Makuyo’s SIIKA Herb + Honey Honors Her Matriarchs By Intermingling Taste And Tradition

Makuyo chose the name Siika for her products as an homage to wealth in terms of culture, tradition and rituals. “As a communal people, rituals are what Africans and Indigenous Americans cherished before colonization. It’s what connected us. (Courtesy of Makuyo)

Healing is a gratifying nectar to Makuyo, for whom honey serves as the foundation of  SIIKA Herb + Honey Co. A devotee to the thick, golden liquid’s “vast healing properties,” Makuyo is a creative alchemist who believes “infusing herbs with honey allows us to signify that healing can be so sweet.”

Makuyo is named after her Ghanaian paternal grandmother, who shares the traditional Krobo name. The creator named her four herb-infused honey products in honor of her family matriarchs.