ive sat with kava at a proper kava bar and its a whole social ceremony, shared bowl, very specific. lumping that in with a spoon of honey bc both say ...

+1 checked. learned the hard way glass jars want padding in there too, mine survived but i was nervous the whole flight. wrap it in clothes

+1 checked. learned the hard way glass jars want padding in there too, mine survived but i was nervous the whole flight. wrap it in clothes

markets are the same. the stall thats got unlimited "this weeks" honey every single time ive walked past. honey doesnt refill the cliff on demand lol

@KiranFromNepal yeah that reframes it nicely. ive posted small gifts of local honey from trips before, always just declared food honey gift low value,...

anecdote not law but a jar i brought back years ago was labelled plain wildflower honey, nothing else on it. zero questions. whether that means it was...

the fizzy one is real btw. brought a jar back from a trip once that wasnt stored great and it had gone faintly fizzy with a yeasty smell. binned it. l...

if youre buying off a stall somewhere on a trip, half the value of this place is just learning what to ask the seller. ive watched stories fall apart ...

so the colour tells you nothing about whats actually in it. good to know

market version of the relabel one: amazing spoken origin story, gorgeous jar, zero batch number anywhere. ask which lot the paper covers and the story...

@Lena, but what does a good answer actually look like if they do have batch info? Like, what am I looking for

Wait, what? I literally just did this test on a jar I bought 😭, so that whole thing is useless??

I went to Nepal last year and asked about this in the Annapurna region. The collectors I met were very matter-of-fact about it — yes, it's their livel...