Mountain Ridge Honey, Pure Raw Organic Honey, 22 Ounces

Taste wonderful. It has the appearance of a glass jar, but it is not. However, with that being said it was not a large quantity so I don’t have to worry about crystallization. Great but.

I've bought more and given a jar as a gift to my sister, as it's some of the best-tasting raw honey I've had. It sweetens hot tea wonderfully, and it doesn't sugar as fast as most raw honeys, which is plus to me.

As with coffee, chocolates, teas and so many other things I am not very brand loyal. I’m always searching for new flavors and the elusive quest for the best. So it is with honey, a product that can range from pure ecstasy to barely palatable. You can’t trust ads or anyone else’s opinions on honey, you have to try it for yourself. So this is another random selection I made just to see what it’s like. And it’s pretty good. Unfortunately it doesn’t stand out as being superior in any way though Note that when they make the claim of being USDA certified organic there are no standards for USDA certified organic honey. They do not exist. There seems to be a lot of discussion in honey circles about that and why so much of our honey today is not from the U.S. but rather places like India and Brazil. I was not aware that this product is from Brazil (the info is there in the small print and played down on the product’s label) and I’m not sure if I would have chosen it or not if I knew. Honey lovers usually agree the best honey is directly from local producers. TRIVIA After you’ve read all the claims about which honey is the “best” there is one honey that is rarely included on any lists and that is because the honey itself is so rare it is almost never found for sale outside of the small village where it’s produced. It’s called Baskir honey and if you could buy it it would be the world’s most expensive. I have a friend who has sampled it at the source where it is hand produced in small batches only once a year and while I’ve never tasted it I understand it is indescribably delicious. Knowing the full story about this brand I would have been happier with it if it was more realistically priced at about half of what it goes for, so I can only say of it that I like (but not love) it.

The honey is of good quality, but during transportation the jar was damaged and half of the honey leaked out. Fast delivery. I recommend this seller.

Deceptive for TWO reasons: First, I bought this because I was familiar with Mountain Ridge as a North Carolina company (where I live). Also because it appeared to be in a GLASS MASON JAR -- It is not glass but PLASTIC with MASON embossed on the plastic. I searched online to see if I could find plastic mason jars and I could not. I do not buy honey in plastic. This container was labeled "1" meaning: #1 – PET or PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) - PET is used for water and soft drink bottles, mouthwash bottles, containers for condiments like nut butters and ketchup, and TV dinner trays. It is usually downcycled into carpet fibers, fleece jackets, and sometimes new containers. PET is considered safe, but evidence shows it can actually leach the toxic metal antimony, which is used during its manufacture. One study looked at 63 brands of bottled water produced in Europe and Canada and found concentrations of antimony that were more than 100 times the typical level found in clean groundwater (2 parts per trillion). The study also found that the longer a PET bottle sits on the shelf—in a grocery store or in your pantry—the greater the amount of antimony present. It is also thought that the amount of antimony leaching from these PET bottles increases the more they are exposed to sunlight and heat.Brominated compounds have also been found to leach into PET bottles. Bromine displaces iodine in the body, and is a central nervous system depressant. It can accumulate over time, and trigger health problems. (Source: SmallFootprintFamily.com) SECOND, Although I know Mountain Ridge to be a North Carolina company, and the honey label identifies them as such -- the LID on the jar gives the Best Buy date and 'PRODUCT OF BRAZIL.' Now, why would I want to buy organic honey that is not local but from Brazil, that sits in a plastic jar that will leach harmful things into my organic honey??? The answer is, I would not have bought this product if those things were known to me from the listing. So DECEPTIVE PRACTICE. I will write about this on Facebook as well to let all my NC readers know. How sad that what was once a fine company would resort to such despicable underhanded practices.

The honey arrived on time and was well packed. It has a beautiful rich dark color. A thick consistency and it tastes delicious. I'm using it in my herbal tea as I write this. Thank you so much.

Many of my reviews are long and detailed. I will keep this one short. The flavor of the honey is very good. Consistency is satisfactory----not too thin or too thick. I would have rated it higher than a 3, but one of the primary reasons I ordered it is because they clearly stated that it comes in a glass jar. It's not glass. It's plastic. And the metal lid doesn't fit it well----hard to put the lid back on, cross threads, is too tight. For various reasons, I ordered this because I wanted glass. Claiming the jar is glass is either a lie or an oversight, and I'm certainly leaning toward lie because at this point, there is no reason why the listing should continue to claim the jar is glass. They apparently know that they are baiting people with that claim, which is right in the headline. I wish Amazon could do something to force deceptive advertisers to correct their ads or be banned from selling. This was/is a major disappointment to have received something not worth the price. If the seller is dishonest about what the container is made of, who's to say they aren't being dishonest about what's in the container? Avoid this.