Propeller honey creamer

01 · HOW IT WORKS

Two opposed propellers that keep the honey recirculating

The two propellers are mounted in opposite directions: the top one pulls the contents towards the bottom and the lower one sends them back up through the middle. That closed loop is what mixes a whole bucket without moving the rod around, and as crystallised honey passes between the blades its coarse crystals are broken into smaller ones. That is what creamed honey needs, and it is not whipped honey: it is controlled crystallisation, with crystals so fine you cannot feel them on the tongue.

02 · SPEED

In creamed honey the enemy is air

Everything gained by breaking crystals is lost if the rod beats in bubbles. So you work slowly, in the 100 to 400 rpm range, with the propellers always submerged and no vortex on the surface: a drill at its normal speed, ten times faster, makes foam in a minute. Our honey mixer has that slow gear; with a drill, lowest setting only and in short bursts. The rhythm that works is the one the manufacturer publishes: sessions of 20 minutes every 12 hours from the moment the honey starts to turn cloudy until it shows a pearly sheen, then a few hours of rest before jarring so any bubbles can rise.

03 · BUCKET AND CLEANING

Five centimetres from the wall, and into water as soon as you finish

The propeller is 100 mm across, so it goes through any bucket or tank opening over 11 cm, and the 58 cm rod reaches the bottom of a 25 or 30 kg bucket. The manufacturer’s rule you must respect: at least 5 cm between the propellers and the wall. Rubbing a plastic bucket scores it and sheds shavings into the honey. It is electropolished stainless steel, with no pores for honey to cling to: rinse in warm water as soon as you finish and it is clean for the next batch.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

You receive the rod only. The shank is hexagonal, 10 mm: it fits the chuck of our honey mixer (which takes up to 13) and a 13 mm drill chuck; in a 10 mm one it is a tight fit. Do not try to start inside a block of hard honey: warm it first until the propeller can turn without straining the motor.