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allen dick <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 8 Sep 2004 20:01:28 -0600
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> What is the possibility of this honey being too high moisture since
> it was virtually 100% capped.

I've never seen any direct corrlation between capping and moisture.  I
consider the oft-repeated advice to wait for cappings and then feel safe to
be an 'old spouses tale'.

You need to compare to a known standard.  A refractometer is nice, but a
sample of known moisture in a similar bottle filled equally and at identical
temperature makes a good comparison.  Invert them both and compare the rate
at which the bubbles go up.  The faster rising bubble is in the thinner
honey.  Usually that means the moister honey, unless one sample is
thixotropic (see archives) or partially granulated.

allen
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