mellifluous
1. sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding:
a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
2. flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey.
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Nikkei let the thick, sweet honey slide down her
throat. She licked her lips, savoring
the smooth, thick syrup.
“So,
how is it?” Danny asked. He was leaning forward in his seat hopefully.
“It’s
really good. Complex. Where’d you get it?” Nikkei replied.
“Right
outside.”
“Wait,
what? What do you mean outside? Like, an outdoor farmers market or something?”
“Nope,
I mean right outside in my back yard.”
“Huh? How’d you manage that?”
“Easy.” Danny puffed his chest out proudly as he
spoke. “I read up on beekeeping online,
and I built a few beehives out back. I
got a smoker of bee hives, found a few wild hives, and moved them to mine. Then I planted a bunch of different kinds of
flowers and other plants. I’ve got
fruit, veggies, flowers, and a bunch of other stuff back there. The bees seem to like it, and I get some
pretty good honey out of it. I mean,
yeah, I have three small hives right now, so I don’t get a lot of honey yet,
but there’ll be more later.”
“Wow,
seriously? Isn’t that kind of
problematic? I mean, to have all those
bees around…”
“Actually
no, not really. They’re honey bees, so
they’re pretty docile. As long as I don’t
bother them while they’re out doing their thing it’s fine. And I’ve been pretty careful when I’m
collecting as well. I haven’t been stung
once.”
“Do you
have a bee suit or something?”
“Not
yet, no. I just wear heavy clothes and a
mask and stuff, and it seems to work.”
“Well,
if you say so.” She said. She was clearly not as sure about the whole
thing as Danny was, but she let it slide.
“So, what’re
you going to do with the honey? With
only three hives you won’t have enough to sell or anything.”
“Well,
for now I’m just going to use it for myself.
You know, use it to make honey stuff and as a sweetener and stuff. But I’m also trying something that I think is
pretty cool.”
“What
is it?” Nikkei asked, somewhat
hesitantly.
“Well,
first I’m going to let the honey crystallize, then I’m going to break it up and
grind it into a powder. Then I’m going
to put it into little pouches. You know,
the kind they use for coffee sweeteners.”
Nikkei
mulled the idea over for a few moments.
Having powdered honey as a sweetener was unusual, to say the least. But
she couldn’t exactly deny that it could work.
“That…that
actually sounds like a good idea.” She
admitted.
“I
know, right. Plus, since it’s pretty
much homemade, I can use that as an extra selling point. Guaranteed organic and all that.”
“Wow. You’ve really thought this through, haven’t
you?”
“You
know it. And since it’s a sweetener
pouch, I can make a lot of them, even with so few hives.”
“So,
how are you going to keep the honey from sticking in the pouch?”
“I’ve
actually tested it, and the honey only gets sticky if it’s stored in a really
hot, moist place. Otherwise it’s fine.
“Sounds
good. What about the packaging?”
“I’m
pretty sure you can get that stuff online or something. I just have to come up with a name.” Danny
was quite clearly planned everything out quite well. Nikkei was actually impressed with how much
planning had gone into it all.
“Ah. So, do you have any ready?”
“Of
course. Try it out.”
He
handed her a small container or a yellowish powder, a spoon, and a cup filled
with what looked like tea. Nikkei placed
a spoonful of the honey powder in the drink and tasted it. It was a subtle, but she could taste the
honey she had placed in it. She placed
another spoonful into the tea and it was definitely honey sweetened tea.
“Well,
it certainly works.” She said as she
finished off the drink.
“Awesome. And the honey itself is good too, right?”
Danny asked, just to make sure.
“Yup. I think all those plants you have back there
gives it a lot of different flavors. It
still carries through when you’ve powdered it also, so it’s all good.”
“Great.” Danny said, clearly proud of his
efforts. “Now then, I’ve got some other
things I’ve used it for. You want to try
it out?”
“Sure,
that sounds nice.”
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I wonder if something like this actually exists. If not, I'm surprised it hasn't. I bet someone tries it at some point in time though.
Also, as a side note, I wasn't really sure how to end this one. I'm not sure if this was the best way to go about it, but it's all I could think of right now. Maybe someday it'll get updated, but we'll see what happens.
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