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Tuscan Helichrysum Honey is actually a multi-flower honey, embellished directly by bees, with essential oils taken from the Helichrysum flower. These oils give honey a characteristic and intense aroma reminiscent of spices. This fragrance is also clear to the taste. Honey with a slightly bitter aftertaste. It is excellent on cheeses or, to better enjoy its unique characteristics, on slices of toasted bread. The Helichrysum plant is a bushy aromatic perennial with a lignified base and herbaceous aerial part that renews every year. The linear leaves are similar to those of rosemary and covered with a whitish patina that gives off a strong and pleasant aroma. The flowers appear in late spring until September and have a characteristic yellow colour. It is a typical plant of the Mediterranean maquis that prefers uncultivated land, stony ground and sandy soil, well exposed to the sun.

SPECIFIC NOTES: It has a characteristic and intense aroma reminiscent of spices. It has expectorant, anti-asthmatic, antihistamine, antioxidant, draining and anti-inflammatory properties. Helichrysum is widely used both in cosmetics to produce creams, bubble baths and perfumes, given that it has a pleasant spicy smell as well as emollient properties, and in medicine.

SIZE / WEIGHT: 250 grams.

ORIGIN: Between Florence and Siena, on the hills that gently descend from the ancient Romanesque parish church of Santo Stefano a Campoli towards the towns of Mercatale in Val di Pesa and Montefiridofi (300 m asl ).

STORAGE METHOD: At room temperature, away from sources of heat, light and humidity. Expiration date 18 months after packaging. Honey, once opened, can be stored outside the refrigerator at a temperature not exceeding 20° and away from light. The high sugar content naturally present in this product prevents bacterial multiplication and the deterioration process.

RECOMMENDED PAIRINGS: Ideal in the classic breakfast on rusks. Those who play sports consume honey. Before, during and after a competition, it fortifies muscles, increases resistance and promotes recovery. It is particularly indicated in the diet for children, in fact, unlike sugar, it favors the fixation of mineral salts; excellent to combine with cheeses.

PRODUCER: I Greppi di Silli Miciolo farm of Alfani Giuliano & Anna Soc. Agr. Soc. Simple Via Vallacchio 19 50026 FI

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