How to Care for Beeswax
Learn how to care for different beeswax products, including beeswax candles, food wrap & more!
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Can You Eat Honeycomb?
Before we get into the sweet details, we want to start this article with a resounding: YES! Honeycomb is 100% edible and actually quite good for you! Now, on to the science! Using honeycomb at home: try a beautiful bowl of yogurt with berries and glistening Acacia honeycomb. What is...
8 Best Honeys for Baking & Cooking
Tea and honey is such a natural pairing (especially in the Tea & Honey store) that it's very easy for us to get in a rut of thinking about our honeys solely in relation to our teas. But honey is beautiful and marvelously diverse in both its flavor and its applications...
What is Tupelo Honey?
You most likely have heard of Tupelo honey. This famous honey has made its way into multiple pop culture references, including the 1997 movie Ulee’s Gold, a film that follows a beekeeper and his family troubles. Both the famous 1971 Van Morrison album and title track, Tupelo Honey, written in...
How to Substitute Honey for Sugar in Baking
Looking to substitute honey for cane sugar in baking? Follow these easy steps to get started swapping out sugar for a healthier alternative!
The Health Benefits of Dark Honey
Look closely inside any bee hive, and you will find an army of bees working in unison to create a sweet, sweet thing: honey. Not only is honey a wonderful natural sweetener, there are also some amazing health benefits that can be gained from incorporating raw honey into your diet....
Beeswax: The building blocks of the hive
What is Beeswax? A question that we often hear in our honey room is "What is beeswax?". The simple answer is that beeswax is the construction material of the hive. But over the centuries, humans have found many ingenious ways to use this incredible natural material - from candles to food-safe...
Does Honey Go Bad?
Why & How Bees Make Honey 🐝
All About Bees The phrase “busy as a bee,” is one we hear plenty of times throughout our lives, but upon further researching about how and why honey is made, I have discovered how truly remarkable and hard-working these creatures are. The western honey bee, Apis mellifera<, is a eusocial,...
Catch Some Seriously Sweet Sleep with this Honey Hack! 😴
Lucky are those who sleep well for 8 hours straight. For some, getting a proper night’s sleep is near impossible and for many this involves midnight trips to the fridge. Dealing with insomnia can be really frustrating and being unable to sleep well for several nights in a row affects...
Surprisingly Sweet Side Effects of Raw Honey! 🍯
It’s no surprise that here at Saratoga Tea & Honey Company, we are BIG fans of honey! From sweetening our tea to livening up our breakfast, we all know how absolutely delicious honey is. However, many people are not aware of the array of health benefits raw honey has to...
5 Ways to Use Bee's Wrap
Bee's Wrap is a sustainable alternative to plastic wrap for food storage! So keep that leftover lemon half, a wedge of cheese, or bowl of salad fresh. Simply mold the reusable sheets, made from cotton muslin coated in beeswax, with the heat of your hands. Here are our top...