Depending on the honey plant, honey varies in color, taste and smell. If the honey is obtained from one particular plant species, then it usually gives the name of this plant, such as Tiliaceae, buckwheat, sunflower honey. If the bees gathered nectar from various plants, such one is usually called mixed, or just a flower one. All of these types of honey have useful properties. Liquid honey is a normal condition of fresh one from the honeycomb after evacuation (usually honey beekeeping this season). Liquid honey has various degrees of thickness (viscosity). The viscosity of honey depends on more or less water content and partly on the ambient temperature. Liquid honey can be obtained also by heating a crystallized honey and you may lose some useful properties of honey. Crystallized honey is naturally produced from liquid honey. This honey does not lose its properties as a result of crystallization. By the color, honey is divided into light and dark with numerous transitional shades from white to reddish brown. The color of it depends on the plant, which is obtained from nectar: honey obtained relatively bright blossoms of the linden, sunflower, acacia, relatively dark - buckwheat, milkweed honey. It can thicken and as a result of a process which began its crystallization. Honey, as a rule, has a sweet taste. Sour taste is unique properties of bad honey. Aroma (smell) of honey is determined by the characteristics of the plant. Honey collected by bees from one particular plant, is usually has a characteristic flavor and aroma. The peculiar flavor is lime honey collected from flowers of the sunflower. The aroma of mixed honey is different variety and often makes it impossible to determine its origin. Different types of honey can be mixed to obtain the desired color and flavor of it. Uniform honey collected from plants of one species has its own color and specific flavor and aroma. Blending is the process of mixing different varieties of honey. Experts in honey are engaged these only. The consumer usually prefers lighter varieties of the product. So, at pumping honey should divide on white and dark varieties. Nutritionists advise to use honey ac (before meals). It helps digestion and improves metabolism. People who regularly eat the product have fewer health problems and viral diseases.
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