Viscosity of Honey

[Chef Isaac]

I do have a question. I was at a farmers market today and saw sage honey. I asked the lady if she had bees and she said no and that she bought her honey from a beekeeper. The honey was very thin. It resemebeled fake pancake syrup.

I am not sure if I am asking this question right, but since honey has to be 18% or less, can you tell by looking at honey if it is more than 18% by viscosity?

[Konrad]

Perhaps......

heated up much too much before going it the market???
Konrad

[Jim Fischer]

No way heat would make for "thin" honey.

Heat would evaporate some small amount of
water, and thereby make it slightly thicker.

And honey does not "have" to be exactly 18%
or less, but if it isn't, you have to eat it
faster! smile.gif

[SilverFox]

Know an older 'beek' south of me and some of his crop this year was watery. He doesn't heat his and it is from northern Oregon, southern Washington. Mines thicker than last year. Weird year.

[Rod Weakley]

If the jar was sealed, and warmed up then the honey would have been less viscous. Actually it doesn't really matter if the jar was sealed over a short period of time, warmer honey is thinner. That's just how viscosity works. Of course as water evaporated out of the honey it would get thicker, but 18% honey at 20 degrees celcius is thicker than 18% honey at 30 degrees celcius.