Cotton Honey

Description

The world of Honey Shop is truly full of surprises, isn’t it? We are sure that you never thought even in your wildest dreams that cotton can be used for making honey! Because we always think of a cotton plant loaded with white puffy balls which obviously don’t have any nectar. But here’s the thing, before those cotton balls appear, the plant blossoms with beautiful white-creamy flowers for a very short time. And that’s when our harvesters get into action.

Cotton flowers have a very short life – 5 to 7 days only. Even more short-lived is the nectar life – only day 1 of the flowers gives nectar to the bees. From next day onwards, the bees reroute themselves to the leaf-like floral part at the base of the actual flower and collect another nectar from here. The most impressive feat is that the honey harvested from the extra-floral nectar is exactly similar to the honey harvested from the flower. The honey is light in colour and the flavour is buttery with some juicy fruity undernotes. The honey is really sweet but gives a mild tingle at the back of the throat after consumption. The mild flavour makes it a great table honey.