Probably in the belief that heat destroys the enzymes in the honey. Since most honey, even raw honey, is extracted with SOME heat--and store honey with high heat--putting it into a hot cup of tea is not going to hurt it anymore than it already is. Unless you are putting it into boiling hot tea.
If you have a beekeeper in your area, and can get totally unheated honey, then you may want to keep the honey out of the cup until the temp gets below I think it is, 100 degrees. Most keepers warm the honey so that it flows better, so they can strain it from the comb and bottle it. A few small keepers will simply spin extract the honey from the comb and bottle, using no heat at all. This is truly raw honey. But most of what you get even in health food stores have been warmed supposedly keeping it under a certain temp so that it can still be considered raw. Samala, Renee -------Original Message------- Slightly off topic, but I was told by the proprietor of a health food store that raw honey should never be consumed with hot liquids ie, tea. Is this true? And why not????
