Coastal Wildflower
In the cooler
$16
Spring bloom from the dunes past the fairgrounds. Light, faintly green, finishes clean.
12 oz · raw & unfiltered
Aptos, California — small batch, slow honey
Slow honey
from a fast coast.
Two hives behind the garage, one smoker with a bad hinge, and whatever the coastal scrub gives us that season. We bottle when it’s ready, not when it’s due.
The line-up
This season’s bottles
Small runs. When a hive finishes early, the jar goes early.
Black Sage
Almost gone
$19
Late summer off the hills above Seabright. Small yield, dark pour, smells like the ridge after rain.
12 oz · raw & unfiltered
Comb in Honey
Cut this week
$22
A chunk of fresh comb floating in wildflower. Cut by hand. Best eaten straight from the jar, no judgment.
10 oz · raw & unfiltered
The company
Meet the staff.
There is one employee. He is rotund, unhurried, and knows exactly where the good clover is. The garage, the smoker, and the labels are ours — the actual product is his.
No salary. No benefits. All clover.
- Coast-adapted. The hives sit a half mile from the water, so the bees work the scrub between the surf spots. It shows in the jar.
- Single-origin, by sidewalk. Every batch traces back to one hillside and one season. The label says which.
- Nothing done to it. Strained, never heated past hive temperature, never blended with anything that isn’t our own honey.
On the word “artisanal”
“We don’t do journeys. We do good ground, patient bees, and a jar you can trace back to a hillside.”Eric Benson — pours the jars, sweeps the garage, feeds the bee
Where to find us
Come taste before you commit.
Same teal surfboard on the table every week. Yes, you can lick the spoon.
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Saturday mornings
Aptos Ko Hala Center market8am–noon · rain holds the line, shine sells out early
the full cooler
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Wednesday afternoons
Capitola Civic Center market2pm–6pm · two blocks off the bridge
wildflower + comb only
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First Sunday, monthly
The garage on Soquel Drivename-brand open house · jars, jars, and more jars
bring a mug for the mead sample… kidding
