Thank You!

Thank you for joining the Kypseli family! Your jar contains 100% pure, raw, and unfiltered honey harvested across the street from Winterthur!  Learn more about our varietals, the different blooms that contribute to each varietal's unique flavor, and how we harvest our honey in small, hand-bottled batches to maximize flavor and honor the tremendous effort of the honeybee.

Three Varietals

As a result of the nectar and pollen within the honeybees' reach, our honey takes on the richness of seasonal blooms.  The honeybees produce a uniquely sweet and smooth wildflower honey that we harvest in small batches three times per year, creating spring, summer and fall varietals. Each harvest is carefully timed to maximize the flavor profiles of each variety.

Spring Honey

Our spring collection kicks off the season with honey that is as sweet and bright as the happy bees producing it--bees which are emerging from their winter in the hives excited to explore nature's bounty.  With spring comes the annual "spring flow" as millions of honeybees enjoying local blooms like daffodils, bluebells, winterhazel, hellebores, azaleas and peonies pollinate the local countryside.   The smooth, liquid texture reflects the delicate and light flavors of this sweet variety.

Summer Honey

As temperatures rise, our summer collection remains sweet and begins to darken ever-so-slightly in color and retains a thicker texture--perfect in a cold glass of iced tea to enjoy those warm, hazy summer months.  The bees start to slow down in June, July and early August as the annual "spring flow" comes to an end.  During this time of year, bees enjoy roses, daylillies, and late-blooming azaleas, bugbanes, hostas, hydrangeas, and other natural wildflowers that dot the rolling landscape.

Fall Honey

Fall honey is rare.  By this point in the season, the honeybees are scurrying about to make the last bit of honey they will need to survive the winter.  A careful beekeeper must pull only very modest amounts to ensure that the honeybees are well-stocked for colder months.  

Fall honey is coveted not only for its rarity, but also its rich, luscious flavors. Fall honey is deep and dark, with even more body than its spring and summer siblings.  In August and September, our honeybees enjoy dogwoods, maples, bugbanes, goldenrods, and perhaps even a few fall daffodils and early blooming mums.

Pure, Raw, Unfiltered

Many bulk packers and large-scale commercial producers heat honey to high temperatures and use advanced filtering techniques to make the extraction process easier. Some even dilute honey with corn syrup and other additives to stretch their harvests and increase profits. Others add flavorings after the extraction is complete. 

We do not. Our honey is neither heated nor pasteurized.  We do not add any flavors.  We do not add any syrups or sweeteners.  Instead, after removed from the hive, our honey is coarsely filtered to remove large wax pieces and other particles and simply poured into glass jars.  As a result, our honey is 100% pure, raw, and unfiltered.  And each batch looks and tastes a little different depending on what's blooming.