Raw, unfiltered honey from bees working the native Kunzea ambigua flowering in North-East Tasmania. Cold extracted, nothing added, and gone when the season's batch runs out.
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What it actually is
Kunzea ambigua is an Australian native shrub that grows across North-East Tasmania. It flowers for a short window in spring, and for that window the hives placed in it produce a monofloral honey: smooth, rich, with a mild sweetness and a distinctive native character rather than the sharp, assertive edge people expect from stronger native honeys.
It is the same plant behind our Kunzea oil. The honey is the edible side of it, and it is a genuinely different thing from anything on a supermarket shelf.
Why there is never much of it
The flowering is short and the yield is low. For every five drums of other native honeys our beekeepers can produce, only one drum of Kunzea comes out of the season.
drum of Kunzea Honey
drums of other native honeys
harvest per year, in spring
When a season's batch sells through, that is it until the next flowering.
North-East Tasmania
Hives sit in wild, unfarmed Kunzea scrub in remote North-East Tasmania. There is no cropping in the forage range and no agricultural spraying nearby, so what ends up in the jar is whatever the bees found in native bush. Single origin is not a marketing line here, it is a description of where the hives physically are.
From hive to jar
Hives go into the Kunzea scrub for that single spring window and come out again. That is what makes it monofloral rather than a blend of whatever was flowering across the year.
Extracted and strained below 40°C. Heat is what makes commercial honey pour like syrup forever, and it is also what strips the aroma, the pollen and the natural enzymes.
No syrups, no added sugars, no water, no colourants, no preservatives. The ingredient list is one line long: raw monofloral Tasmanian Kunzea Honey.
The detail
| Floral source | Kunzea ambigua, monofloral |
|---|---|
| Origin | North-East Tasmania |
| Harvest window | Once a year, spring flowering |
| Extraction | Cold extracted and strained, below 40°C |
| Processing | Raw, unfiltered, unpasteurised |
| Ingredients | 100% raw monofloral Tasmanian Kunzea Honey. Nothing else. |
| Additives | None. No syrups, sugars, water, colourants or preservatives. |
| Traceability | Single origin, fully traceable to the season and region |
| Beekeeping | Sustainable and ethical practices |
| Sizes | 250g and 400g glass jars |
| Storage | Cool, dry place out of direct sunlight. Do not heat above 40°C. |
| Shipping limits | Cannot be sent to Western Australia, Kangaroo Island or New Zealand |
Honest comparison
Most honey sold in Australia is blended from multiple sources and heat treated so it stays liquid on the shelf. Both are honey. They are not the same product.
| Kunzea Honey | Typical blended supermarket honey | |
|---|---|---|
| Floral source | One plant, one flowering | Blended, often multi-country |
| Heat treatment | None, cold extracted | Usually pasteurised |
| Filtration | Strained only, unfiltered | Fine filtered, pollen removed |
| Crystallises naturally | Yes, as raw honey does | Rarely, by design |
| Traceable to a region | North-East Tasmania | Typically not |
| Available year round | No, one harvest a year | Yes |
We have put the one honest disadvantage in the table too. It runs out.
Ways to use it
A mild, distinctive honey is wasted in baking. Use it where it is the point.
Crystallisation is normal. Raw honey sets over time and it is not a fault. Stand the jar in warm water for about 15 minutes to loosen it. Keep it below 40°C and never microwave it.
Not for infants under 12 months, because of the risk of infant botulism. For everyone else it is an ordinary food.
Avoid if you are allergic to honey, bee stings or bee products.
What buyers say
Complete the pantry
All Zea Gourmet, all shipping together, all subject to the same honey quarantine limits.
It is harvested just once a year in spring, when the native Kunzea ambigua flowers for a short seasonal window in North-East Tasmania. For every five drums of other native honeys, only one drum of Kunzea can be produced. Once we run out, that is it until next season.
Yes. 100% raw, unfiltered and unprocessed, with no additives, colourants or preservatives. It is single origin, fully traceable, and produced under sustainable, ethical beekeeping practices.
Smooth and rich with a mild, approachable sweetness, and a distinctive native flavour. It works drizzled on yoghurt or toast, stirred into tea, or straight from the spoon.
Completely normal. Crystallisation is natural in raw honey and does not mean it has spoiled. To return it to liquid, gently warm the jar in a water bath below 40°C so the raw enzymes are preserved.
Almost. Because of quarantine restrictions on bee products, Tasmanian honey cannot be sent to Western Australia, Kangaroo Island or New Zealand. It ships freely to all other Australian states and territories.
Honey should not be given to children under 12 months, because of the risk of infant botulism. For older children and adults, enjoy it as part of a balanced diet.
No. The hives sit in wild, unfarmed native bush with no cropping or agricultural spraying in the forage range, but we do not hold an organic certification and we would rather tell you exactly what we do than use a word we cannot back up.
Only the amount of honey. Same honey, same season, same jar style. The 400g works out cheaper per gram, and both come down further at three or five jars.
One harvest a year
Raw, cold extracted, single origin Kunzea Honey from North-East Tasmania. Free standard shipping on AU orders over $75.
Choose your jarKunzea Honey is a food, not a therapeutic product, and no medicinal claims are made for it. Not suitable for infants under 12 months. Avoid if allergic to honey or bee products. Cannot be shipped to Western Australia, Kangaroo Island or New Zealand.
