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"Timothy C. Eisele" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Aug 2007 15:05:38 -0400
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I harvested honey this past weekend, and noticed that it has an unusual 
flavor.  Most years, the honey has a "fruity" flavor, but this year it 
tastes distinctly of mint.  Quite nice, but different.   There are mint 
plants nearby (there is a boggy area with a lot of wild mint within a 
few hundred feet of the hives), and we have had a dry summer, so it is 
quite possible that only the plants in the bog (such as mint) have 
enough moisture available to produce nectar.

My question is whether honey made from mint plants actually tastes 
minty, or whether the flavor is from some other source?  I am in the 
upper peninsula of Michigan, near Lake Superior.

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Tim Eisele
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