how it started

hello, mielo.

we make small jars of honey and tea. really small. one beekeeper, three pairings, and that's about it for now.

the honey

all of it comes from our friend Sorin. his hives sit on the hills of Dâmbovița, surrounded by woods and meadows. he's been keeping bees for years, more out of love than as a business, and this year was the first time we asked him for more honey than friends and family usually take.

we don't mix his honey with anything. we don't heat it, we don't over-filter it, we don't blend in honey from anywhere else just to fill more jars. when a batch runs out, it runs out, and we'll tell you.

the tea

tea is a more complicated story. tea doesn't grow in Romania, everyone knows that. so we did the only sensible thing: we tasted a lot of it, for a few months, until we found a few blends we actually liked alongside Sorin's honey.

our teas come from a tea house in Hamburg, the city that has been the heart of European tea trade for centuries. they work directly with growers in Sri Lanka, India, Egypt, and China, without middlemen. every blend we picked is certified organic.

the pairings

honey is bossy. it changes the taste of whatever it touches, tea especially. so we didn't pair things at random. for each honey we picked a tea that doesn't get lost, one that actually brings something extra out of both.

acacia honey is delicate, and so is chamomile. they sit well together, like two whispers.

honeydew honey is dark, almost woody, and it holds its ground against an Earl Grey black tea without backing down. this is the one for rainy days.

wildflower honey changes year to year, depending on what's blooming in the meadow. this year it came out bright, and the green tea with mint, lemongrass and lime lifts it naturally.

why "hello"

we liked the idea that a jar of honey is, in a way, a hello. someone made it, someone chose it, someone handed it to you. honey doesn't really arrive at random.

we just put that in the name.

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