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<blockquote data-quote="NickWallingford" data-source="post: 9347" data-attributes="member: 44"><p>Honey is a super-saturated sugar solution. It has more sugar in it than can really be (long term) dissolved in the small water component. So pretty much all honeys will granulate, some much faster than others. Fast granulation means small, fine crystals that you can hardly detect. Slower granulating honeys have a coarse, sharp crystal that you can readily detect on your tongue. </p><p></p><p>Rata honey can granulate almost before you can get it extracted. Tupelo honey (Hi, Van!) will not granulate pretty much ever. </p><p></p><p>And controlling the granulation process to get a smooth, creamy outcome for your honey? That is the process of 'creaming honey' - introducing the type of crystal that you want all the honey to be like and doing the things you can to get it to 'grow' faster than the other crystals (temperature, primarily).</p><p></p><p>And you can do that as a hobbyist and have a lot of fun trying...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NickWallingford, post: 9347, member: 44"] Honey is a super-saturated sugar solution. It has more sugar in it than can really be (long term) dissolved in the small water component. So pretty much all honeys will granulate, some much faster than others. Fast granulation means small, fine crystals that you can hardly detect. Slower granulating honeys have a coarse, sharp crystal that you can readily detect on your tongue. Rata honey can granulate almost before you can get it extracted. Tupelo honey (Hi, Van!) will not granulate pretty much ever. And controlling the granulation process to get a smooth, creamy outcome for your honey? That is the process of 'creaming honey' - introducing the type of crystal that you want all the honey to be like and doing the things you can to get it to 'grow' faster than the other crystals (temperature, primarily). And you can do that as a hobbyist and have a lot of fun trying... [/QUOTE]
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