点评:I have this thing about honey shops and guess what, I made a bee-line (excuse the pun) for the Clifford's Honey Farm.
This family run business is right at the end of a fairly rugged rural track which is worth the detour and the rutted dirt that you kick up. I find it really wonderful to see a family business like this, because honey is such a magical treat of nature.
The showroom was empty, but two lovely ladies staffed the shop with smiles and lots of helpful tips. Being that we came in from Western Australia and that we could not take any honey back home with us, for biosecurity and quarantine reasons, we still got into the tastings.
Most of their honey traces its origin back to the "mallee" tree, a species of eucalypts which grows with multiple stems that emanate out from the base of the tree. I tried the Coastal Mallee Honey first which was a light honeycomb flavour and delicious. But the next one I tasted was the Purple-Flowered Mallee. This was my winner. It had a really great toffee-like taste.
The history room downstairs was interesting, but I could not help feeling the whole space looked more like a Year 3 classroom, than a retail shop. It would have made the room infinitely more appealing to have it dressed out professionally. Trust me, I've been to many "honey shops" and you could apply many lessons from them to here.
Nonetheless, I like my time here. It was informative and fun.
翻译:我对蜂蜜店情有独钟,你猜怎么着,我直奔 Clifford 蜂蜜农场(请原谅我的双关语)。
这家家族企业就在一条相当崎岖的乡村小路的尽头,值得你绕道而行,并踢起满是车辙的泥土。我觉得看到这样的家族企业真是太棒了,因为蜂蜜是大自然的神奇礼物。
展厅空无一人,但有两位可爱的女士在店里工作,面带微笑,提供了很多有用的建议。由于我们来自西澳大利亚,出于生物安全和检疫的原因,我们不能把蜂蜜带回家,所以我们还是去品尝了。
他们的大部分蜂蜜都起源于“马里树”,这是一种桉树,树的底部长出多根茎。我先尝了沿海马里蜂蜜,它有淡淡的蜂巢味,味道很好。但我接下来品尝的是紫花马利蜂蜜。这是我的首选。它的味道真的很棒,就像太妃糖一样。
楼下的历史室很有趣,但我不禁觉得整个空间看起来更像是三年级教室,而不是零售店。如果房间装饰得专业一些,会更有吸引力。相信我,我去过很多“蜂蜜店”,你可以从中学到很多东西。
尽管如此,我喜欢在这里度过的时光。它既有趣又有教育意义。