Mieli Thun is pure monofloral honeys collected during peak blooming periods in specially selected, uncontaminated locations. Nomadic honeys , produced by taking the bees to sixty extraordinary sites, a family tradition involving trips all over the country, careful observation and paying heed to the tales of the farmers, who are true connoisseurs of the land. Pure ingredient. Mieli Thun has stepped out of the box to imagine honey as a pure ingredient with many possible uses.
From breakfast to dinner, miraculous in cakes and pastry, it is a salad dressing, cooks perfectly, an emulsifier par excellence, fundamental in cocktails, goes well in curd and is an important ingredient in traditional salamis.
The greatest chefs are pioneering this rediscovery, honey is the new frontier of gourmet cuisine. Mieli Thun futurist honeys manifesto. Each area produces honey with specific physical and sensorial properties corresponding to the area and the time of its production. Honeys are like snapshots of the land, detailed images of woods, mountains and farmland.
A plant product. Even though made by bees, honey is the most precious fruit of the plants, and they reveal the scent of their flower of origin. No processing or treatment is necessary to preserve honey or make it edible. Minerals, enzymes, bioavailability, ethnopharmacopea, these are words that are naturally associated with the uses of honey and its properties. It is nectar, it is a plant product, the quintessence of the plants they come from.
Hives rhyme with lives. They are an unequivocal indicator of a healthy environment, they pollinate the flowers of most angiosperms, ensuring biodiversity. Bees are, by their very nature, the link between the world of man and that of insects, often their voices go unheard. Nothing is added and nothing is taken away from honey. This is what makes it essential.
