Top honey

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Tops honey (also spruce syrup , pine syrup , Maiwipferl , fir treetops syrup or Tannenspitze syrup ) is a kind of syrup , which with the help of fir trees - or spruce exaggerated ( "tops") Flavored is. It is made by pouring forest honey or sugar over the washed and well-dried conifer tops and storing them in jars in the sun for at least 4 weeks. After the extraction, the tops are strained .

The top honey, similar to Moalach, is mainly used to refine desserts. It is also used to sweeten tea. It is said to have a cough-relieving effect as well as other healing effects.

Individual evidence

  1. Grandma's May croissants help with colds. orf, May 9, 2012, accessed May 26, 2014 .