Natural honey is something that we find it too difficult to get and especially in Kerala, we really find it hard to get it. There are a lot of natural resources in Kerala that are rich in honey but those are mostly in the forest areas. In the urban areas, it is difficult to get pure honey. Even though we get honey through various shops, their genuineness is still doubtful.

I was just travelling on my bike near my house and suddenly I came to notice that some guys were selling something by the side of the road. I came near them and realized that it was fresh honey just being tapped and when I asked a local guy, he told me that they got hold of the honey from a big tree just besides where we were standing.

I became doubtful on whether to buy them, but ultimately I decided to buy half kg and came home. At home I tested it to determine whether it was genuine and my test confirmed that the honey was real.

In Kerala there are many honey resources in the rural area and most of them are available in the major travel destinations of Kerala such as Munnar, Wayanad, Idukki and other eco friendly places. There are local tribes who specializes in capturing the honeycomb and thereby squeezing the honey out of it. The pure honey is always on high demand and I think that INR 200 for half kilogram is worth it.

There are many fake brands who sell honey that claims to be real, and actually those honeys never have any traces of real honey in them. The duplicate honey is made by mixing jaggery with water and people find it difficult to identify whether it is real or not.

But this time, I am lucky that I got the right honey and didn’t lose my money afterall.