# Recommend a very dark honey I can get online. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-very-dark-honey-i-can-get-online/773093 "2016-11-26T22:47:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-very-dark-honey-i-can-get-online/773093/1 "2016-11-26T22:47:54Z")
Someone in my family likes dark honey and I want to get them some for Christmas. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-very-dark-honey-i-can-get-online/773093/2 "2016-11-26T23:03:10Z")
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-very-dark-honey-i-can-get-online/773093/3 "2016-11-26T23:08:58Z")
I can’t specify a specific brand, but I’d go with buckwheat honey if they like dark. I just get one of the Polish ones down at my local grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-very-dark-honey-i-can-get-online/773093/4 "2016-11-26T23:43:46Z")
We’re talking bees honey, right? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-very-dark-honey-i-can-get-online/773093/5 "2016-11-27T00:15:56Z")
Yeah, I came back to this forum, re-read the title and realized right away it could be misinterpreted. Yes, I mean bees’ honey. 🙂 I’ve seen buckwheat honey and it’s definitely darker but even with buckwheat there’s a fair amount of variation. I was hoping a particular brand was always very dark. After looking at some shipping prices maybe I want to buy it in the store. If you have any stores you’d recommend I live in the Boston area. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-very-dark-honey-i-can-get-online/773093/6 "2016-11-27T01:51:03Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > Yeah, I came back to this forum, re-read the title and realized right away it could be misinterpreted. Yes, I mean bees’ honey. 🙂 > > I’ve seen buckwheat honey and it’s definitely darker but even with buckwheat there’s a fair amount of variation. I was hoping a particular brand was always very dark. > > After looking at some shipping prices maybe I want to buy it in the store. If you have any stores you’d recommend I live in the Boston area. I just go to the local Polish/Eastern European market. That part of the world loves their honeys and I usually can find 7-10 different types of honey: acacia, buckwheat, wildflower, clover, basswood, honeydew (which is actually something a little different), etc. From looking online, there appears to be an interesting raw honey purveyor in Cambridge called Follow the Honey that seems like it would have good gifts for a honey lover. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-very-dark-honey-i-can-get-online/773093/7 "2016-11-27T02:52:59Z")
Try Trader Joe’s too. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-very-dark-honey-i-can-get-online/773093/8 "2016-11-27T16:37:29Z")
This is our favorite local artisan honey place: [http://keez-beez.com/home](http://keez-beez.com/home) Their web store design needs a bit of help; note you can scroll left/right and there are more flavors available than you can see at first. I’ve not had their darkest honey but I can vouch for the overall quality. Since they’re a long way away from Boston, this stuff might have some extra exotic cachet as a gift. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-very-dark-honey-i-can-get-online/773093/9 "2016-11-28T22:15:27Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > This is our favorite local artisan honey place: [http://keez-beez.com/home](http://keez-beez.com/home) Their web store design needs a bit of help; note you can scroll left/right and there are more flavors available than you can see at first. > > I’ve not had their darkest honey but I can vouch for the overall quality. Since they’re a long way away from Boston, this stuff might have some extra exotic cachet as a gift. You rock! That was perfect (even if shipping was a little expensive). I just ordered some. Thanks for the suggestion! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-very-dark-honey-i-can-get-online/773093/10 "2016-11-28T23:11:43Z")
Thread relocated from IMHO to [del]the Personals section[/del] Cafe Society.