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Australian. Pure. Raw. Natural. Native.
Our pure Australian honey is organically sourced by bees from the Cattai area of NSW. The honey we harvest has an intense native bush honey flavour with toffee notes, a lemony bite, and a rich dark copper hue. Our bees collect pollen throughout the local bushland, with many gathering from Paperbark, Red Gum, Stringybark, Grey Gum and Cabbage Gums, Yellow Bloodwood, Red Bloodwood, Ironbark, Bottlebrush, and wattles that populate the region and blend beautifully to create our superior honey.
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About Cattai Honey
Cattai Honey comes from the nectar of the pristine bushland around Cattai in NSW. Nestled in the Cumberland Plain near Sydney our bee’s range encompasses Cattai National Park, which is an important and protected land system. Significantly, the area retains much of its original vegetation. The local bush is densely populated with Paperbark, Red Gum, Stringybark, Grey Gum and Cabbage Gum, Yellow Bloodwood, Red Bloodwood, Ironbark, Bottlebrush, and several varieties of Australia’s iconic wattle.
Our family harvest raw natural honey from Western honey bees, which forage on the native flora of Cattai’s unspoiled bushland. We cold-extract from wooden hives and sieve to ensure that we preserve the natural enzymes and retain the antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of this pure natural raw honey.
The resulting harvest reaps dark rich honey with deep caramelised toffee notes and a lemony bite.
Cattai Honey is spectacularly delicious and also has medicinal properties.
Established 2020
Cattai National Park, the traditional Country of the Darug people. The landscape and river provided a rich source of food, medicine, shelter and tools for the Aboriginal people. Traditionally, the sap of the local gum tree was used to heal wounds, the leaves of the wattle were used to stun fish and the Bottlebrush to sweeten drinks.
Medicinally, our Cattai Honey can assist and accelerate the healing time of wounds, as it has strong natural anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. It can be applied topically on burns and grazes. Taken in a warm tonic or in its concentrated form it can help soothe a sore throat and other similar ailments.
The Park also protects a number of ancient Aboriginal sites that are evidence of the Darug people’s ancient connection to the land, including axe-grinding grooves, rock engravings and rock art.
Every batch of Cattai Honey is slightly different depending on the season, environment and conditions however the overall theme of this honey is a caramelised toffee flavour and a subtle lemon. If you love a deeply rich, full-flavoured, natural, raw Australian bush honey – this is for you!
– Beekeeper, Josh