Miód kurpiowski

Miód kurpiowski is polyfloral nectar honey with an EU protected geographical indication (PGI) from the historic Kurpie region in the Mazowieckie and Podlaskie voivodeships. It may contain some honeydew; pollen of any one plant stays below 30 % and pollen of crop plants below 10 %.

The colour runs from pale yellow and straw to brown with greenish highlights that show the honeydew share. The aroma is intense and spicy, the taste delicate and slightly sweet. Water is at most 18.5 %, sucrose up to 5 g/100 g, HMF up to 10 mg/kg and electrical conductivity at least 0.8 mS/cm.

The honey is cold-spun, never above 30 °C, and never filtered or pasteurised. It is packed before the first crystallisation, inside Kurpie. A patchwork of meadows, pastures and conifer forest leaves no dominant pollen. Forest beekeeping there is documented from the 15th century, with a royal edict of 1401 and a law of 1559.

Why this matters to you: the label distributed through the beekeepers' association in Ostrołęka proves origin, and the honey is best judged by its blended bouquet rather than a single flower.