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Originally Posted by unclebilly

I love honey. I put it in my coffee every morning.

In 2014, I was presenting a paper in KL and the hotel I stayed at had a rack in the breakfast buffet for a honey comb. It would flow out of the comb, along a rail and into a cup. The honey from that cup was divine.

We've transitioned to honey for almost all sweetening. We've been getting ours from a local company for several years. For the first few years from a farmer's market, but the wife got tired of working 6-7 days a week, so now we get it from a store.
WHen they came to the Farmer's market, they used to have multiple sources. Their main source was what they called "Texas Brush," but they'd also often have grapefruit, horsemint, Guajillo, and one year they even had Cotton Blossom. Growing up, I'd always either seen clover or orange blossom, mostly clover. I was shocked at how different the various honeys looked and tasted.

The Texas Brush honey is often very dark with a very strong flavor. It's one of my favorites. It also almost never crystalizes. We buy it a gallon at a time (it's a lot cheaper that way)

I was really surprised by the cotton blossom. It was also REALLY good. I can't describe it, but I raved about it and asked them if they had more, so they brought me the last that they had. The cotton blossom was very light in flavor and crystalized more readily. I did a little reading. Apparently, whether the honey is light or dark is usually an indicator if it's going to crystalize or not.

Now that they are selling through the retail store, I only get the Texas Brush which is OK.