTERED
We strain, rather than heat filter, our Green Tea Honey . Straining the honey involves passing the honey through mesh to remove larger particles, such as pieces of wax, bee parts and air bubbles, but very small particles are retained (such as pollen, propolis, and important enzymes and phytochemicals). Filtered honey, on the other hand, is heated in order to force it through a very fine filter at high pressure. This filtering process removes all the smaller particles, many of which have known health benefits, and also destroys many beneficial components of honey. The honey is also much less likely to crystallise if it does not contain any particles, a trait that is appreciated by many consumers to their detriment
We strain, rather than heat filter, our Green Tea Honey . Straining the honey involves passing the honey through mesh to remove larger particles, such as pieces of wax, bee parts and air bubbles, but very small particles are retained (such as pollen, propolis, and important enzymes and phytochemicals). Filtered honey, on the other hand, is heated in order to force it through a very fine filter at high pressure. This filtering process removes all the smaller particles, many of which have known health benefits, and also destroys many beneficial components of honey. The honey is also much less likely to crystallise if it does not contain any particles, a trait that is appreciated by many consumers to their detriment