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Sierra Madre mountain range, Mexico, Latin Honey Shop Raw Organic Red Gumbo Limbo Honey from Mexico

Red Gumbo Limbo tree, origin of Latin Honey Shop Raw Organic Red Gumbo Limbo Honey from Mexico

Red Gumbo Limbo tree fruit, origin of Latin Honey Shop Raw Organic Red Gumbo Limbo Honey from Mexico

Raw Organic Red Gumbo Limbo Honey from Mexico 227g

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NEW BATCH NOW IN STOCK FOR 2024 - Our best batch ever at 74% gumbo limbo pollen purity.

description

In 2018, this honey won a One-Star Great Taste Award by the United Kingdom Guild of Fine Food.

The independent food judges who awarded this honey a One-Star award described it as:

"Amazingly dark and rich appearance. Very upfront flavour...orange and rose blossom notes...An interesting journey of flavours and a great honey."

This wildflower honey with a very high pollen content is derived predominantly from the red Gumbo Limbo tree native to Mexico, which is used locally for its properties to relieve the symptoms of hay fever and allergies.

This honey tastes so good that brown bears frequently attack its hives to get to the honey before the beekeepers can.

This honey contains a higher concentration of pollen than Manuka, Yemeni Sidr, and local honeys. Many of our customers have reported positive results while using this honey to relieve the symptoms of hay fever.

Size: 227g net weight in a glass jar
Colour: light amber when set
Set/runny: crystallised set
Organic: certified organic by the Organic Food Federation (UK), GB-ORG-04

Read on for more details about the origin, taste, and uses of this crystallised honey.

origin

3000 feet high in the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountain range in northeastern Mexico lie vast swathes of red Gumbo Limbo trees surrounded by sunflowers and pistachio plants.

This is a mountain wildflower honey that is produced by the bees that feed on the nectar from these flowers, trees, and plants. 74% of this honey is produced from bees that feed on the nectar from the fruits of the red Gumbo Limbo tree.

This honey is so tasty that both brown bears and beekeepers from the famous Gomez beekeeping family race to gather it. What the Gomez family harvests is brought to your table straight from the hive, raw, living, and unfiltered.

The Gumbo Limbo tree (scientific name Bursera simaruba) is a large tree that grows up to 25m high. It has a red shaggy bark that peels off in paper-thin strips and is native to northern Mexico and Central America. Its leaves are 5-12 cm long, and the tree produces small round fruits about 8 mm long.

taste

Tasting notes: Smoky, woody, sandalwood with nutty notes of earth and a crispy pistachio finish.
Texture: Crystallised set.
Aroma: Aromatic, of sandalwood.
Sweetness: Medium.

This honey tastes delicious straight from the spoon, over toast or porridge, or with good quality yoghurt, fresh cream, or ice cream. In Mexico, it is used as a sauce to go with barbecued meat.

uses

In accordance with EU directive 1924/2006, we are unable to make any health claim about any of our honeys. The information given below is either background information about the plants from which our honey comes or anecdotal based on customer reviews. It should not be inferred from the plant properties that this honey automatically possesses the same qualities or provides the same benefits as the plant.

The bark of the Gumbo Limbo tree, the principal tree from which this honey is derived, has been used in traditional herbal remedies all over Central America and the Caribbean for centuries due to its very strong antibacterial, anti-fungal, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory properties.

Extracts from this tree are used to increase blood flow and relieve blood pressure.

This honey contains a higher concentration of pollen than Manuka, Yemeni Sidr, and local honeys. Many of our customers have reported positive results while using this honey to relieve the symptoms of hay fever.

In The Bahamas, red Gumbo Limbo tree extracts are used to treat related energy problems.

In Mexico, red Gumbo Limbo tree extracts are used to treat venereal diseases, snake bites, and all types of digestion problems.

In Peru, red Gumbo Limbo tree extracts are used as a tonic to cleanse and purify the blood.

In Belize, red Gumbo Limbo tree extracts are used to treat urinary tract infections, sunburn, and skin allergies.

For maximum health benefits, eat a teaspoon of this honey first thing in the morning on an empty stomach or mix it into a glass of cool water and drink it.

This honey can be used like ordinary honey but is best taken as a teaspoon of this honey mixed into a glass of cool or warm (not hot) water and drunk three times a day on an empty stomach.

Note: unless where specifically mentioned, none of these statements have been clinically proven in scientific trials and none of these statements constitute a claim as to any health benefit. Please contact us for links to the various scientific studies cited in these statements.

Tasty as always

A1 service, great tasting honey.

Excellent product. Great tasting honey

Absolutely delicious gumbo limbo!

Bought the six pack of gumbo limbo to aid in defense in this winter season. My child loves eating this In her cereal and right off the spoon! I would not buy my honey from anywhere else.And the delivery was super quick! Excellent value as well!

Like normal honey but completely natural, definitely worth it!

Miracle honey

My daughter and husband both suffer from allergies and hayfever symptoms and been for quite some time and nothing was working until someone recommended this honey. It's like a miracle and both cured. Bit of honey made a huge difference so worth the money.

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