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So because of its high sugar concentration, pure honey will never ferment¹ or go bad. It may crystallize but by soaking the jar in hot water you can turn it back into a liquid. Adding water, however, lowers the concentration of sugar in the honey and turns a natural preservative² into an excellent food for yeast³ and bacteria. You may not want a fermented⁴ jar of honey on your shelf, but ancient people turned that characteristic of honey to their advantage in creating what may well have been the very first alcoholic⁵ beverage⁶. Honey mixed in water and allowed to ferment, produces the drink called “mead⁷.” So you may or may not want to add water to your honey. If what you want is mead, go ahead, but if you want your honey to last, . . . keep it pure.

 

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