Name: Trumpetflower Nectar
Brand: God made this
Place of Purchase: Free in Ames, Iowa
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Country/Region of Origin:Ames, Iowa, USA
Tasting Conditions: Chilled
Price in Iowa: $0.00
Description: a clear, light liquor
Flavors: Sweet, with floral and astringent notes
Mouth-feel: Very light, for sugar water
Aroma: Clean, slightly floral
Notes: At the end of June/beginning of July, the trumpetflowers bloom and fill with sugary nectar. If you can beat the bugs, you can suck the nectar from the bottom of the bloom. I didn't want to hurt too many of the plants, so I poured the nectar from the flowers. It took about 20 flowers to gather half-an-ounce, which I took home and chilled. There wasn't much of an aroma, and the sucrose overpowered much of the complexity of the nectar. I did detect some floral notes and a strange astringency, probably fruit acids acting as an anti-fungal.
I just felt like trying something different. If you have some trumpetflowers in your yard, give them a try.
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