This is the jam that started it all. We made it for the first time in July 2002 using fruit from our backyard tree. For many years this was a summer hobby because friends and family loved it so much. On a lark, we sent a jar to Food & Wine magazine and were surprised when they wrote in the February 2007 issue "Jam is simply the best jam we've ever tasted."

After receiving thousands of emails from people around the world wanting to buy it, we decided to start a jam business with absolutely no prior business or food manufacturing experience (yes we were crazy, but that is another story).

This exquisite jam has a ripe, intense apricot flavor with a silky smooth consistency since we never use pectin to firm up our jam or marmalade.

$12 per jar.

Discount case (12 jars) apricot jam $132 (normally $144)

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Food is one of the best gifts because it disappears. Our gift box includes 6 jars of jam of your choice (scroll down the page to read about the flavors available). Packed in a cardboard, lidded gift box, stuffed with ribbon fill, and of course double boxed for safe delivery. Free gift card included.

GIFT MESSAGE CAN BE WRITTEN BELOW WITH YOUR SELECTED FLAVORS OR IN ORDER NOTES DURING CHECK OUT. Messages are written on nice cards that we supply for free.

If you are buying more than one gift box, simply click the add to cart button below, and then come back and do it again.

Select 6 jars from available flavors (these change weekly):

Blenheim Apricot

Blackberry Vanilla

Apricot Bing Cherry

Tart Cherry Apricot

Strawberry Mango Passion Fruit

Blueberry lemon

Peach and Bourbon

Blackberry Strawberry Vanilla

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Ideal for smaller households, or smaller budgets, this adorable square gift box holds four flavors of jam of your choice! Packed in a cardboard, lidded gift box, stuffed with ribbon fill, and of course double boxed for safe delivery. Free gift card included.

GIFT MESSAGE CAN BE WRITTEN BELOW WITH YOUR SELECTED FLAVORS OR IN ORDER NOTES DURING CHECK OUT. Messages are written on nice cards that we supply for free.

If you are buying more than one gift box, simply click the add to cart button below, and then come back and do it again.

Select 4 jars from available flavors (these change weekly):

Blenheim Apricot

Blackberry Vanilla

Apricot Bing Cherry

Tart Cherry Apricot

Strawberry Mango Passion Fruit

Blueberry lemon

Peach and Bourbon

Blackberry Strawberry Vanilla

Gift Note:

contact@welovejam.com

Perfect gift for one person or a couple - this cute little box will wow whoever receives it! Good things come in small packages is so true.

No paper receipts are placed in our orders.

GIFT MESSAGE CAN BE WRITTEN BELOW WITH YOUR SELECTED FLAVORS OR IN ORDER NOTES DURING CHECK OUT. Messages are written on nice cards that we supply for free.

Select your flavors to total 2 jars from our list of available flavors (these change weekly). If you are buying more than one gift box, simply click the add button, and then come back and do it again.

Select 2 jars from available flavors (these change weekly):

Blenheim Apricot

Blackberry Vanilla

Apricot Bing Cherry

Tart Cherry Apricot

Blueberry lemon

Peach and Bourbon

Blackberry Strawberry Vanilla

Gift Note:

If you don't need a fancy gift box, or you are buying for yourself, this half case (6 jars) discount box is perfect way to save money.

GIFT MESSAGE CAN BE WRITTEN BELOW WITH YOUR SELECTED FLAVORS OR IN ORDER NOTES DURING CHECK OUT. Messages are written on nice cards that we supply for free.

If you are buying more than one box, simply click the add to cart button below, and then come back and do it again.

Select 6 jars from available flavors (these change weekly):

Blenheim Apricot

Blackberry Vanilla

Tart Cherry Apricot

Strawberry Mango Passion Fruit

Blueberry lemon

Peach and Bourbon

Blackberry Strawberry Vanilla

Our mixed discount jam case (12 jars) is the cheapest and most delicious way to go. Buying in bulk lowers shipping cost per jar. Pool together with family and friends and pick your flavors.

No paper receipts are placed in our orders - only the email one you will get.

GIFT MESSAGE CAN BE WRITTEN BELOW WITH YOUR SELECTED FLAVORS OR IN ORDER NOTES DURING CHECK OUT. Messages are written on nice cards that we supply for free.

If you are buying more than one case, simply click the add to cart button below, and then come back and do it again.

Select 12 jars from available flavors (these change weekly):

Blenheim Apricot

Blackberry Vanilla

Tart Cherry Apricot

Strawberry Mango Passion Fruit

Blueberry lemon

Peach and Bourbon

Blackberry Strawberry Vanilla

Our mixed double discount jam case (24 jars) is the cheapest and most delicious way to go. Buying in bulk lowers shipping cost per jar. Pool together with family and friends and pick your flavors.

No paper receipts are placed in our orders - only the email one you will get. So if you are buying as a gift rest assured nothing other than jam will be in the box.

GIFT MESSAGE CAN BE WRITTEN BELOW WITH YOUR SELECTED FLAVORS OR IN ORDER NOTES DURING CHECK OUT. Messages are written on nice cards that we supply for free.

Select 24 jars from available flavors (these change weekly):

Blenheim Apricot

Blackberry Vanilla

Tart Cherry Apricot

Strawberry Mango Passion Fruit

Blueberry lemon

Peach and Bourbon

Raspberry Mango Passion Fruit

This is truely a delicious jam. It is our blackberry vanilla jam but with the addition of strawberries and the combination of these two berries is fantastic. Vanilla is a natural way to sweeten without adding any sugar or calories, so we can lessen the sugar in this jam (like the blackberry vanilla) but it still has a nice sweet flavor. This is so fragrant that once you pop open the jar you are immersed in the most beautiful perfume of berries! Then you taste it. Oh wow. This is our newest creation and I know it will be a top seller.

This is a very early jam we made before we started as a company. In 2002, we discovered a swath of wild blackberry bushes up in Tilden park in the Berkeley hills and picked about two grocery bags full. Back at home we cooked them up with a touch a vanilla and it was a huge hit with our friends and family.

This is our most popular flavor.

The blackberry seeds have not been removed because research has shown seeds to be packed with healthful compounds. So just like quinoa, chia, sesame seeds - blackberry seeds are very good for you!

Strawberry rhubarb is a classic pairing for jams and pies. And why not? Both are red, one is tart and one is sweet. Good combo right? But we like things a little more fancy. Cointreau is a fantastic orange liquor used in a wide range of desserts and gives a nice faint orange complexity to this jam! We cook down the strawberries to concentrate the flavor and get rid of the excess water they have, just as a fine stock is made, then the rhubarb is added and just before canning, the Cointreau is added. If you like tart things, this low-sugar jam is definitely tart.

$14 per jar.

Discount case $154.

This is a very special jam that takes a long time to make, but the final result is worth it! The flavor of the rose is just right and complements the strawberry perfectly. Many rose flavored food products are very perfumy, so our goal was to avoid this. It is also low in sugar. In a recent tasting we did, it was one of the top favorites among middle school students - which says a lot!

jar $16 SOLD OUT

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This is a special summer jam we make to order - meaning we make how much people pre-purchase. It is made with a delicious variety of small French strawberry that is super sweet and packed with flavor. In fact I have tried many varieties of strawberries over the years and this is the best. Not many have heard of it, but it is getting more popular - we even have a customer who is a farmer who planted some this year and is raving about them. The problem is they are small and hand picking off the green tips takes a lot of time. We also don't use much sugar, so the jam needs to be cooked down and reduced to make it thick enough. But the flavor? If you love strawberry - this is a must try.

$18 per jar. Sold out

 

Apricots mixed with rhubarb yield a wonderfully tart jam full of the flavor of high summer. This is the third year we are making this tasty addition to our lineup. We don't make much, so if you get an email it is for sale you should buy some. We get emails all year long from people who purchased it and want more...

$14 per jar.SOLD OUT

Discount case $154. SOLD OUT

We have been trying to make a peach jam for a very long time, but nothing ever seems worthy to sell. Peaches when cooked can be cloyingly sweet. Finally we have a peach jam unlike any other and boy is it delicious.

We use California yellow peaches and cook them in some lemon juice and zest, some cane sugar, a splash of bourbon and a hint of holiday spices. This is a wonderfully complex flavor bomb when you put it in your mouth: peaches, spices, and deep down under it all the bourbon which is added in a tiny amount and enhances the flavors. This is turning out to be a very popular jam so you have to give it a try. The alcohol from the bourbon is cooked out so this is a booze free jam.

Contains no alcohol. It is boiled off completely in the cooking.

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We first made this back in the days before this business was started. We would make the annual apricot jam from our backyard Blenheim apricot tree, and then make a small amount with fresh pitted bing cherries. We personally perferred the apricot cherry, but it was difficult to make pitting the cherries. Now, after many years, we have figured out how to make this jam much easier and you get to benefit! The flavor is exquisite - first you taste the apricot and then the bing cherry washes over your tongue and lingers. This is fantastic with cheese, as a topping on ice cream and cheese cake. You can stuff crepes with it, mix it into your yogurt or simply eat with with a spoon. The possibilites are endless...

jar is $12

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This is Eric's mom's favorite flavor! It is a mix luscious strawberries with semi-ripe mango and some passion fruit to up the tartness since strawberries get very sweet when you cook them. This is a low sugar jam and the waves of flavor from these three fruits are amazing to taste. This jam has a higher percentage of strawberries than the other two fruits so all you strawberry jam purists will be happy! Strawberries don't contain much natural pectin, so this is why strawberry jam without pectin can be very runny. By adding the mango we can naturally thicken the jam, but the mango with strawberry is a wonderful combination. Give it a try. One of our top sellers.

jar $12.

case (12 jars) $132 (1 jar is free). Buy some now:

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We have put to good use our many years of creating one-of-a-kind flavors and this is one of our best. Succulent raspberries are mixed with semi-ripe mangos and just the perfect amount of passion fruit that ups the tartness and accentuates the tropical tidal wave of flavors that will wash over your happy tongue. Low in sugar so you can eat the whole jar guilt free! Note - this has seeds, but they add a nice nutty toasty element and research has shown seeds to be packed with healthful compounds - just like quinoa - also a seed, or sesame seeds - are very good for you!

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We make a small amount of the popular jam in September. This is a thick delicious jam and something that will warm you with the approach of fall and cool weather.

Now I need to re-make the labels and somehow fit "rhubarb" on the jar!

fig ginger rhubarb jam $15 per jar. Sold out

 

If you love cherries, and especially tart cherries, this is a jam for you. We use Montmorency cherries which are the traditional tart cherry we all grew up eating in cherry pie and ice cream. They are very tart so they are always mixed with sugar. However, we get ours in their raw state (frozen and pitted since we don't have the resources to pit cherries) and mix in just a touch of our apricot jam as a sweetner. This is a low sugar jam. We make this in small batches and there is a surprising amount of cherries in each jar.

The flavor is an intense cherry with a wonderful lingering aftertaste of apricots. Feedback from people who have tasted this is simply ecstatic.

$14 per jar.

Was featured in Martha Stewart Living magazine March 2020.

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Who doesn't like blueberries? Not only are they so delicious, but they are so good for you. Packed with anti-oxidants in the skin as well as powerful nutrients in the tiny seeds, blueberries are an important part of a healthy diet. The inspiration for this jam was a cone of blueberry lemon ice cream I had a few years back in Los Angeles. The combination of lemon flavored ice cream swirled with blueberry ice cream was a relevation. We make this jam with very little added sugar, since blueberries, like peaches and strawberries, get sweet when you cook them. We add a little dash of lemon juice to brighten the flavor. If you are a blueberry lover, you gotta try this!

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One of our favorite summer desserts to make is an apricot galette with frangipane. Almonds and apricots pair so well together, it is a wonder it took us so long to make a jam out of these two incredible ingredients. Our famous apricot jam is cooked with a small amount of our own almond paste made from organic, California raw almonds that we don't grind too fine. The final product is a truely exquisite jam. First you taste the almonds, then the apricot takes over and at the end you have a wonderful finish of the two flavors combined. jar is $14. SOLD OUT

 

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This is our special summer Blenheim apricot jam. Unlike the standard Blenheim apricot below, that uses field run apricots (a mix of ripe, semi-ripe and green fruit) the special apricot we make in a very small amount using only ripe fruit we hand select. Eric above is picking out apricots for this jam at the farm.

The difference in flavor is more intense. Due to the fragile nature of ripe Blenehims that need to be processed very quickly, we can only make a small amount these days due to high demands in the summer for all our other products. This is a very special offering so stock up!

jar $18. Sold out until next July.

Very limited quantities! Four super special, super low production summer jams. Ignore the photo, it was from last year. What will be included will be: mara des bois strawberry, fig ginger rhubarb, viking pearl white nectarine, mariposa plum.

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We take tart Montmorency cherries and team them up with a touch of pink grapefruit to create an incredibly delicious jam unlike any you have ever tasted. This jam was included in Food & Wine's Top Ten Objects of our Obsession in 2012. We are the only company that makes this flavor combination, and a special recipe that we came up with concentrates the fruit flavors. The texture is also very thick and the reduced cherries have the most spectacular consistency. Unfortunately it takes a ton of cherries to make this and a lot of prep work with the fruit. This is also a very low sugar jam. If you prefer less sweet foods, and love tart then this jam is for you! We don't make this very often, and when we do we only make about 40 jars. So if you see this for sale, buy it! It could be months until it is available again.

jar $20. sold out

We simply love mangos and it was only a matter of time before we came up with a mango jam. We combine semi-ripe mangos, fresh lime juice and just a touch of sugar making it perfectly tangy. It is super thick and chunky. While not too many people have had mango jam and this is not as popular as more traditional flavors, this is some of our customers' favorite jam, and you should give it a try!

jar $10. SOLD OUT

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We make this classic, traditional, yummy ketchup from California-grown tomatoes. Unlike other brands that use genetically modified tomatoes ours are GMO free and full of flavor. And unlike those big brands that use high fructose corn syrup we use cane sugar which makes a world of a difference in taste. Cider vinegar, over white vinegar, gives it a nice fruity flavor. We call this our San Francisco style ketchup because this city is famous for food and our ketchup lives up the the reputation. We spent many years tasting different brands of ketchup to get this just right. Over the years we have modified it and discovered most ketchup brands use highly concentrated tomato paste which can have an almost sour taste, requiring lots of sugar. We use pureed tomatoes and the advantage is a more fresh tomato flavor and not having to add as much sugar. We have customers who are ketchup addicts tell us it is the best they ever tried. One customer who is from Pittsburgh, PA, the birthplace of Heinz, and where everyone puts ketchup on everything, said it just blew his mind. We hate to say it, but this is how ketchup is supposed to taste. It is basically home made, but of course we don't make it in our house! We have three cats. We cook it like everything in our custom made little factory. But we cook this in small batches and we don't strain the tomatoes like the big brands to make that silky smooth consistency because we think the natural fibers and bits of tomatoes add to the flavor and are good for you. In the cooler months we don't make much of this, so it can be sold out a long time. If you see it for sale stock up. The shelf life, like all well made ketchup, is years.

16 oz jar $12.

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An ideal gift for those who love condiments - specifically ketchup and/or bbq sauce. You can select any flavor any quantity - for example just three of one flavor, or individual flavors. Up to you! Pick from our four selections below.

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Select 3 jars from available flavors:

BBQ sauce

SF Style Ketchup

Spiced Molasses BBQ Sauce

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This adorable square box holds two jars of your choice of ketchup or bbq sauce. Pick from our four selections below. Perfect small, affordable gift for the condiment lover in your life.

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GIFT MESSAGE CAN BE WRITTEN BELOW WITH YOUR SELECTED FLAVORS OR IN ORDER NOTES DURING CHECK OUT. Messages are written on nice cards that we supply for free.

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BBQ sauce

SF Style Ketchup

Spiced Molasses BBQ Sauce

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BBQ sauce

SF Style Ketchup

Spiced Molasses BBQ Sauce

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Making kumquat marmalade has been an annual tradition we have been doing for 18 years. We are probably the only company that makes commercial kumquat marmalade because it is labor intensive to remove all the seeds individually. However, unlike the Seville or bergamont oranges normally used for marmalade, the kumquats offer a super fresh and tantelizing citrus flavor that is unmatched in my opinion (and marmalade is my favorite preserve).

However, kumquats are small fruits with thin skin and are picked in January and February in California. This coincides with our rainy season and if the fruit gets too wet it will rot on the tree. It also cannot be picked when wet or it will rot almost immediately after. Cold weather can freeze the fruit and ruin it. Increasingly our grower had lost fruit and we have struggled to find kumquats. Each year it gets harder and harder, and more expensive to make this. For 2024 we made a tiny amount and sold out and had to refund customers...If you are on our mailing list and get the email to buy this, jump on it!

9 oz jar $14 per jar. Sold out.

Discount case $150. Sold out.

Memory Peach/Bing Cherry Jam - New! Limited!

This is a micro-batch jam I am making today - August 29th. It uses a high acid, free-stone peach variety called Memory. Full of flavor!! It took 7 years of experimentation to breed this peach. Then it has ripe, delicious bing cherries added to it. I would say the two most popular summer fruits are peaches and cherries so why not combine them to perserve the taste of summer now that it is almost over.

$14 per jar. sold out

Lingonberries are a tiny, tart superfood. Packed with antioxidants and vitamin C, they taste similar to a cranberry, but far better. They are popular in eastearn and northern europe where they grow wild. Often served with savory foods, they do just as well on toast, stirred into yoghurt and oatmeal, and used in desserts. We especially like them with buttery pastries where their sharp crisp flavor pair well.

$14 per jar. SOLD OUT

Discount case $154. SOLD OUT

Black currants, as well as red currents below, are a rarity in the jam and jelly world of the USA - because they are illegal (blame the big bucks of the timber industry). Yes, only the USA is dumb enough to ban this delicious fruit for a stupid reason. You can look it up. Both the black and red have a delicate, sweet tart flavor, are packed with antioxidants and are traditionally used in savory dishes and sauces as well as in desserts. A thick jelly full of goodness. This was a new product for 2024 and is a huge hit. We hope to make this now and then going forward. Again, if you see it, buy it. Could be months before it is available.

black currant jelly $16. SOLD OUT

Discount case $176. SOLD OUT

I first encounted pumpkin blossom honey many years ago in the late 1990s at the old Embarcadero farmers market here in San Francisco. Yes, this was the market that moved to the Ferry Building when it opened and I still miss that scrapy market so much. A bee keeper was selling a range of local honey and when I tried the pumpkin, I immediately purchased a jar. After a few years they never had it in stock, saying it was only collected in small amounts and I was lucky to have gotton the jars I did. Nearly two decades went buy without any luck sourcing this special honey until recently I found a bee keeper up north who now provides us this magical honey. He explained pumpkin blossom honey is hard to find because around the time bee keepers are medicating their bees the pumpkin crop is flowering, so few are reluctant to bring their hives to pumpkin farms to collect this amazingly delicious honey. Another fact. Most people who grow pumpkins also grow a variety of squash, so pumpkin blossom honey is a mix of pumpkin and squash. We normally sell this in the fall, and it is in our fall gift box with quince jam. I will quote my mom who was simply astounded when she first tasted it saying, "its so rich and creamy its almost like caramel!"

8 oz jar is $14.SOLD OUT

Discount case $154. SOLD OUT

 

About 20 years ago I was in San Francisco's Chinatown for dim sum and was walking through a small square with a bunch of booths set up. It was there that I discovered a woman who was a commercial bee keeper and was selling blackberry blossom honey. The flavor really was incredible, and the jar I bought from her I savored like it was the last one on earth. When I started welovejam, I tracked her down and we were going to sell her honey but for whatever reason we never did and I lost her contact information. Fast forward nearly 12 years and we are proud to offer this incredible honey from another bee keeper from Washington State, who also collects the honey from black berry crops, just as she did.

What can I say about this honey? First off, it is truely unique, the scent when you open the jar is distinctively floral, and while it is scientifically impossible for the honey to taste like blackberries, it does. Any honey lover has to have this honey, for it is one of a kind and simply delicious. I just eat a spoonfuit for maximum flavor, but adding it to yoghurt, oatmeal, baking with it etc. still does not dilute its special flavor.

8 oz jar is $14. SOLD OUT

Discount case $154. SOLD OUT

 

This extraordinary jam is made from cape gooseberries or physalis peruviana. There are different varieties of gooseberries, and these are unique because they have an outer "cape" like tomatillos, which they are related to. They are widely grown in South America, and thus do well in the California climate. The flavor is hard to describe and unlike anything else. There are notes of mango and apricot, but not quite. It is tart, fruity and has a pleasing caramel flavor. Completely unique. There are tiny crunchy seeds like in figs, that give it a nice consistency. These are extremely nutritious.

$20 per jar.SOLD OUT

Discount case $220. SOLD OUT

Tangy kumquats are combined with ripe apricots to create a favorite among our customers. It is half a marmalade and half a jam with a beautiful vibrant orange color and a taste to match. The good news about this is we don't need as much kumquats to make as the marmalade, so we often have more of this. But still since we started the compay our production of this has shrunk as weather patterns have changed. We used to make about 100 cases in the old days, now if we are lucky and can get kumquats, we do maybe 10 or 20 cases.

jar kumquat apricot jam $14. SOLD OUT

This is a very special caramel sauce we make in small batches - 60 jars. Made using the very best local butter and cream, fleur de sel (French sea salt) and the finest vanilla money can buy, it is simply the gold standard for caramel sauce. While technically the steps to make caramel sauce are quite easy, it is all about timing and temperature. A second or two can make or break batch. We make this normally in the fall and winter because it is cool and safe to ship. The caramel sauce if shipped in hot weather will break or separate. If this happens, all you need to do is dump it in a small pan and bring to a boil and pour back in the jar. That recombines the sugar and butter/cream. It is an aesthetic issue and doesn't affect the taste. Most caramel sauce has corn syrup which keeps the sugars and fats bound together better, but we don't use that ingredient for health reasons and also our recipe is a million times better!

 

Many moons ago we used to make a passion fruit caramel candy that was so incredible. But it was too much work cutting out the bars and wrapping them so we stopped making it. Easier, is to just cook it up and put it in a jar! Well, that is what I thought when I set out to make this. However, it proved extremely problematic, and I spent over a week trying to make this successfully and had to throw everything away after endless disasters. Then, I tried one last time, and made a math mistake that turned out to be the key to success. It has twice the cream and twice the passion fruit in it, and boy is this intense. Made using the very best local butter and cream, passion fruit puree, fleur de sel (French sea salt) it is simply the gold standard for caramel sauce. We made a small amount in 2023 and probably will never do it again. Too much work!

 

Quince is an ancient fruit beloved by many cultures, and are famous for their smell and taste when ripe, which is a heady, fruity rose essence. They are related to apples and pears, yet are very firm and usually cooked instead of eaten raw. The more you cook quince the darker the color changes from pink to dark maroon. The jam is a seasonal treat this time of year whether spread on toast, mixed into yoghurt or yes, served with cheese, specifically manchego. It is a very firm set jam and is perfect for holiday baking. A quick search online will yield many recipes.

Available in October

$16 per jar.

Our Taste of Fall two pack gift box includes a jar of rare pumpkin blossom honey and a jar of quince jam or membrillo. Perfect for the food connoisseur in your life, or just for yourself!

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After apricot season, it is plum season and the Mariposa plums are some of our favorite. A delicious plum with a uniquely delicate perfumy, floral flavor that lingers. The Mariposa, thanks to us, has been added to Slow Food USA's Ark of Taste - a list of endangered crops or food practices. We are proud to be the first company to make jam from this variety of plum. Like all our jams, pectin is never added and we make it by hand each July from fresh fruit from Blossom Bluff Orchards in Parlier, California. Eric has two favorite flavors of jam - the mariposa and the limequat. You absolutely must try this on a croissant or brioche! Also great used in a plum chocolate cookie recipe.

mariposa plum jam $15. Sold out.

Discount case $165. Sold out.

elephant heart plum jam

Elephant Heart plums are very hard to find. Few people grow them since they are a difficult and unpredictable crop. But the intense, tart almost spicy flavor is among the finest of all plums. When cooked into jam or baked in desserts the flavor is amazing. These plums are also on Slow Food USA's Ark of Taste - a list of endangered crops or food practices. We are proud to be the first company to make jam from this variety of plum. Some others now do, but none as delicious as ours.

elephant heart plum $15 per jar. Sold out.

Discount case $165. Sold out.

This jam is made from the high acid variety nectarine called Red Flame. It is low in sugar and a favorite among our customers.

red flame nectarine $15 per jar. Sold out.

Discount case $165. Sold out.

 

Back in 2002, almost a year ago today, while staying overnight in Grasse, France, we had the most amazing dinner at a tiny four-table restaurant on the edge of town, where the owner was the cook and waitress. For dessert I had a white nectarine sorbet that blew my mind and it was that stone fruit creation that was the inspiration for our apricot jam that we made for the first time a month later after we returned to the U.S.

In all the years of owning this company I never paid tribute to this until now. Why? Well, white stone fruits when cooked have a sort of pale color which isn't as beautiful as cooked darker colored fruit.

But I have decided who cares about the color, because it is the flavor that counts here, and so with a big drum roll I present our ode to Grasse and that wonderful restaurant and the sorbet.

This time I am using a viking pearl white nectarine, because I am more partial to nectarines than peaches, so while not exactly the same, in jam form it will be better because nectarines are a bit more tangy.

viking pearl white nectarine jam $16 per jar. Sold out.

Discount case $176. Sold out.

 

This amazing quince jelly is made after we make the quince jam. It is very tricky to make since there is no added pectin, and the pectin levels of the fruit and how we cook it varies a little each year, making some years a success and some a dud. Luckily this year we nailed it and boy o boy is this a winner. It has less sugar than we normally use, so I have to make detailed notes for next year how I did this differently.

Not familiar with quince? Never had it? All I can say is this offshoot from the pear and apple family, and a very ancient fruit (some say it wasn't an apple in the garden of eden but a quince) has the most intriguing, delicious, fruity flavor you ever put in your mouth. It is far more concentrated in flavor than the quince jam. We only made 48 jars this year, so it won't stick around for long.

Oh, I am finally making labels for this, so if you order, it won't be an unmarked jar like in the past.

9 oz jar is $16:

If you are a marmalade fanatic like we are, this is a must try. We are the only company in the world to make a limequat marmalade since virtually no one grows this type of citrus. We originally made this from limequats, but the farmer who grew these tore up the trees because they didn't produce enough fruit. We improvized using kumquats and fresh lime juice and zest and have exactly matched the flavor of the original limequat.

The flavor is a pleasingly tart key lime flavor that literally dances on your tongue. It has the added complexity of the kumquat which has an orange like flavor. Out of all the products I made, this is my favorite, and I always keep a case at home to last me the year.

Like all well made marmalades, the shelf life is very long. It will darken in color over time but the flavor stays the same. If you love lime flavored foods as much as I do, I am sure you will enjoy this very special marmalade.