White heather blooms just after rosemary. In fact White heather whose soft white flowers brighten up the landscape, blooms as early as March.
It’s a highly melliferous plant whose fragrant, bell-shaped flowers attract bees and enclose a small fruit called a capsule.
Also known as tree heather or spring heather. Its Latin name is erica arborea. It’s a hardy shrub that thrives on sunny, siliceous soils.
A French artisanal product par excellence, our Bruyère Blanche honey should be considered as a gift from our hard-working darlings.
The taste and smell of white heather honey:
White heather honey has a strong caramel odor. Its color is dark brown. It crystallizes rapidly, sometimes within a few days. Its taste, reminiscent of the scent, is pronounced caramel with a woody vegetal note.
Depending on the year, it will have a nice, creamy consistency on the palate.
The benefits of white heather honey :
Like all honeys from heatherwhite heather honey is diuretic. That’s its main virtue! It is also reputed to combat anemia, as it is rich in iron. In addition heather honeys contain high levels of mineral salts. This makes it a perfect ally in winter, or in cases of magnesium deficiency, for example.
Did you know?
The rhizomes of white heather, or “bulbs”, are excellent firewood, but are traditionally used to make pipe blanks, i.e. the part into which the tobacco is inserted before serving as a home for the smoke. These blanks are often made in regions where White Heather does not exist (Saint-Claude in the Jura, for example).
