Soom Foods Premium Tahini, Creamy Sesame Paste, 11oz, 2 Pack

This is an exceptionally smooth tahini with an excellent flavor. It’s easy to blend, and tastes great in hummus, baba, and every other dish I’ve tried it in. My new go-to.

Ahhh, tahini! I first heard about it from Ina Garten, in a hummus recipe, and struggled to find a suitable brand at the local markets. I tried some available in the international aisle, and they just seemed like mediocre peanut butter. I tried some tricks to make hummus without tahini, but that was no good, either. I was at a loss; I couldn't get the depth of flavour you can get in a restaurant, and as someone who cooks very passionately, that was very frustrating! Then, I found Soom. Soom is superior to anything else I've tasted; it's rich, smooth-bodied, pure deliciousness, and it has that distinct, nutty flavour of sesame to it, unlike many other brands I've tried. I find that just about every common supermarket option for tahini tasted too Americanized; they were often thick, somewhat sweet, and too dark, resembling some kind of toasted peanut butter. Soom has none of those issues; this is the real deal. It has strong commendations, too; Micheal Solomonov (chef and author of Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking , who's a master of hummus) is a big fan of it, and it's apparently used by many top US restaurants. After tasting it, I can certainly understand why! I prefer this 2-pack to other sizing options; unlike peanut butter, tahini doesn't keep well long-term, so you really want to buy it when you intend to use it. For best flavour, I'd recommend aiming to use it up within three weeks of ordering it, but I've kept a bottle from a 4-pack fairly acceptable by tossing it in the back of the fridge. That said, for my purposes, I think the 2-pack is plenty to use up in short order; two bottles of this size last me about 3-5 great uses of it - I make great big batches of hummus for gatherings and tahini sauces for lovely dinners and lunches; you could get more out of it by making less, I'd assume. If you're looking for a great tahini sauce, I'd like to also recommend you check out Kenji Lopez-Alt's Tahini Sauce With Garlic and Lemon Recipe over at Serious Eats. It requires a food processor to turn out properly, but it's positively magical in hummus!

The tahini was fresh and tightly sealed in a plastic jar. Compared to the tahini I purchased a couple a years ago it seemed a little thin. The price of tahini has gone up since I bought it the past. The smell was a little light on the smell of ground sesame that I have used in the past. The taste was very light after stirring up the settled sesame solids from the bottom of the jar. The mouth of the jar was wide enough for my hand wand to fit. During Covid, it came in a small size can that required you to store leftover tahini in another container. Over all, the product was worth the money and the resulting homemade hummus was enjoyed by all.

The taste is perfect because of quality ingredients. I will always go with this brand and buy it on Amazon because grocery stores don’t sell this item but they absolutely should. Thank you!

This is our go to tahini

** Updated review - 5 stars ** Totally deserves all the 5 star reviews. Note the 1 start reviews are almost exclusively from leaks during shipping. I was originally one of them, but Soom demonstrated outstanding customer service where Amazon failed. When I was refused a replacement by Amazon for the leaked jars, I reached out to Soom directly. They immediately offered me a refund or replacement. Outstanding personal customer service. Even though the Amazon shipment had leaked, I took the chance and requested a replacement from Soom — I had simply heard too many good things about this tahini not to try it. In the blink of an eye it arrived, in pristine condition. Soom had asked for the lot # of the leaked product, so perhaps the challenge was with a particular lot. This tahini is amazingly creamy, pourable and delicious — just waiting to be made into hummus or any number of other delicacies in my recipe file. It was well worth the wait. Far, far better than anything I’ve ever bought in the grocery store for taste and consistency. Yum! Thank you, Soom — you have a new loyal customer! ** Original review - 1 star** Would love to say I loved it, but never had a chance to try it. Both jars arrived having leaked all over the place, including over the other items that were delivered in the box with it. Amazon — no refund??!! This single star is for Amazon’s policy and difficulty trying to get this resolved, not for what I understand to be an amazing product.

Yummy. Need to try it in more recipes.

Creamy, pourable tahini is the best. Customer service is outstanding, rarely seen anymore.