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Thyme honey and the high pastures

The beekeepers of Kalymnos and the wild herbs behind the flavour.

On the dry slopes of Kalymnos, thyme grows wild. In summer it flowers, and the bees find it.

The result is a honey so dark and aromatic it barely resembles the supermarket kind. It is a taste of the high pastures.