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KEENE RAW HONEY

KEENE RAW HONEY

100% Raw & Unfiltered • Pure Honey, Minimally Handled

Our raw honey comes straight from our honeybees and is handled as little as possible from hive to jar. We do not heat it for processing, fine filter it, blend it for consistency, or add anything to it.

We don’t make the honey, the bees do. Our role is simply to protect it.

Because the honeybees gather nectar from the flowers available to them, the color, flavor, aroma, and texture of our honey can naturally vary from harvest to harvest. That variation is part of real honey.

What Makes Raw Honey Different?

Raw honey is more than a natural sweetener. It naturally contains a complex mixture of sugars along with plant-derived polyphenols, organic acids, enzymes, amino acids, minerals, pollen, and other naturally occurring compounds.

The exact composition of honey varies depending on the flowers the bees visit, location, weather, growing conditions, and time of harvest.

Rather than heavily processing our honey to make every jar exactly alike, we preserve its natural character.

From Hive to Jar

After the honeybees have finished making the honey, we extract it from the honeycomb and bottle it while it is still naturally liquid.

Our honey is:

✓ 100% raw & unfiltered
✓ Never heated above 98.6°F
✓ Strained, not filtered
✓ No additives
✓ Bottled in glass
✓ Family beekeepers since 1987

Straining removes larger pieces of beeswax and hive material while allowing the honey to retain much of its naturally occurring character.

The Honeybees Decide

One harvest may be lighter and delicate, while another may be darker and more robust. Even honey harvested from the same area can change as different flowers bloom throughout the season.

We don’t heat, blend, or heavily filter our honey simply to make every jar look and taste the same.

What the honeybees bring us is what we bottle.

Available Sizes

8 oz: A great size for trying Keene Raw Honey
22 oz: Our most popular everyday size
3 lb: Family size for honey lovers

Looking for more? Our raw honey is also available by the case in Honey by the Case.

A Note About Crystallization

Raw honey naturally crystallizes over time. Some harvests crystallize faster than others depending on their natural sugar composition.

Crystallization is normal and does not mean the honey has gone bad.

Store at room temperature. No refrigeration needed.

from $14.25
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KEENE SPECIAL BUCKWHEAT HONEY

KEENE SPECIAL BUCKWHEAT HONEY

100% Raw & Unfiltered • Bold, Dark & Distinctive

Our Special Buckwheat Honey is a naturally darker honey with a rich, robust flavor that sets it apart from lighter varieties. Its deep color and bold character come from the nectar sources gathered by the honeybees, not from blending, flavoring, or processing.

Every harvest can be a little different because we don’t make the honey, the bees do. Our role is simply to protect it.

What Makes Dark Buckwheat Honey Special?

Dark honeys such as buckwheat are especially interesting because of their naturally occurring plant compounds. Research has found that darker honeys, including buckwheat honey, can contain higher levels of phenolic compounds and greater antioxidant activity than many lighter-colored honeys.

Honey is a natural agricultural product, so its exact composition, color, and flavor can vary from harvest to harvest depending on nectar sources, growing conditions, weather, and location.

Raw honey naturally contains a complex mixture of sugars along with plant-derived polyphenols, organic acids, enzymes, amino acids, minerals, pollen, and other naturally occurring compounds.

Rich, Bold Flavor

Buckwheat honey has a much stronger flavor than a typical light honey. Depending on the harvest, you may notice deep, earthy, malty, or molasses-like notes.

Its bold flavor makes it especially enjoyable:

  • By the spoonful

  • In tea or coffee

  • Drizzled over oatmeal or yogurt

  • In baking and breads

  • In marinades, glazes, and sauces

  • Anywhere you want the flavor of the honey to stand out

How We Protect Our Honey

At Keene Raw Honey, our goal is to handle honey as little as possible and keep it close to the way the honeybees made it.

✓ 100% raw & unfiltered
✓ Never heated above 98.6°F
✓ Strained, not filtered
✓ No additives
✓ Bottled in glass
✓ Family beekeepers since 1987

We don’t heat or blend our honey simply to make every jar look or taste exactly the same. Natural variation is part of real honey.

Available Sizes

8 oz: A great size for trying our Special Buckwheat Honey
22 oz: For those who already love its bold, distinctive flavor

Looking for more? Our honey is also available by the case in Honey by the Case.

A Note About Raw Honey

Raw honey may naturally crystallize over time. Crystallization is a normal characteristic of honey and does not mean it has gone bad.

Store at room temperature. No refrigeration needed.

from $19.95
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