Honey Varieties Around the World: A Sweet Tour of Global Flavors
The Sweet World of Honey
Honey, nature's golden nectar, has been cherished for millennia across cultures and continents. It's not just a sweetener but a testament to the diverse ecosystems shaping our planet. Join us as we explore the incredible world of honey varieties, each with its unique flavors and stories to tell.

Honey's Global Appeal
Honey transcends borders and cultures. It's a universal symbol of sweetness and nourishment. Across the globe, people have a deep connection with honey, whether as a culinary delight, a natural remedy, or a cultural symbol. It's this global appeal that makes honey a fascinating subject to explore.

Exploring Honey Types by Region
Honey's flavor profile is intimately linked to the region where bees collect nectar. Let's take a look at some of the remarkable honey varieties found in different parts of the world.

European Honey Varieties
From the delicate acacia honey of Hungary to the robust chestnut honey of Portugal, European honey varieties offer a range of taste experiences. Greek thyme honey, in particular, stands out for its aromatic and herbal notes.

Asian Honey Flavors
The Himalayan region produces the sought-after rhododendron honey, known for its spicy and slightly astringent taste. In Japan, prized varieties like sakura honey, derived from cherry blossoms, and yuzu honey, infused with the zest of yuzu fruit, add unique dimensions to Asian honey.

African Honey Profiles
With its rich floral diversity, Africa yields honey that reflects its unique ecosystems. Ethiopian honey, harvested from the highlands, showcases floral and citrusy notes. Meanwhile, the famous South African fynbos honey derives its flavor from the region's indigenous shrubs and herbs.

The Unique Tastes of Honey by Country
While exploring honey types by region provides a broad perspective, let's dive deeper into the unique tastes of honey by country.

Italian Honey Varieties
Chestnut honey from the Apennine Mountains is robust and dark, with earthy undertones. On the other hand, orange blossom honey from Sicily exudes a citrusy aroma and a light, fruity taste.
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From Hive to Jar: The Cold Pressing Process Demystified
The Art of Cold Pressing Honey
The journey from hive to jar is fascinating when it comes to honey. Among the many methods used to conserve the natural enzymes and health properties of honey, Cold Pressing is by far the best.

Here at Elias Honey, we’ve perfected this technique! By balancing the knowledge passed down through generations with innovative processes and the highest quality equipment from Europe, our Cold Pressed honey is simply in a class of its own!

’This article will dive into the cold pressing process, demystifying its artistry and explaining how it differs from traditional honey extraction methods.

The Journey Begins in the Hive
Bees, nature's tireless workers, collect nectar from flowers and deposit it into specialized structures in the hive. Those structures are called honeycomb cells and are made specifically for the nectar and pollen to age over time and turn into honey!

The Difference is Heat: Traditional Honey Processing vs. Cold Pressed
Once the honeycombs are filled with honey, it's time to extract this liquid gold. This usually happens towards the end of the Spring or Summer, depending on where the honey is collected. One more thing - at Elias Honey, we don’t extract every drop – we make sure that our bees have enough honey to last them through the winter freeze!

Gentle honey extraction techniques are crucial to maintaining the quality of the honey.

How We Do It – The Cold-Pressed Miracle
We take out the honeycombs and use a proprietary process to crush, spin, and churn the honey, all under sub-zero temperatures. This method extracts honey and maintains all the natural sweetness, beneficial enzymes, and trace vitamins and minerals. In other words, Cold Pressed Honey is simply a higher quality, more innovative, 100% pure raw honey!

The churned texture (also known as “creamed”) ensures that the honey does not crystallize or become hard – in fact, our Cold Pressed Raw Honey stays smooth and creamy to the very last drop!

Benefits of Cold-Pressed Honey
The advantages of cold-pressed honey are numerous. Here are a few key points to consider:

Preservation of Natural Flavors
Retaining Nutritional Value
Minimized Crystallization
Pure and Naturally Raw
If you haven’t tried our Cold Pressed Raw Honey yet, what are you waiting for? With fall vibes and cold and flu season around the corner, our entire lineup of products has you covered:

Cold Pressed Clover: Add the perfect touch of sweetness to coffee, tea, or hot chocolate this fall with our delicately sweet Cold Pressed Clover Honey
Cold Pressed Blueberry: Perfect for adding natural sweetness to those baked goods in fall and winter! Check out our blog and Instagram (@eliashoney_) for some incredible recipes!
Cold Pressed Buckwheat: Our favourite for combating cold & flu! Studies have shown that Buckwheat honey is among the most bioactive and health-supporting kinds of honey on the market, right on par with Manuka Honey!
Source: https://eliashoney.ca/blogs/ne....ws/from-hive-to-jar-
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A Guide to The Perfect Snack Drawer In Your Office The Office Snacking Revolution: Honey Sticks
It’s 2 pm. As the workday enters the 3rd Period, you’re getting hungry and cross-eyed.
Coffee? Not at this time, I won’t be able to sleep!
A cookie? Sure, delicious… but so much sugar! What should I do??
In the world of office snacking, a delicious and convenient trend has emerged – honey sticks!


These are NOT you’re used to seeing at the County Fair - Elias Honey Sticks these are made with real, 100% Canadian Raw, Cold Pressed Honey, lightly flavoured with naturally sourced, top-quality Italian syrups.
These slender, portable honey sticks are changing how we snack at work. With "healthy office snack ideas" and "convenient honey stick snacks" gaining popularity, it's time to explore this sweet revolution.
Desk Drawer Essentials: Keeping Honey Sticks Handy
Before diving into the wonderfulness of honey sticks, let’s talk about the most important drawer at your desk - the snack drawer!

Organizing your desk snacks is a crucial aspect of the office snacking experience. We recommend a small drawer with 4 quadrants:

Savory Crunchy - rice crisps or chips are perfect
Calorie Dense - perfect for nuts and seeds
Protein - beef/turkey or vegan jerky and/or protein bars
Sweet Treat - mini cookies and honey sticks
While enjoying snacks at work is perfectly acceptable, it's essential to strike a balance and be considerate of your colleagues. Enjoying snacks at work can help you navigate the fine line between satisfying your cravings and maintaining professionalism.

The best part about having honey sticks? They pair with everything in the drawer! Add a dollop of beef jerky for a delicious sweet and savory pairing, or use it as an impromptu frosting on your favorite mini-cookie! You can also add some sweet and subtle flavor to your favorite hot beverage, or enjoy them all on their own!

For best results, we suggest having extras in your drawer to mitigate hangriness or jealousy!

A thoughtful and diverse selection ensures that everyone can find something they enjoy without disrupting the office ambiance. Moreover, it promotes a shared culture of mindful snacking, encouraging individuals to make healthier choices during work hours. So, as you indulge in your perfectly organized snack haven, remember that a considerate and inclusive approach to office snacking can contribute to a more positive and collaborative work environment.

The Perfect Office Companion: Elias Cold Pressed Honey Sticks
Honey sticks also come in a wide variety of flavors - you can indulge your sweet tooth in a decadent Honey Chocolate Mint honey stick. Or, for a more savory experience, our Chai Honey stick is perfect on its own or added to a cup of black tea. Our fruit-infused sticks range from Blackberry to Tart Green Apple - they have already proven to be a hit with kids, and they are slowly creeping into office drawers from school lunch boxes - and it’s no surprise why!

Paired alongside a handful of nuts, it’s the perfect way to experience gourmet-level snacking throughout your workday.

Unwrapping the Benefits of Honey Sticks

Why should you consider keeping honey sticks in your office drawer?

Honey sticks are a delightful, delectable treat that many people have on hand for an afternoon snack, pre-workout nibble, in-school lunches and outdoor get-togethers. Many people, however, overlook the fact that these portable snack straws can do more than just provide a natural sugar boost in your everyday routine.

The benefits are plenty! Not only are they a tasty treat, but they also offer a jitter-free, energy boost without the brain fog. Studies have also shown that consuming honey can increase your ability to learn, retain and recall new information!

Elevate Your Office Break with Honey Sticks

Your office break is a precious moment to recharge and boost productivity. Why not make the most of it by indulging in the delightful sweetness of honey sticks?

With their benefits, diverse flavors, and ease of storage, they're the perfect office companion for those seeking a nutritious and convenient treat. The simplicity of these portable delights adds a touch of luxury to your break, whether you're enjoying them on your own or stirring them into your afternoon tea or coffee.

So, why wait? Stock up on honey sticks and embark on a sweet journey of workplace-snacking satisfaction
Source: https://eliashoney.ca/blogs/ne....ws/honey-sticks-in-y

Honey-Powered Breakfast Ideas: Fueling Kids for a Successful School Day
Honey-Powered Breakfast Ideas: Fueling Kids for a Successful School Day
Breakfast is often referred to as the most important meal of the day, and when it comes to children, ensuring they start their morning with the right fuel is crucial.

As the sunrise meal takes center stage in children's nutrition, Elias Honey provides a natural and delicious solution to kick-start their day. Our honey, a golden elixir of pure sweetness, not only satisfies young taste buds but also ensures that each morning begins with the right blend of nourishment and delight.

Why Honey? It is delicious, calorie-dense, nutritious and makes a sweet addition to their breakfast routine! Packed with natural sugars, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, it provides a quick energy boost to kick-start the day - without them bouncing off the walls!

But Really…. Why Honey?
These days, breakfast options for kids are over-pasteurized and laden with sugar - a bowl of fruity cereal contains ½ a standard glass of pure sugar! This is concerning parents seeking healthier alternatives that not only satisfy their children's taste buds but also contribute to their overall well-being.

Instead of sugar, which can cause spikes and crashes in energy, honey (raw or Cold Pressed, preferably) allows your child to maintain a constant flow of energy throughout the day - and best of all, it’s packed with antioxidants, essential trace minerals and vitamins, and immune-supporting properties.

Making the switch from sugar or liquid syrups to honey not only kick-starts their mornings with quick energy but also provides a sustained vitality that supports them throughout the day. That’s because of honey’s unique composition of glucose and fructose, which are metabolized at different rates and in different ways by the body.

Supercharged Kid-Friendly Breakfast Recipes with Honey!
Honey is super easy to incorporate into breakfast:

Drizzle some honey onto a yogurt parfait made of unsweetened yogurt onto some steel-cut breakfast oats. Add some fresh fruit and crushed nuts and seeds for some freshness and crunch!
Add a spoonful to a morning breakfast shake or some unsweetened cacao powder hot chocolate for a warming treat!
A small drizzle on eggs and breakfast sausages is a gourmet delight!
Creamed honey, spread on toast, by itself or with your nut butter of choice is also just so simply delicious!

Kids will love the sweet twist honey adds to their morning dishes… you’ll soon find that you’ll start loving these honey-infused breakfasts them, too!
Source : https://eliashoney.ca/blogs/ne....ws/honey-powered-bre

Raw Honey vs. Processed (Liquid) Honey: What's The Difference??
Liquid Raw Honey tends to crystallize within 1-2 months of being extracted from the beehive. If you see anything claiming to be Raw Honey on the shelves of grocery stores that is more than 2 months past its production date, you can be well assured that it isn’t raw at all! It has most likely been pasteurized, filtered, both, or mixed with additives to keep it in its liquid form.

That is definitely not desirable!

Instead, to keep the Raw Honey soft and velvety, it can be churned. This is essentially Creamed Raw Honey. This is usually how raw honey makes its way into major grocery outlets so it can be distributed without getting overly crystallized.
Fun Fact: Creamed Honey is a uniquely Canadian invention! It was pioneered here as a way to keep raw honey as fresh as possible, for as long as possible, without needing to heat it and liquefy it!



The Liquid Honey Predicament
The liquid honey you find in grocery stores is more thank likely pasteurized. However, the pasteurization process for honey is not standardized like it is for milk or juice. In other words, it is not intended to defeat impurities in the honey.

Each brand has its method to pasteurize liquid honey - for example, a method known as “Flash Heating” is sometimes used, which renders the honey liquid and kills off a lot of the enzymes found in honey.

This is also not desirable! So why do they do it?

Large-scale honey processors heat the honey to its boiling point and then cool it repeatedly to ensure that it does not crystallize. This is to encourage sales because people generally don’t like to buy crystallized honey. We think this is a missed opportunity - pure, crystallized honey can be easily liquefied by applying a bit of heat to it, or it can be made into creamed honey with a household blender!

At Elias, we stand out from the rest by minimally pasteurizing the honey - in other words, we heat it just enough so it can be filtered properly while maintaining most of the beneficial enzymes, minerals and health-supporting compounds in the honey.

Unfortunately, that does mean it will crystallize over time, but it’s easy to turn it back into its liquid form with a little TLC.

Side Note: There are some exceptions to unpasteurized raw honey staying liquid - honey from Kashmir, in the northern regions of India/Pakistan, doesn’t seem to crystallize for many months…however, this is the exception, not the norm!
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Source: https://eliashoney.ca/blogs/ne....ws/raw-honey-vs-proc