How it started

hello, mielo.

We make honey and tea in small batches. Really small. One beekeeper, three pairings, and that is about it for now.

The honey

All of it comes from our friend Sorin. His hives sit among the woods and meadows of the Dâmbovița hills. He has kept bees for years, more out of love than as a business. This was the first year we asked for more honey than he usually sets aside for friends and family.

We do not blend his honey with anything else. We do not overheat or over-filter it, and we do not add honey from elsewhere simply to fill more jars. When a batch is gone, it is gone—and we will tell you plainly.

The tea

Tea is a little more complicated. The tea plant does not grow in Romania, so we did the only sensible thing: we tasted dozens of teas over several months until we found a few that genuinely worked with Sorin’s honey.

Our teas come from a tea house in Hamburg, a city at the heart of the European tea trade for centuries. The supplier works directly with producers in Sri Lanka, India, Egypt, and China, without intermediaries. Every tea we selected is certified organic.

The pairings

Honey has personality. It changes the flavour of everything it touches, especially tea. So we did not pair things at random. For each honey, we chose a tea that can hold its own and bring out something lovely in both.

Acacia honey is delicate, and so is chamomile. They settle beautifully together, like two whispers.

Honeydew honey is deep and almost woody, with enough character to stand beside an Earl Grey. This is the pairing for rainy days.

Wildflower honey changes from year to year with the meadow. This batch is bright, and green tea with mint, lemongrass, and lime brings that freshness forward.

Why “hello”

We liked the idea that a jar of honey is, in its own way, a hello. Someone made it, someone chose it, someone handed it to you. Honey rarely arrives by accident.

We simply put that thought into the name.

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