July vs. August

I've been doing some honey tastings recently. I had one bottle of the July honey left, and I've got one of the August honey. Even thought they are from the same hives and harvested only a little over a month apart, they have very different tastes.

The July batch (on the left) is still very clear even though it was harvested earlier. The taste is very mild, you can't pick out any strong flavors.

The August batch (on the right) crystallized around November, it started out the same color and texture as the July batch, but has a much stronger taste. There have been a lot of guesses as to what flowers gave this batch its unique flavor, but I think we've decided that it's fennel. There are tons of fennel plants in the Los Altos area, and it does bloom in late July and August. This batch is the clear winner for taste.

Holiday Bazaar

My work had a Holiday Bazaar today - usually a lot of my coworkers sell their art; paintings, drawings, sculptures, pottery, etc. So I figured I would try my hand at selling honey. Mom had a lot of success selling to her quilting guilds, so I brought about 10 large (one pound) bottles of honey, roughly 30 small bottles of honey, 2 votives and two larger candles. I sold out completely within 30 minutes!

Here is the one picture I managed to snap before I got mobbed. I wasn't fully set up yet, so only a small portion of the honey was on the table. I also had two of my favorite honey pieces on the table for decoration (good thing too, because they were the only things left on the table!) Thanks to my friend, Kris, for the honey spoon and Evan for the honey pot :)