The special thing about this honey is its bitterness. The "Arbutus" variety, known in German as the strawberry tree, or as the Italian beekeeper calls it "Corbezzolo", is by far the most bitter honey in the world . Connoisseurs know how bitter this honey can be and anyone who prefers sweet honeys is not advised to choose this honey.
Honey from the strawberry tree is rare because the tree only flowers in autumn and trade winds make it difficult for bees to fly at this time of year. Harvest quantities are therefore very small and demand is particularly high.
This is because in folk medicine in the Mediterranean region, this honey is said to have healing and strengthening effects. Without actually being able to verify this, beekeepers advertise a high vitamin C content and accelerated healing for flu and colds. Even during the COVID pandemic, reports have appeared from time to time that attribute at least a soothing effect to this honey. However, studies and laboratory data are lacking for all of these claims. For this reason, we would like to limit ourselves to the consumption of this honey and ask you to contact your trusted doctor if you have any health-related questions.
The Brezzo family normally harvests their Corbezzolo honey in Sardinia and Corsica. This year, however, there was a bad harvest , so they have to resort to freshly harvested Corbezzolo honey from a beekeeper friend in Portugal. In terms of quality, the Portuguese honey is no less bitter or worse than the Brezzo family's own honey.
250 g Corbezzolo honey á 15,90 EUR; basic price 1 kg = 63,60 EUR
The country of origin of the honey is Portugal.
- Order with free in-store pickup from Tuesday to Friday. Please note the opening hours . Address: Welthonig im Rabenhof, Hainburger Straße 68-70/45/1, 1030 Vienna
- We ship daily and promptly after receipt of payment from Tuesday to Friday. Customers can choose between private delivery services such as DPD, GLS, and Hermes, as well as Austrian Post. You can find all the information in our shipping rates .
- [paused] Order and same-day delivery in Vienna. Operated by Veloce Botendienste GmbH. Orders placed in the evening and on weekends will be processed as quickly as possible on the next business day.
- Secure online payment with SSL encryption: Credit card (Mastercard, Visa, American Express), Klarna, and eps bank transfer. Swiss customers can pay directly in CHF without having to exchange. Customers in Canada can also pay directly in CAD without having to exchange. Customers in the US can also pay directly in USD without having to exchange.
- Offline payment without a card with a traditional bank transfer to the company's bank account (prepayment). After receipt of payment, the goods are packaged and shipped.