Halen Môn Silver Flake Sea Salt

Halen Môn's crunchy flaky crystals add an extra something beyond what you will find with many of the other flake salts. For example, where Maldon is like a parchment-fine snap of pure balanced saltiness, Halen Mon finishing salt is like mille feuille, stacking multiple layers of crunch and more pronounced sea and sun flavors. The making of Halen Môn marries centuries-old craft with high technology. Pure seawater from Wales Menai Straits passes through two filters, a mussel bed (nature's finest filter), and a sandbank before being charcoal-filtered. The filtered seawater is gently heated in a vacuum which encourages it to almost boil at a low temperature. As the water releases steam it is concentrated into very salty brine. The steam that is produced is used, in its turn, to heat the brine. When the concentration of salt in the water is high enough it is released into shallow crystallization tanks. In the quiet of the night delicate crystals begin to form, first on the surface then sink