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SHINYA at Fukuoka Mitsukoshi
Azabudai Hills MITSUKI
SHINYA at Fukuoka Mitsukoshi
Honey Sommelier ProfessionalMy job is to taste honey from all over the world and explore the possibilities of pairings. Whenever I travel, I always try local honey to broaden my palate. I'm also interested in pairings with ingredients that are carefully selected for their origin and production method, and I'm particularly interested in pairings with wine, craft beer, cheese, nuts, and dried fruit. I'm good at suggesting ways to enjoy honey that make the most of its aroma, richness, spiciness, and bitterness.
Honey Spanish Lemon
Product detailsRich vanilla flavor with lemon-scented honey is transformed into a luxurious dessert.
Recommended for a refreshing time.
Spanish lemon honey has a smooth texture and a gentle sweetness, making it an easy-to-appreciate flavor. We especially recommend pairing it with rich vanilla ice cream. Drizzling a teaspoon of honey over the ice cream creates an exquisite combination of creamy richness and the subtle tartness of lemon, transforming it into a refreshing dessert. Why not treat yourself to some honey while relaxing after work, after a meal, or after a bath? The refreshing scent will refresh your mood.
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Honey Spanish Lemon
Product detailsRich vanilla flavor with lemon-scented honey is transformed into a luxurious dessert.
Recommended for a refreshing time.
Spanish lemon honey has a smooth texture and a gentle sweetness, making it an easy-to-appreciate flavor. We especially recommend pairing it with rich vanilla ice cream. Drizzling a teaspoon of honey over the ice cream creates an exquisite combination of creamy richness and the subtle tartness of lemon, transforming it into a refreshing dessert. Why not treat yourself to some honey while relaxing after work, after a meal, or after a bath? The refreshing scent will refresh your mood.
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Honey Hungarian Phacelia
Product detailsPhacelia honey has a gentle sweetness and a mild fragrance.
When combined with espresso, it retains its depth while retaining the bitter chocolate flavor.
This honey is incredibly simple and easy to eat, and is a must-try for anyone who loves acacia honey. Its gentle sweetness, soft fragrance, and rich, floral aftertaste make it a honey you'll want to enjoy on its own as a snack. While there are several honeys that go well with coffee, when pairing it with espresso, this Phaselia is the first to come to mind. Add one tablespoon of Phaselia to a demitasse-sized espresso. Adding plenty of honey mellows the bitterness while retaining the espresso's distinctive depth, creating a flavor reminiscent of bitter chocolate. This is a recommended pairing unique to Phaselia, with its gentle sweetness and rich flavor. Enjoy it after a meal.
honey italy sunflower
Product detailsItalian sunflower honey with a bright flavor reminiscent of tropical fruits.
When dipped in oven-baked hard cheese crackers, it pairs perfectly with white wine.
Sunflower honey has a bright flavor reminiscent of tropical fruit bathed in sunlight, with a fruity, juicy taste that fills your mouth and leaves you feeling satisfied even when eaten on its own. While it's a classic honey pairing with hard cheese, it would be a waste to just dab it on its own. Place sliced or shredded hard cheese on a baking sheet and microwave at 600W for about a minute and a half. Cheese crackers with sunflower honey add a crispy texture and enhanced flavor. The fruity aroma of sunflowers enhances the rich, fragrant flavor of the cheese, making it the perfect accompaniment to white wine.
Honey Greek Orange
Product detailsRich Greek orange honey with a citrus aroma pairs perfectly with feta cheese.
It also goes well with fruits and nuts in a luxurious salad.
Greek orange honey has a refreshing citrus aroma, but also a rich, full-bodied flavor. The concentrated flavor, unique to Greek produce, often leads you to search for ingredients with a slightly stronger flavor, ultimately resulting in Greek ingredients. Feta cheese is a recommended and easy pairing. Simply dice desalted feta cheese and toss it with orange honey. While it's a salty cheese, the rich honey enhances the milk flavor. While it's delicious enough on its own in a salad with olive oil, adding nuts, strawberries, or kiwi is also recommended. The result is a more complex and visually luxurious salad.
Greek Red Heath Honey
Product detailsThe rich, fruity sweetness of Greek red heath honey
It pairs well with fragrant cheese and rye bread, and also goes well with chilled cider.
Greek Red Heath honey has a sweet and tart flavor reminiscent of dried fruit, with a satisfying taste like ripe fruit. Its concentrated, rich, and fruity flavor makes it a perfect pairing with something unique like rye bread. Prepare a mellow-smelling cheese made with unpasteurized milk, like Camembert de Normandy, crush nuts, place on rye bread, and drizzle with honey. The honey brings out the milky flavor of the cheese, matching perfectly with the tartness of the rye bread. For hot weather, ice-cold cider is recommended.
Honey France Acacia
Product detailsBaguette topped with Roquefort paste, fruit and prosciutto.
Finished with a drizzle of rich French acacia honey, it pairs perfectly with a dry white wine.
French acacia honey is so rich you can even taste it with a spoon, making it one of the thickest acacia honeys. It's delicious on toast and yogurt, but pairing it with something as distinctive as blue cheese really brings out the flavors of each. Make a paste with Roquefort and unsalted butter, then lightly coat the baguette with garlic for flavor. Top with your favorite fruit, prosciutto, and Roquefort paste, and finish with a drizzle of honey. The cheese's distinctive saltiness is mellowed, while the richness of French acacia brings out the sweetness and flavor of the milk in the blue cheese. It pairs well with dry white wine, so be sure to give it a try.
Greek Oak Honey
Product detailsGreek oak honey, with its rich, brown sugar-like flavor, is served with baked pain de campagne and Munster cheese along with cumin for an exquisite harmony.
Greek oak honey has a rich, brown sugar-like flavor that slowly unfolds on the tongue over time. Its rich, solid flavor, combined with a subtle acidity, makes it a perfect match for bread with a grainy texture. Bake a pain de campagne topped with Munster, an Alsace cheese, in the oven, and once the cheese is melted, add a little cumin and finish with oak honey. This combination is unique to oak, which stands up to the fragrant aroma of the bread and the mellow cheese flavor and spices.
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Azabudai Hills MITSUKI
Honey SommelierOn the weekends, I like to enjoy a slightly luxurious breakfast, and as a cooking enthusiast, I find nothing more relaxing than finding new ways to use honey. I prefer a mellow, rich flavor, and I'm constantly researching how to combine it with tea and coffee. I'm also particular about the aroma, and by choosing honey that's perfect for relaxing on the weekend, I can add a touch of comforting color to the dinner table.
Honey France Gatineau
Product detailsSmooth, milky sweetness and rich floral aroma.
A luxurious cappuccino with milk foam made with Gatinet honey.
The French Gatineau chocolate has a smooth texture that melts on the tongue, and a gentle, milky sweetness. The aftertaste leaves you with a rich floral aroma, and if you close your eyes and take a deep breath, you can enjoy the soft, rich flavor.
We recommend a cappuccino. Add two tablespoons of Gatineau to make milk foam and incorporate plenty of air to bring out the sweet aroma of the milk. The rich, foamy milk gently envelops the bitterness of the coffee, creating a luxurious cappuccino. For a relaxing drink, try adding some cinnamon.
Tasmanian Leatherwood Honey
Product detailsLeatherwood honey has a unique aroma that you should try at least once.
Pair it with rich burrata for a luxurious and delicious dessert.
This is one honey that everyone should try. Simply opening the jar will bring you the floral aroma. Leatherwood honey is harvested in Tasmania, an island said to have the cleanest air in the world. Once you experience this unique aroma, you'll never forget it. The floral aroma fills your mouth, with hints of wood, a slight smoky, slightly bitter taste. It's rare to find a monofloral honey that offers such a complex array of flavors.
My current favorite is pairing it with burrata, an Italian mozzarella cheese. Just pouring Leatherwood over this rich, creamy cheese creates an absolutely delicious dessert.
Honey Bulgarian Coriander
Product detailsCoriander honey is rich and refreshing.
Shake with yogurt and water for a milky, refreshing drink.
It has a rich flavor at first, but the aftertaste is a refreshing herbal aroma. This honey is relatively refreshing to eat even in hot weather. Simply mix yogurt with equal parts water and coriander honey and shake to create a simple yogurt drink. The honey brings out the milky flavor of the yogurt, and the refreshing aroma of the coriander makes it a refreshing treat to have at breakfast.
If it's the season when you sweat a lot, we recommend adding a pinch of salt.
Honey Wakayama Haze no Ki
Product detailsHaze tree honey has a gentle sweetness and goes perfectly with fruits and dressings.
Served with prosciutto, it also makes a great snack.
When you eat honey from the Haze tree, you will feel a gentle sweetness, a soft fragrance, and a taste that is somewhat reminiscent of green tea in the aftertaste. Thanks to its not-too-overpowering sweetness, it pairs well with fruit. It pairs well with the tartness of strawberries, and the soft sweetness of the honey almost seems like the natural sweetness of the fruit.
For a slightly more special twist, try mixing equal parts honey and white wine vinegar with a pinch of rock salt and black pepper. The gentle sweetness of the honey and the refreshing acidity of the wine vinegar create a refreshing yet soft, rounded dressing.
Pair it with fruit tomatoes for a refreshing salad. Add some prosciutto and it makes a great snack.
Honey Italy Cherries
Product detailsCherry honey from Puglia has an exquisite balance of richness and acidity.
It pairs perfectly with wine vinegar and is perfect for carpaccio and dressings.
Puglia, a region in southern Italy, is famous for its fertile soil, which is also known for its wine and olives. Cherry honey harvested in this blessed land is a well-balanced honey with a rich flavor and soft sweetness, and a fruity and sour aftertaste reminiscent of cherries.
The richness and acidity of cherries complements wine vinegar well, making it perfect for homemade dressings. Enjoy it with salads or sashimi as carpaccio. The amino acids and citric acid contained in wine vinegar also help relieve fatigue, making it a great way to combat summer fatigue.
Taiwanese Longan Honey
Product detailsThe fruity aroma of Taiwanese longan honey actually goes well with coffee.
You can enjoy it like a refined flavored coffee.
The moment you put Taiwanese Honey Longan in your mouth, the fruity flavor spreads, and you can feel its fruity and floral aroma, which lingers for a while. If you want to enjoy the aroma even more, we recommend drinking it as a drink. The classic way to enjoy it is as a straight tea, but it actually goes well with black coffee as well. If you add it to coffee with a cinnamon roast or medium roast that has a hint of acidity, you can enjoy it like an elegant flavored coffee with a gentle sweetness and fruity aroma. It's recommended as a palate cleanser after a meal, and also makes a great accompaniment to dessert.
Honey French Clover
Product detailsThe soft sweetness of French clover honey complements the butter-baked sweet potatoes, making this a comforting autumn dessert.
This honey has a soft sweetness and a gentle floral scent. For a fall treat, try sweet potatoes. Cut the sweet potatoes to your desired size, brown them in butter in a frying pan, and finish by drizzling with clover honey. The warm potatoes will release a gentle floral scent, creating a refined, sweet autumn dessert. Pairing it with warm tea is relaxing, so try it on your day off.
Honey France Forest Honey
Product detailsThe rich, spicy sweetness of French forest honey is served with buttered potatoes.
Enjoy the rich flavor that brings out the saltiness and richness.
French forest honey has a mild aroma and a subtle flavor, but it's also rich and full-bodied with a hint of spiciness. Its spicy character makes it perfect for meals, and it pairs particularly well with butter. While bread and butter is great, we also recommend trying it with potato butter. The rich flavor of the potato butter is complemented by the rich sweetness of the honey, which brings out the saltiness and richness of the butter.
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