Hi )

I'm from New Zealand, I love Manuka Honey on my toast! Manuka Honey is
very nice but as Scott mentioned it can be fairly strong flavoured
which I'd say is probably not suited to many varieties of tea. In fact
I'd say it's worse off being used in lesser quality tea because the
flavour of the honey will be less complimented by the flavours of the
tea, or vice versa... simply because lesser quality tea lacks any
fresh distinctive flavour. The higher quality teas are just more
complex in thier flavour, so I guess it's true that the complexity is
a delicate balance... that's not to say the flavour is always light
and delicate? perhaps used in small amounts the Manuka Honey could
work well within that delicate balance without throwing it off. It's
not easy trying to describe something as subtle as taste is huh?
Flavour can be subtle yet distinctive all at the same time?! )

Just a suggestion but I would think manuka honey if used at all would
match best with earthy or woody tones, some of the distinctive
flavoured teas... probably not suited to the delicate(light) teas. You
may just need to experiment to find what suits best depending on your
teas and which manuka honey you have... some definitely have a more
medicinal flavour than others which you might want to avoid.

I don't think there's anything wrong with adding a touch of honey to
some teas though, as long as it's just complimenting the tea flavour,
not detracting or overpowering it. It can be a good way of weaning
people onto pure tea without milk )

Jon



On Mar 17, 6:49 am, "magicleaf" > wrote:
> Manuka honey, I have been hearing a lot about this honey and
> occassionaly its nice to have tea with a littlle sweetner in. ( I can
> hear all those tea officionados scoffing) I read this articlehttp://www.downtoearth.org/articles/manuka_honey.htm Anyone tried
> this stuff. I am thinking of getting some to try out.