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Chris wrote:
> Would the average customer, or even a Honey Judge, be able to distinguish
> Ac
> honey from Am?
Probably not, although the honey would have a different flavour - much
cerana honey from S India comes from the rubber trees (extra-floral
nectaries) and is not, to my taste, a particularly good flavour; I believe
that much of it goes in things like breakfast cereals. It also tends to
have a very high moisture content (I measured 23.75%), but this can be
reduced with appropriate equipment. In Thailand I saw what was,
effectively, nectar being harvested - but processing quickly reduced the
moisture to whatever the customer wanted - 15% - 18%.
Best wishes
Peter Edwards
beekeepers at stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk
www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/
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