In fact, UC Davis researchers have come up with 99 descriptors — think root beer, leather, lime and, yes, cat pee — on the Honey Flavor Wheel. So how can you taste at home? Amina Harris, director of ...

And so the honey-tasting wheel was born. For me, molasses was the first descriptor on the wheel that jumped out. I love buckwheat honey, which I first discovered in western New York's Finger Lakes ...

some – such as almond honey – even taste bitter,” Harris noted. Earlier attempts at honey wheels used such terms as “fresh” or “warm,” Harris noted. In reinventing the honey wheel ...

The room was abuzz with excitement as members of the Trinity Valley Beekeepers Association prepared for their annual honey tasting in early August. Jars of golden honey were arranged on the ...

When you taste honey, do you know how to describe the flavor? You probably will when you use the UC Davis Honey and Pollinator Center”s newly published Honey Flavor Wheel. “This gives a huge ...

some – such as almond honey – even taste bitter,” Harris noted. Earlier attempts at honey wheels used such terms as “fresh” or “warm,” Harris noted. In re-inventing the honey wheel ...

Harris runs honey tasting programs at UC Davis, where tasters and experts together created another honey flavor wheel. It has 99 words that make up its spokes. By the end of the class, I was ...

And so the honey-tasting wheel was born. For me, molasses was the first descriptor on the wheel that jumped out. I love buckwheat honey, which I first discovered in western New York's Finger Lakes ...

In order to help consumers identify those flavors, an institute in Davis will develop a honey tasting and aroma wheel. Researchers say the tool will describe the different factors that influence ...