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🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Rachel meets Dr Gino Jabbar from Simply Honey in Edinburgh. He is a honey producer and sommelier and runs classes introducing people to the art of honey tasting. He believes that honey is a "taste of the landscape" and there are marked differences in the taste of the product depending on the season and location of the bees. He invites Rachel to sample different products and explains how different plants and trees influence the taste.
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0:45.2 | We have a saying in the beekeeping community or a phrase called bee fever, and it's a real thing. |
0:50.8 | It's this uncontrollable obsession with bees. |
0:53.8 | So we came in. Of course. It's a real thing. It's this uncontrollable obsession with bees. So we came in... |
0:55.6 | Of course. |
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0:59.0 | And I came into this crazy world really to produce honey for myself. |
1:06.1 | And I became obsessed with bees and their world. |
1:09.5 | And boy, does he mean it. |
1:11.1 | That's Dr. Gino Jabar, the owner of Simply Honey, a Honey and Bee Company in Edinburgh. |
1:17.8 | Now, he's a trained honey sommelier and runs events for those eager to learn how the taste differs |
1:24.4 | depending on the season and the location of the bees. |
1:28.8 | I'm Rachel Stewart and for this edition of Scotland Outdoors, |
1:32.3 | I met up with him close to a community bee hive in Edinburgh for my very own master class. |
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