I've always loved honey, but have never ventured into connoisseurship. I begin now and Rowse Organic New Zealand Forest Honey is a good start. If I’m serious about being any kind of connoisseur (and I’m not sure that I am, I just like to taste nice things) then I should probably think of better words to use than “good.” I taste the honey by itself on a tea spoon and am assaulted for just a second by a bitter ear wax taste. It’s fleeting and almost unpleasant and then it’s gone. Actually it’s not quite gone, but sits in the background and allows the glory of the honey to come forward, slowly washing through my mouth, dispersing the flavours of a forest on different parts of my tongue. It’s difficult to describe the complexity of it. I taste it again and this time the waxy assault doesn’t happen. Subtle sap and floral hints float around rolled up in something deeper and earthy, like strong, but sweet ale. The sweetness is smooth and doesn’t burn in the throat. Am I a connoisseur? A connoisseur would identify recipes which work well with this particular honey. I don’t think a connoisseur would continually eat the honey from the jar with a spoon. However, I am now drinking a can of Ruddles County Ale whilst taking small drops of the honey and they go together very well. |
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Rowse Organic New Zealand Forest Honey. Am I or could I be a connoisseur?
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