Raspberry honey of light golden color has a delicate and exceptionally pleasant smell, a unique taste reminiscent of the taste of a berry. During storage, it crystallizes and forms a coarse-grained mass of cream color.
Honey characteristic: color and taste
The resulting product, which is collected by bees from the flowers of the plant, is considered to be light honey of the highest quality. In liquid form, it has practically no color, but it has a golden tint. It has a pleasant, sweet aroma with characteristic raspberry notes, as well as a unique soft taste, honey just melts in your mouth. Useful sweetness is not spoiled by either bitterness or sourness. For the simple reason that they simply do not exist. The sweet aroma of the resulting product is a bit reminiscent of raspberries.
To destroy raspberry honey and its amazing properties is possible with improper heat treatment. Strongly heated raspberry panacea or put in very hot tea eliminates all the useful vitamins, as well as the natural preservatives that bees give. Thanks to the enzymes of these insects, the collected product has an unlimited shelf life. Cooked honey in a well-closed glass container can retain its beneficial properties for five years.
Where widespread
Raspberry honey (photo of the product obtained is indicated in the article) has gained fame thanks to the regions in which there are large areas of wild-growing berries. These include the Vologda Oblast, Perm Territory, as well as Siberia.
As a rule, bees collect such honey in large quantities with wild raspberries during the flowering period, which occurs just at the beginning of summer. Less often, insects have garden berries. Although it also turns out to be a useful high-quality product. In June, forbs bloom wildly, so this species is most likely to be attributed to the polyfler variety of honey. In no case should you confuse the product obtained by grinding the berries and granulated sugar with real raspberry honey.
How to make raspberry honey?
Honey bees are collected in forest glades, which are overgrown with berries. Raspberry in terms of nectar productivity is significantly superior to other honey plants. It is for this reason that insects prefer to collect nectar from this shrub.
Honey collection from the berries begins in the month of June, just during the period of mass flowering. Insect raspberry honey is produced from the nectar of wild and garden raspberry flowers. At a time when the berry begins to bloom, the bees fly past the remaining flowers of the melliferous shrubs, not paying them the slightest attention. This selection is due to the fact that raspberry flowers are tilted down, and when the bee begins to extract nectar, it is under a natural canopy, which allows you to continue its activity even during rains.
Raspberry honey: beneficial properties
Honey is characterized by a delicate aroma of raspberry flowers and a delicate taste of berries. Raspberry honey significantly differs from other monophore varieties in its features and properties. It is in high demand as a medicinal product. In an ensemble with warm milk, it is used as a prophylactic against influenza. They treat some female diseases (ovarian cysts) and inflammatory processes that develop on the mucous membrane. Also used for respiratory ailments and stomatitis.
Useful raspberry honey in folk medicine is used for diseases of the upper respiratory tract, with inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Also, this useful product instantly restores the body after heavy and debilitating physical exertion.
Honey is used for violations of the liver. As a rule, this practice is in demand especially in the treatment of babies. The glucose contained in the product allows you to correct the cardiovascular system and normalize blood pressure.
Also, raspberry panacea is advised to consume if a person has problems with the nervous system: with depressive states, neurosis, stress and insomnia. Raspberry product is consumed in pure form, together with tea, and also added to cooled broths of herbs.
Prescription drugs
Since raspberry honey is very useful and has amazing properties, during the cold it is an indispensable helper and healer.
For the treatment of chronic bronchitis, the following recipe is perfect. To prepare the healing mixture, you need to finely chop five leaves of aloe and grind them with one tablespoon of honey and three raw egg yolks. The prepared mixture must be poured with a bottle of cahors and left for five days. Then take the drug four times a day for 1 tbsp. l
During inflammatory processes of the pharynx, larynx and trachea, it is advised to take pulp from honey and aloe juice. To do this, cut the lower leaves of the plant, wash them under running water and grind. Then squeeze the juice and dilute the raspberry honey with the juice obtained in a ratio of 1: 5. Take such a medicine is recommended for 1 tsp. for 30-50 days before meals, 3 times a day.
With a strong cough, experienced specialists who have the skills of treatment with traditional medicine recommend preparing a slurry, which will include honey, viburnum, butter and alcohol. Each of these components must be taken in 1 tbsp. l You need to take such a healing remedy throughout the day for 1 tbsp. L., washed down with warm milk or tea.
Product popularity in cosmetology
It is raspberry honey that is widely used in cosmetology. This is due to the fact that natural preservatives and enzymes produced by bees, which are part of the finished product, together with the beneficial properties of berries, miraculously rejuvenate the skin, contributing to its speedy regeneration. Penetrating through the pores, the active components of honey, help improve blood circulation, remove toxins, eliminate toxins, delivering the necessary vitamins and minerals to the cells of the body.
This product is contained in many creams, face masks and hair, ointments, and various scrubs. It is also used for body wrap and body peeling. Such a product is very rarely seen on sale, so if it catches your eye, it is necessary to buy it, since the useful properties of honey are very surprising and unique.