Fragrant and Delicious Thyme Honey from Symi.
Especially popular for its rich nutritional value and beneficial effect on our health.
Forest honey is always dark, almost black, in a fluid state.
Once crystallized, it gets brown sades.
It has many properties making it one of the most valuable allies of our health.
Rich in minerals and trace elements such as porassium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus and sodium, it stimulates our body.
In addition, it contains vitamins and antioxidants that act protectively and have a soothing and healing effect on sore throats, stomach upsets and common flu.
Forest honey is characterized as a honey of great nutritional value as it contains enzymes that enhance the metabolism and boosts the function of vital organs. It is one of the richest honeys in antioxidant properties.
Unsuitable for infants under 12 months
A delicious honey collected at an altitude of 800 meters during the summer period from a variety of trees, such as wild chestnuts, beech trees, oaks, pines, acacias and a huge variety of rare plants and wild herbs such as mint, oregano, tea, thyme, clover and others, composing an excellent collecting enviroment, offering this exceptional honey to us.
12 Stremmata
Having started with the knowledge and experience imparted by our families, we decided to experiment by cultivating aromatic herbs. In time, nature led us to our next business decisions. Between the mountains of Paggaio and Falakro, in a proprietary field of more than a hectare, next to the river Aggiti, there it begun. In 2014, we planted lavender (Lavandula Angustifolia). In the following years, we experimented with various other herbs such as oregano, thyme, siderits (mountain tea), sage, echinacea.
During the summer, while working in our farm we found out that our plants were very much loved by the bees in the area, so we soon placed our own beehives on the farm, during the lavender blossom. Some weeks later, when harvest time came, the honey we tasted from the hive was completely different from anything we had ever tasted. The discovery of a new kind of honey, gave us great joy and satisfaction, a great moment in our beekeeping course. Lavender honey, the first and only in Greece, became the compass that would show us the direction. We then started replacing some herbs varieties with lavender.
With the same passion and love, we insist on having quality products for the consumer, using natural methods in beekeeping and cultivation.
It is of utmost importance to us to maintain organic farming, therefore our property is annually audited and certified by an approved Inspection and Certification Body (BIO HELLAS).
Our property is an open up farm throughout the spring and summer. One of our activities, is the tour of schools and other groups who want to get in touch with nature and observe and identify herbs.
What we consider to be important and want to communicate with the world is that we must respect nature.