Pure
Kiawe Honey:
Rare Hawaiian Organic White Honey is pure Kiawe (key-ah-vay) honey.
It is a honey so delicate that it must be handled in a very meticulous
and exact manner in order to preserve its natural excellence. Any mishandling
can radically effect its color, flavor and texture, and its nutritional
qualities.
Rare, and Unique Honey:
Rare Hawaiian Organic White Honey is rare because it comes from
the flowers of only one variety of tree - the Kiawe tree (Prosopis pallida)
- and from only one grove of these trees that grows sparsely at sea level
in near desert conditions on the leeward side of the Big Island of Hawaii.
The flowers of the Kiawe tree are among the most prolific producers of
nectar in the world.
Unique Grove of Kiawe trees:
Except in this unique grove on the Big Island, these trees normally
grow about 15-20 feet tall. But in this one grove of Kiawe trees on the
Big Island there is underground water so close to the surface that these
trees tap into the water and grow to 60 feet tall. It is a combination
of this desert tree having underground, natural irrigation and the soil
that eroded from an ancient glacier that once existed atop the nearly
14,000 foot Mauna Kea Volcano that creates this most incredible honey.
Kiawe is a beautiful and gnarly tree that holds the desert dust down. It produces terribly sharp thorns and a deep, dark, red-brown wood that is hard like stone. The wood makes the very best fire wood and fence posts that last 50 years in the ground. Its beans are nutritious for animals as well as humans. The few trees still existing on the Big Island are threatened by the development of resort facilities in and around the forest.
The Taste:
The taste of the honey is hard to describe because it is incomparable
- unlike any other honey. In fact, most people who first try it think
that it is not honey or perhaps something rich has been added to it, like
butter. Some characteristics of its taste are delicate and subtle and
at the same time rich and tropical.
The Color:
The natural color of pure unheated Kiawe honey is a pearly white.
Most honeys are variations of amber in color. While there are other white
honeys, pure, unheated Kiawe has an opalescence that is beautiful and
enticing.
Exclusively from Volcano Island Honey Co.
After 27 years of working with, and learning about, this incredible
honey, we are the only beekeepers producing pure Kiawe honey in this natural
way and able to make it available to the gourmet and natural food market.
The limited quantity, the meticulous care and extra work necessary to
maintain the natural excellence of pure Kiawe honey makes it a rare, gourmet
delicacy of the highest quality, not to mention the fact that it is truly
A Taste of the Magic of Hawaii ®.