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<blockquote data-quote="NickWallingford" data-source="post: 1731" data-attributes="member: 44"><p>I was always told that honeys with particularly high levulose:dextrose ratio will granulate slowly, if at all (cf Vipers bugloss, tupelo honey - thanks, Van Morrison). Honeys with a low ratio will granulate rapidly, such as rata, which I can remember starting to granulate almost before we could get it to the extraction plant. Fast granulation => small crystals, smooth on the tongue. Slow granulation can sometimes set so hard you can hardly cut into it. There have been efforts (North Island, historically) to create 'creamed honey' by breaking up the crystals physically - effectively grinding the granulated honey. True proponents of creamed honey would sneer at this approach. Back a long time ago, some beekeepers would allow a 60lb tin of honey to granulate hard, and then cut it into 1lb sized 'blocks', just like a block of butter, and wrap it in waxed paper for sale locally... I wrote about that once; I'll see if I can find the article.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NickWallingford, post: 1731, member: 44"] I was always told that honeys with particularly high levulose:dextrose ratio will granulate slowly, if at all (cf Vipers bugloss, tupelo honey - thanks, Van Morrison). Honeys with a low ratio will granulate rapidly, such as rata, which I can remember starting to granulate almost before we could get it to the extraction plant. Fast granulation => small crystals, smooth on the tongue. Slow granulation can sometimes set so hard you can hardly cut into it. There have been efforts (North Island, historically) to create 'creamed honey' by breaking up the crystals physically - effectively grinding the granulated honey. True proponents of creamed honey would sneer at this approach. Back a long time ago, some beekeepers would allow a 60lb tin of honey to granulate hard, and then cut it into 1lb sized 'blocks', just like a block of butter, and wrap it in waxed paper for sale locally... I wrote about that once; I'll see if I can find the article. [/QUOTE]
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