Miel de Aguacate

It is a dark amber spring honey with a slow crystallization and a characteristic aroma with a touch of caramel and ripe fruit together with a light salty flavour.

Colour (Pfund and described colour)

≥ 95 mm at the Pfund scale. Dark brown almost black.

Smell

Intense, warm, with a candy touch

Scent

Intense and persistent. Caramel, malt and slightly salted.

Physical and chemical characteristics 

• Humidity ≤ 18 %.
• Aw ≤ 0,620
• Hydroxymethylfurfural ≤ 20 mg/kg.
• Diastase activity ≤ 12 Shade.
• Electrical conductivity 0,700 mS/cm

Production area

This honey is produced at the north escarpment of the island and at the south coast, around the Güímar Valley, where the largest avocado plantations of Tenerife are located.

Production period

Spring honey

Gastronomic proposals

It has been traditionally employed for kneading it with gofio.