The best selection of loquat honey.

Summary: Loquat honey is a very aromatic honey that is perfectly reminiscent of the aroma of the loquat fruit. Moreover, this honey comes from Spanish beekeepers who are committed to quality and care for the environment. It is also available in our shop in Las Rozas de Madrid.

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1. Our raw loquat honey

Firstly, we show you the most important characteristics of loquat honey:

a) Color

Medlar honey has a light amber colour similar to the colour of its fruit. It has an amber color with orange touches.

b) Aroma

When it crystallizes, it takes on an amber brown colour. The flavour of the medlar honey is soft and very pleasant, with marked notes that perfectly recall the flavour of the medlar fruit.

c) Medlar Tree

The medlar, a tree native to Asia that was taken to temperate countries like Spain. In the peninsula we find it in the Mediterranean coast, areas with a mild climate and few frosts.

d) Flowering and harvesting

The medlar blossoms in late summer and early autumn, so medlar honey is a late honey.

Video 1: Loquat flowers

e) Sustainability and suspport to local economy

We work with beekeepers who are committed to quality and use environmentally sustainable beekeeping techniques.

2. Benefits and properties of loquat honey

Medlar honey, like the rest of honey, has properties and health benefits, according to popular wisdom, books and many scientific articles. Among its best known properties, we have the following:

• Colds and throat infections: Honey helps the healing of colds and other sore throats. This is due to the bactericidal and antimicrobial properties of honey.
• Wound healing: Medlar honey creates optimal moisture and pathogen-free conditions. Which help the healing of wounds and do not appear scarring marks.

Therefore, honey, in addition to sweetening, provides us with a great deal of health benefits. Also, medlar components provide more properties.

• My experience

According to the experience of my shop and customers, many of them take medlar honey to alleviate the effects of chemotherapy. I have not found this in any book or scientific article. This property is only the experience of clients and doctors I have talked to.

Finally and complying with the Spanish regulations, we remember that honey is a natural product that gives us very positive effect on the body, but it is not a medicine.

3. Recommendations

The loquat honey is highly demanded by people who are looking for the fruity aroma of loquat, a soft and persistent aroma.

The great cooks recommend loquat honey for making biscuits and pairing with fresh cheeses.

4. Indications

This raw honey crystallizes quickly, and because of its high moisture content, it usually forms two phases. In this type of crystallization, there is a dark, liquid, uncrystallized phase above the majority of the crystallization.

If we find these two phases in raw loquat honey, this is a peculiarity of this product. In case we find this, stir the honey well with a spoon until it is homogeneous and the phases are not distinguished.

Another peculiarity of its crystallization is that it forms thick and irregular crystals that can remind us of the texture of sugar, but it has nothing to do with white sugar.

5. Origin 

Raw loquat honey is obtained from the following beekeepers:

• Sala e Higón: Packer located in Turis, a village in the province of Valencia.

Therefore, this honey comes from the beautiful and well-kept orchards of Valencia.

6. Frequently asked questions

Thirdly, these are the questions you usually ask us:

• Is this honey good to make mead?

We don’t really know, but I imagine it is.

• Does it taste like normal honey?

Quality honeys each have their own particular flavour, this one has a very marked loquat flavour. Therefore, it is a very popular honey for those who like loquat fruit.

• Why does it form two phases?

Loquat honey is a honey that has a little more moisture than other honeys. As it crystallises, excess water is left behind, which accumulates in the upper part of the jar.

7. Loquat legend

Fourthly, we are going to tell you the beautiful story of the loquat tree.

Legend has it that a young man who had no money to dress himself was in love with a woman. The woman did not pay any attention to him because of his great poverty. When the young man’s mother saw what her son was suffering, she wanted to cut down a medlar tree she had in her garden. The young man, on his mother’s orders, was about to cut down the tree, but his mother said to him in a very hoarse voice, “Please don’t kill him. The young man, after hearing this message, did not cut it down. The following summer, the tree began to produce delicious loquat trees. The young man, with the loquats, started selling loquat juice and took it to the woman he was in love with.

The woman, who bought the delicious juices every day, got to know the young man until the two fell in love and got married.

“Finally, if you have any further questions Consequently, we will be happy to help you”.