Below is a wide selection of press clippings, video, a radio interview and comments from our customers about various products we make.
The Kitchn
May 1, 2019 — 2 Best Apricot Jams Money Can Buy
"Small Batch: We Love Jam Blenheim Apricot Jam. When our editors were curating the list of products for Kitchn 100 (the 100 groceries we can't live without), we briefly discussed some sort of grape jelly and then quickly decided to highlight this small-batch jam. It's made with rare Blenheim apricots, which are actually on Slow Food USA's list of foods facing extinction."
"The founders of We Love Jam make this apricot jam in attempts to keep these trees (and farmers!) going in the heart of the Silicon Valley. 'This is summer in a jar, smooth and a little runny, more like clotted fruit honey than jam,' says Editor-in-Chief Faith Durand. 'If you're craving a bit of sunshine, pick up a jar of this stuff.'"
New York Times Wirecutter
2020–2025 (yes, they love us) — Gift Boxes That Don't Suck
New York Times Wirecutter
April 23, 2021 — The 31 Best Gifts for Mom for Mother's Day
Food & Wine
June 2012 — Top Ten Objects of Our Obsession
Allrecipes Magazine
December 2016 — Featuring Blenheim apricot jam and tart cherry grapefruit jam
San Francisco Chronicle
July 19, 2014
We Love Jam's Spiced Molasses BBQ Sauce: This latest offering from the San Francisco preserves company offers deep notes of molasses and bourbon in what tastes like the culinary love child of a traditional bbq sauce and a spiced gingerbread cookie (in a good way, of course). Brush this flavorful bad boy on a rack of beef ribs. — Sarah Fritsche
CoolHunting.com
June 11, 2008 — by Ami Kealoha
Like having the best of the best Farmer's Market delivered to your door, California-based We Love Jam hand makes some of the most tantalizing jams, sauces and other treats we've ever tasted and sells them online. Using produce sourced from obscure varieties of fruits and refining recipes to perfection, their products are bursting with flavor and boast addictive qualities that make them disappear quickly.
Their pitch-perfect BBQ sauce, hitting the ideal vinegary sweet balance with a touch of heat, has fast become our favorite summer condiment. As recommended by the makers, the sauce is as delicious on grilled meats as it is on sandwiches, fries and any other excuse you can find to get it into your mouth.
We Love Jam made their name with their exceptional Blenheim Apricot Jam. The makers started with the apricot variety back in 2002, producing an apricot jam with a superior flavor, color and texture to all other versions. They since discovered that the Blenheim is an endangered tree, which combined with its popularity makes for extremely limited quantities and a waiting list.
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Jam of lords, lords of jam — The joys of Blenheim apricots — by Paul Reidinger
Blenheim, as those of us who feel the occasional twitch upon the thread of Anglophilia will recall, is the ancestral home of the dukes of Marlborough as well as the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Blenheim is also a type of apricot, and Blenheim apricots were indeed grown on the grounds of Blenheim Palace in the 19th century; in due course the fruit, taking its way ever westward, arrived in California. You can occasionally find Blenheims at farmers markets; in addition, if you like or even love jam, they can be found in the jam produced by welovejam.com, a tiny San Francisco concern that until recently was making its entire production of apricot jam from the fruit of a single Blenheim tree in the Santa Clara valley.
The duo behind WLJ don't use the word "love" lightly. Their entire enterprise (whose roots are traceable to some impromptu jam-making in 2002) is about passion, not money, from the saving of a particular type of apricot to the packaging of everything they make in containers that are either recyclable or compostable.
At the moment, WLJ looks a little the way Recchiuti Confections did a few years ago: it's a tiny and unlikely freckle on the face of the food business. But WLJ's products could soon be coming to Bi-Rite — and from there, who knows?
More Press Coverage
- Associated Press 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
- Martha Stewart Living Magazine 4/2020
- New York Magazine 4/2020
- New York Times — The 57 Best Gifts Under $100
- Get Toasted: Tasting Table, 3/8/11
- Jam Sessions: San Francisco Chronicle, 5/28/08
- They Love Jam: David Lebovitz, 12/26/07
- Apartment Therapy's The Kitchn 10/15/08
- Best of the City / Best Jam: 7x7 Magazine, 6/18/08
- Cue up the 'cots: San Francisco Magazine, 06/08
- We Love Jam: KQED, 08/23/07
- PureWow 02/03/11
- TheDieline: welovejam, 06/17/08
- Wallpaper Magazine, Entertaining Issue, 12/08
- Wallpaper Magazine, Space Issue, 08/09
- C Magazine, 03/09
- Daily Candy 07/09
- Daily Candy 06/10
- Open Book — American Express 08/09
- Chow 07/16/08
- Boston Globe, 01/18/07
- Radio Interview, The Food Chain, 08/25/07
- San Francisco Examiner, 06/23-24/07
- San Jose Mercury News, 09/5/07
- Askam Newspaper 12/31/09
- Istanbul Contemporary 12/09
- Slow Food Nation Inaugural Certificate, 08/08
- Slow Food Nation Hoshigaki Video 09/08
- Slow Food Nation Blenheim Apricot Video 09/08
Customer Comments
Cambridge, MA
I almost fainted… the shipment I just received 20 minutes ago was that good. The jam was slightly warm from sitting in the UPS truck and I immediately put some on a piece of toasted bread... I think the warmth made the flavors even more intense. I tasted flowers and the most succulent fruit and honey. I am already sad thinking about the day that my supply will be gone. Just wanted to thank you for putting such exquisite care and thought into your production of this truly wonderful jam. It truly comes through in the flavor and you have every right to assume the title of "best jam makers on the planet!"
Los Angeles, CA
Holy crap...your jam is friggin' delicious. I just got my shipment today and quickly came home, toasted some bread, slathered it on, and smiled ear to ear. Great stuff. You guys are great.
San Francisco, CA
Hi, the jam arrived today and it is beyond goodness. I grew up next to a blenheim apricot tree outside my bedroom window and it's been 50 years since I've swooned over an apricot. Thanks!
Chicago, IL
I sent my mother a jar of your pickles and she is addicted (she ate an entire jar in a week)...do you have any more available?
Hopedale, MA
I always love trying your new offerings each year in addition to the core ones we have been buying for many years. I received the grape/plum last night and opened it for breakfast this morning and wow is it good! I am going to buy some more today. You nailed it with that one. Another favorite for me is the cherry and peach one, that truly is summer in a jar and we used one of the jars to make a nice crostata for dessert one night. Really looking forward to opening the jar of the clementine tomato jam I got as well. These have become my favorite tomatoes albeit hard to find grown on a large scale on the East Coast. I have been growing some in my garden and use them to churn out small quantities of tomato sauce that I freeze for the winter months when I need a reminder of warmer days. The strawberry parfait apple and cherry jam was quite good an unique as well. My wife wanted me to tell you that the Mandarine Jasmine Marmalade is in her top 3 with the apricot and blackberry is and is kicking me for not buying another jar. She asked if I would email to ask if you would please make some again when in season as she said she will have me order enough to supply her for the year. Thanks again for all you do, I don’t know how often people email you to give compliments (I hope that they do) but your jams have brought my family a lot of happiness over the years. We missed the pickles though, you were kind enough to send me the recipe when you stopped making them but they have never been as good as yours.
Oakland, CA
You're the best. I've only been able to try the BBQ sauce. But it is the best I have ever had in my life. EVER. Thank you for existing.
San Diego, CA
I have received my earlier order & your jam is ethereal! You guys are geniuses.
Tucson, AZ
Thank you very much for forever ruining me for ordinary store bought jam. I hope you're happy! Even the premium ones. Earlier this summer, I ordered elephant heart jam and it was the best, the very best jam I've ever tasted.
Tucson, AZ
I adore your jam, I've been buying it for over a decade, it's that good. It's too hard to pick a favorite, they're all so flavorful, but I'm extra enamored with the Strawberry Rose. The last jar I had I hide in the refrigerator so no one else could find it! I recently bought the Pineapple Rum marmalade and I think that might get hidden too!
Minneapolis, MN
This Tart Cherry/Apricot Jam from Eric is simply, yet addictively exquisite. With a twist of the lid, you're instantly greeted by the fresh zest of Montmorency cherries — a deep, tangy, and impossibly vivid aroma. This jam tastes alive and vibrant. The cherries hit first, bright and bracingly honest yet tempered just so by smooth apricot goodness. Its chunky texture makes it perfect to spread on toasted sourdough or English muffins with some Irish butter.
Elk Grove, CA
I received your fleur de sel caramel sauce yesterday & had to open it immediately since it said it was insanely good. I didn't believe anything could be insanely good — but it was!! Part of me wishes I bought more than one jar. It really IS insanely good!
Suitland, MD
10 years ago I treated myself to a jar of the Tart Cherry Apricot jam as a reward for finishing finals at university. While I can't say that I remember much of what was on those finals, I've never forgot the jam! It's the perfect sweet-tart balance, absolutely heavenly spread on toast, dolloped onto porridge or stirred into greek yogurt.
Escondido, CA
We did a side-by-side tasting of a blackcurrant jam I had purchased in France and one of yours, and yours won hands-down. I was also amazed by the flavor of your blackberry vanilla.
Littleton, CO
The biscotti were/are amazing. My wife thinks these are the best things to come along since the wheel. Every product we have purchased has been simply amazing. Keep up the great work!!
Los Angeles, CA
We had some 'important' people over yesterday for a meeting about a script we have been trying to sell and decided to lay out some breakfast snacks with home-made scones and your apricot jam. They went nuts over it and your jam was a real ice breaker. I don't know whether selling it was due to our writing ability or your jam, but thanks guys!
Paris, France
I was standing in my kitchen the other night, in the dark, looking out the window, mindlessly spooning Apricot Jam onto crackers and eating them, when I suddenly grew fearful I would run out or worse yet, you would run out before the next season crops come, so I immediately ran in and submitted my order for some more.
San Francisco, CA
PLZZ let me know when the bread and butter pickles are available again. My 80 year old grandmother basically went into cardiac arrest after she had them. I wanted to be sure and order her a few jars this season.
New York, NY
Unbelievable! That is all I can say. You guys hands down make the best jam in the universe. And your bbq sauce! My husband (who is the most picky eater) has been eating it with dinner every night for the past two weeks.
Pittsburg, PA
Thanks for the FANTASTIC marmalade. I got to eat about 1 tablespoon before the rest of my family devoured the rest of the jar. I WANT MORE!!!! Are you sure there are no lost jars hanging around??
San Ramon, CA
The kumquat marmalade is FABULOUS! I have taken to eating spoonfuls out of the jar and I am sad to say I will soon be running out! You have changed my mind about marmalade!
Culver City, CA
A friend and I brought your mind-blowing Mariposa jam to our favorite café yesterday, and we gave a taste to the café owner, whose wife also makes plum jam, and he was ecstatic. Then a bunch of other people in the café came up to ask for tastes, and everybody was raving about it. Your Mariposa jam started a mini-riot.
San Rafael, CA
I received my jam today and the first thing I did was toast some of our wonderful bread and have it with your apricot jam — it was unbelievable — the best I have ever had....we ate about half of a jar already.
Danville, CA
First of all, I love the jam. Being a first time buyer, I was skeptical. When growing up in a small track house in Hayward, every house on our block had an apricot tree in the back yard. Your jam brought back all those memories of the supreme Blenheim. Congrats on accomplishing your mission. I will never take a piece of perfect-tasting fruit for granted again.
San Francisco, CA
I was in no way prepared for the unsurpassably delicious, unconscionably good, irresistibly perfect taste sensation that hit my tongue when I finally tried it. I swear, I nearly fainted. It tasted like apricots, honey, and gold. It was so smooth, it glided over my tongue like a silk cloth over polished wood. I tossed manners to the wind and started eating it straight from the jar.
Doylestown, PA
We received our 4 jars and we want to thank you for such an amazing jam! Thank goodness for Food & Wine or we would have never been able to enjoy your delicacy. We were both taught to share as children, BUT WE AREN'T SHARING OUR JAM!
Plantation, FL
Well I just got the shipment and OH MY GOD...I wish I had ordered more. The jam is simply one of the best things I have ever tasted and the bbq sauce...WOW WOW WOW. I completely scrapped my dinner menu tonight so that I could have some of the jam and bbq sauce. You have a dedicated customer in me...for good!
Nantucket, MA
I came home yesterday and was delighted to find a box from "We Love Jam" waiting for me. The packaging is great and I just love the simplicity of your label. However, what is inside the jar is perhaps the best jam I have ever tasted. It's rich in color, intense with flavor and I am going to savor every spoonful. Thank you for all of the hard work that went into the process of creating what is essentially apricot "gold."
Windham, NH
It took a couple weeks to get over to the old house and pick up the package, but I finally just had the pleasure of tasting the jam. And wow. It's been 15 minutes since I had some spread on an English muffin and my taste buds are still reeling. This stuff is amazing. I don't know what you guys did or who you signed a contract with to be able to produce such a ridiculously good jam, but thank you.
Boulder Creek, CA
Holy crap on a crutch! Never before have I tasted anything like the remarkable product of your jam-making efforts; it is ethereal, apricot bliss in a jar, a beautiful gift of nature. Certainly, nothing but the precious Blenheim and a creative kitchen like yours could yield such an amazing result. Thank you for doing so much to preserve the legacy of the original Santa Clara Valley.