La5, Forest Honey
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The honey
Latvian forest honey is a poly-floral honey that is usually harvested in the second half of summer, containing the essence of forest flowers and trees. This honey is often made from a mixture of flowers and so-called leaf honey – nectar that bees collect from trees, usually coniferous tree secretions.
This honey consists of a wide variety of Latvia diverse forest flowers nectar, and even though these flowers are not considered common nectar plants, the nectar they give smoothly merges into a lovely flavor bouquet. Sometimes the presence of certain flowers can be more pronounced – forest raspberry (Rubus Idaeus), fireweed (Chamaenerion Angustifolium) etc. Forest honey is typically dark amber in color, more fluid consistency, a confectionery sweetness and a woody, resinous aroma. Typically this honey undergoes slow crystallization. The flavor bouquet varies, depending on the flowers, but overall this honey provides a pleasant rich taste experience. The beekeeping
Medotava is a cooperative of beekeepers taking care of bees in various regions of Latvia united by beliefs of sustainable and bee friendly beekeeping practices by collecting limited bee produced products in organic way and packaging them in a consumer friendly way for its retail partners.
Cooperative started it's operation in 2017 and now unites more than ten beekeepers collaborating with local organic farmers and municipalities and taking care of more than thousand bee colonies. Within past five years portfolio and volumes of Medotava bee products developed. Export of more and more limited editions of poly-floral and mono-floral honeys, bee-pollen and perga to Europe and Asia countries become a main focus of operation. |
