Olde Thompson - 22-112 Olde Thompson 20-Ounce Mediterranean Sea Salt Crystals, White

I do not know if this is something Olde Thompson makes themselves or gets from an outside local vendor or what...but either way my God this stuff is FANTASTIC! I've purchased various mixes from various makers over the years and had some good pepper...but this stuff is my favorite by a landslide and I will be buying this from here on.I like pepper a lot. To me, it completes a meal. Health-wise, it's a lot better for you than most seasonings, and it can replace the less healthy seasonings. I like salt a lot too...now I use more pepper than salt and I think food tastes as good or better than before!Black peppercorn is great...but the other types of peppercorn in this stuff add a much more complex flavor, and a very interesting hint of spice. It isn't overpowering by any means, but it noticeable and very enjoyable as the flavor has the black pepper note, but with also light flavoring notes that are a little different. Especially on more bland food like scrambled eggs, the mix here is really going to shine.We tend to like spices because they make food taste better. When seasoned correctly, the right spices not only add to the flavor, but they bring out the good flavors in food. Much like a good extra virgin olive oil, this pepper does the same. A good piece of meat with olive or pecan oil, a small amount of salt, this pepper, perhaps a little paprika, and a tiny bit of fresh parsley/basil/garlic and you have a combination that results in a very 'pure' piece of meat that keeps its classic flavoring but with additional flavor notes...with steak it is amazing how much the steak flavor is amplified. With chicken and turkey, the end flavor is more complex, and the meat just more enjoyable to eat. If you make your own hummus, a tiny bit of this pepper and the hummus flavor is more bold. And for salads...this is the silver bullet. Salads are healthy but often just lack something. Grind some of this in a coarser size and oil/oil & vinegar/oil & wine dressings become so much more flavorful. Add some honey roasted sunflower kernels and craisens and salads ain't too shabby! Oh and tomato sandwiches...tomato never tasted so good! I could go on but I will stop.The only thing I would advise is using your peppercorn grinder to grind this around the time of consumption rather than grinding a lot and storing it, and something like the OXO that allows you to adjust how fine-coarse the peppercorn is ground into. The reason is that I think freshly ground pepper has a noticeably better and more pronounced taste than something ground a while back.Also, certain foods taste better with coarse and others fine ground pepper. I tend to like more coarse ground as I think the flavor has a slower onset with a lesser intensity but lasts longer...but that's just me. With that said, most people I know who try this stuff do develop a preference for a certain degree of fine/coarse, so grinding it when you eat allows you to ensure it is fresh and in the form you want it to.It isn't cheap, but you won't regret it and 10oz makes a LOT of pepper. The positive impact it will make on food justifies its price multiple times over from how I see it! As an added bonus, the jar it comes in is a really nice container for storing whatever you may need a nice glass jar for!

We have tried the grocery store products, that pink Himalayan stuff, and other edible salts. This is our favorite for every use, except when Kosher salt is specified by the recipe.

While I really like the container (heavy glass bottle with cork)All I can really say is that I’ve used this pepper … and ONLY this pepper … for over 15 years and have Never been Disappointed and I am a Spice Snob.The blend of peppercorns (berries) allows for a clear and strong Black Pepper taste with Several Subtle Accents.Buy a good, high quality grinder with a high carbon or stainless grinding mechanism … Thompson features several.

First, I must admit that I've always used black pepper, and no other, so it will probably take me a while to adjust to the different taste. It's loaded with flavors I'm unfamiliar with, but I like the layers of flavor it adds. Mine is fresh and has a nice scent, and the colors are beautiful!Unlike some of the reviews from people who ended up with way more black than the other colors in the mixture, my bottle seems really well sorted with the variety of peppercorns. One of them is spicier than I expected so for me, I won't use as much pepper as I usually do. I love flavors, but prefer less heat, however, for people who like heat , this might seem mild, so maybe you should just ignore my opinion on that. 😉I love the bottle/jar! It's just beautiful and will be fun to reuse in other ways. The cork fits snuggly, yet is easy to remove and replace. I'm sure it adds to the price tag, but I think it's worth it.I'm happy with my purchase, and will buy again.

Very high quality salt in an awesome package. Not gonna lie, the bottle is half the reason I bought it and I am not disappointed by either. But it's still a little pricey for just salt.

Not only to you get a good amount of sea salt you get a beautiful bottle you can reuse for something else. I give this product 5 stars

Great in most recipes. Don't have to use a lot. The canister is appealing to set out on display

Don't know why, but neither Sam's Club, Costco, nor Bj's Wholesale Club carry coarse grain salt anymore, I used to buy this same size from Costco all the time, now they only sell fine grain, which is not usable in your salt mill grinder. Sam with all our local Publix and other stores. I was so happy to get these coarse crystals for my salt grinder, for better fresher taste of freshly ground salt flakes, also used to coat my steaks with before cooking. BTW, I saw another reviewer say this salt had not taste. They are wrong it was nice and tart salty. That person must have had the COVID-19 virus and lost their sense of taste. Ignore them, they might even be lying.