Since ancient times people have revered honey, offering it to the gods to keep them on side. Why not use the same tactic to keep your friends and family sweet too and this year give the gift of organic honey from Honey Heaven.
Honey Heaven exclusively sources small, artisanal Hungarian beekeepers to provide their range of outstanding Organic honeys. The pristine Hungarian countryside is an area of natural beauty, unspoilt by pollution and pesticides with stunning landscapes, criss-crossed by a network of springs and rivers, untamed Acacia forests and lush wild-flower and lavender meadows which the bees call home. The organic honey they make is extracted using traditional methods which are sustainable and work in complete harmony with nature.
Honey has been used as a folk remedy for thousands of years but most of the honey found in grocery stores is pasteurized, a process which destroys many of the beneficial nutrients. In contrast, organic honey is packed full of healthy compounds including amino acids, antioxidants, enzymes, vitamins and minerals. Honey Heaven has used this as the base for all their honeys and then blended a raft of herbs and spices to give them a health and taste impact second to none!
To make gifting easy, Honey Heaven has pulled together honeys and natural teas from their range into perfect gift ideas, although if you’d rather choose your own, feel free!
Organic Honey Gift Set 3 x 250g jars in a Jute Bag £25
Three of Honey Heaven’s delicious honeys presented in a sustainable jute bag
- Lavender Honey – has a warm, soothing taste of creamy florals, with a sweet, mild and delicate lavender flavour. If taken before bedtime, this natural organic lavender honey can help you settle for a calming night’s sleep. Traditionally lavender is known for easing anxiety and stress by promoting peace and tranquillity.
- Acacia Honey – This honey is revered for its bright colour and soft, perfect aroma of acacia flowers. The mild flavour, with its subtle vanilla notes makes it a popular sweetener used in drinks, baking, and desserts while what better way to start the day than drizzling it over fresh toast or bread in the morning?
- Honeydew Honey – an aromatic, dark amber dessert honey. It is not a flower sourced honey, making the pollen content negligible, instead, it is produced from a sugary liquid found like ‘dew’ on the leaves of trees which derives from the plant sap. The resultant organic, unprocessed honey has a thicker consistency than flower sourced honey and doesn’t crystalise as easily or quickly. Rich-tasting, deliciously smooth honeydew honey mixes perfectly in yoghurt or milk; try drizzling it generously over Greek yoghurt for a fabulous tasting breakfast.
Organic honey gift set 3 x 400g honey selection in Jute Gift Bag £38
For a bigger hit of honey, choose this gift set of 400g honey jars:
- Ceylon Cinnamon and Organic Honey –Cinnamon and honey is a pairing made in heaven and in Honey Heaven they use only the finest Hungarian creamed honey and the highest quality 100% organic Ceylon Cinnamon. Ceylon Cinnamon is made from the inner bark of the Cinnamomum verum tree and is more expensive and less common than the cassia variety found in all supermarkets. Ceylon Cinnamon is also slightly sweeter.
- Honey Heaven Organic Honey and Ginger – In this premium creamed honey, the distinctive heat of raw ginger contrasts deliciously with the sweetness of the honey. Enjoy on toast, add to a ginger cake mix or try it as a topping for ice cream! Of course, ginger and honey are renown as a remedy for coughs and colds. If you feel the sniffles descending, melt some Honey & Ginger Honey in hot water with a dash of lemon for a tasty natural elixir.
- Honey Heaven Organic Honey with Bee Pollen and Propolis – This unusual honey combines irresistible, natural premium Organic creamed honey with extra bee pollen and propolis to create a stronger flavour than honey alone. It’s perfect on toast, with tea or coffee and just a spoonful will satisfy the sweetest tooth! Bee pollen is the bright yellow mixture of pollen, bee saliva, and nectar we see the bees carrying in sacs on their legs, while propolis is a sticky greenish-brown product the bees use to coat their hives. It is made from bee saliva, beeswax and sap. Both bee pollen and propolis are reported to have various health benefits including boosting liver health, reducing stress, strengthening the immune system and relieving inflammation.
Spiced Magic Tea with Organic Winter Spiced Honey £22
This truly is Christmas in a bag!
The limited-edition Winter Spiced Honey is a mouth-watering fusion of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, coriander, and vanilla – designed to warm you from the inside out! Use it to bake festive cakes and wash it down with the glorious Spiced Magic Tea – a delicious blend of black tea, apple, rosehip, orange peel, juniper berry, cinnamon, star anise and cloves. Its distinctive aroma conjures up blazing fires, twinkling lights and joyful festivities. Packed with vitamin C and bursting with antioxidants, this tea can help support your immune system whatever the season.
Day and Night Bundle £20
If tea is your tipple, Honey Heaven’s range of herbal teas are bound to please. Give someone you love the gift of energised days and peaceful restful nights with the Day and Night bundle.
· Morning Time tea – provides a zesty, zingy wake-up call and is a delicious blend of rosehip, hibiscus and calendula. The combined effect of all three herbal wonders is a vitamin C and antioxidant hit that helps support the immune system and tastes great.
· Night-time tea – Naturally caffeine free, organic Night-time tea designed to help soothe after a stressful day and aid peaceful, healthy sleep so you awake refreshed and ready to go in the morning. Using hawthorn, hop, chamomile and lavender, we have created peace of mind and well-being in a mug!
Immune Booster Honey Set £36
The ancients understood that honey was not just the sweetest treat around, it was a valuable medicine used to remedy illness, disinfect and heal wounds, and to support immunity.
This Christmas give the gift of health with the Immune Booster Honey Set. Three delicious organic honeys from Honey Heaven with special properties believed to support the immune system:
- Organic Honey with Javanese Turmeric – Bright yellow this is a convenient and tasty way to consume turmeric, the increasingly popular, traditional ayurvedic remedy. Turmeric is another natural miracle with a myriad of health benefits. Its most important compounds are called curcuminoids which have powerful healing, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antibacterial, and anti-fungal properties. Combining turmeric with honey enhances its antimicrobial activity. They can act together against a variety of bacterial and fungal strains known to cause infections in humans.
- Organic Honey with Egyptian Black Seed – This striking black coloured honey is the result of blending organic wild flower honey with black seeds from the Nigella Sativa plant. Revered for centuries as a natural remedy, the seeds can also flavour curries, pickles and bread in a similar way to cumin or oregano. In this case, the seeds lend an unusual herbal flavour to the honey making it especially delicious with savoury dishes. Black seed contains thymoquinone, an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound that has been used in Islamic and traditional medicine for over 2000 years – indeed in a saying of the Prophet Muhammad “in the black seed is a cure for every illness except death” (Sahih Al-Bukhari).
We can’t claim black seed is the cure-all we’ve all been waiting for, but we can claim our Organic Honey with Black Seed is one of the most unique and tastiest honeys around.
- Organic Honey with Bee Pollen and Propolis – This unusual honey combines irresistible, natural premium Organic creamed honey with extra bee pollen and propolis to create a stronger flavour than honey alone. It’s perfect on toast, with tea or coffee and just a spoonful will satisfy the sweetest tooth! Bee pollen is the bright yellow mixture of pollen, bee saliva, and nectar we see the bees carrying in sacs on their legs, while propolis is a sticky greenish-brown product the bees use to coat their hives. It is made from bee saliva, beeswax and sap. Both bee pollen and propolis are reported to have various health benefits including boosting liver health, reducing stress, strengthening the immune system and relieving inflammation.
Alternatively, for a great stocking filler, how about one of these mini honey gift sets to try more of the Honey Heaven range. Select the three jar option (£14), or the five jar option (£20) both with a wooden spoon or drizzler for serving.
This year give the gift of the gods, to your loved ones. Select your favourites from the Honey Heaven organic range or make it easy and choose one of the pre-selected gifts all available from www.honeyheaven.co.uk
