FolkTale Coffee & Chocolate Mead - Banshee

Batch WIN-21 Alcohol: 16.5% / 4.87 standard drinks 375ml Bottles

Product description

FolkTale’s Banshee, is made in the style of a bochet (caramelised honey mead.) heating the honey long enough to bring out the dark caramel flavours and enough astringency to balance out the sweetness from the honey. Quality coffee beans and coco are added to the blend, bringing to life the unique taste and characteristics of Banshee.

Banshee is a boutique honey, only made in small batches and suitable for individuals with adventurous taste buds. Customers have enjoyed it’s rich and sweet coffee, chocolate blend, enjoying it as an after-dinner drink.

Warnings:

Percentages and standard drinks vary per season.

Pregnancy warning - Alcohol can cause lifelong harm to your baby.

Note to Customers:

Payment using Visa, Mastercard or Cash can be arranged by emailing your order through to folktalemeadery@outlook.com, calling us on 0411 588 122 or contacting Folk Tale by our Facebook page or contact page.

Mythology behind the name of FolkTale’s Mead

The call of death

‘Between the howls of the Irish winds, a woman’s piercing caoineadh is sung across the moor.

Before you a young woman vanishes into mist, and you know her haunting keen warns of imminent death.

You wonder if her sorrowful song was a lament for a loved one who’ll soon depart, or does she wail for you?’

The Banshee’s origins were said to come from Keeners. Women who were often paid in alcohol to wail at funerals. The Keeners would sing sad songs called caoineadh, the Irish word for crying. It was believed, the more people who cried at a funeral, the greater the person was.