Frygana honey: The rare wild lavender honey of Serifos

A golden nectar glimmers in its jar, rich and luminous. When the chill of winter sets in, it crystallizes into a creamy, velvety blonde spread. This is Frygana Honey, an extraordinary treasure from the wild lavender fields of Serifos. The honey exudes the vibrant aroma of wild lavender, a fragrance that saturates the island every spring. The nectar of this fleeting bloom, a flowering that lasts only two months, is meticulously harvested by the bees from Nikos Kokolakis' 233 hives, which stand at an elevation of 400 meters in Aghios Panteleimonas. Sheltered against the northern winds, these hives produce one of the most exquisite honeys of the Cyclades, a product that was recently recognized for its excellence at the 17th Gastronomos Quality Awards.

This rare honey undergoes a special journey. After being collected, it is processed in the first and only cooperative organic...