Monterey Bay Spice Company

Very satisfied with the product I purchased. They have great variety of stuff! And shipping was fast!

I love them! Such great selection! Package is always here next day.

I really love how easy their mobile site is to navigate and their very reasonable herb prices! I put my order in around 7am (I live 2 hours ahead of them, so 5am their time) and it was shipped the same day!
My only complaint is that shipping costs are extraordinarily high, unless you are ordering a lot of items that can be stuffed into the medium flat rate box. The shipping cost really makes me hesitate to place an order unless I really need it! I saw a reply on their Facebook page to someone complaining about shipping and they said that the costs were out of their hands, as these are generated by UPS and the USPS. But I have ordered many online things and haven’t had to pay a minimum of $ 12 no matter how small of an order I had! Please fix this, as I would really love to be a regular customer. :(

I was sorely disappointed in the Dill I purchased for my small business. I had products on back order because I was waiting for the Dill. I ordered a large amount expected it to be good quality. I couldn’t even SMELL that it was dill. When I added it to my product, there was NO hint of dill in the taste. It was an extreme waste of money.
I will be returning the product tomorrow. I hope I will be reimbursed.

I have been a customer of this company for a few years. I have always loved their product and had good experiences with them. My most recent order however, went awry. The wrong address populated even though it was updated and correct in PayPal. They were unwilling to help. I will never order from them again or recommend them to anyone. Horrible way to treat long-​term customers.

Best quality and price of essential oils I’ve been able to find. And the tea is great too. I wasn’t super thrilled with the tea strainer ball things I ordered but I guess they were only $ 2.50 or something like that; I should have bought a more pricey version. Still this will definitely continue to be my go-​to place for essential oils.

I bought a groupon for them after reading that they offer local pickup. Apparently, that was only offered with the groupon for the Santa Cruz site, not San Jose. What is the difference? I could have bought the Santa Cruz groupon while living in San Jose. Now they want to charge me $ 10 to ship stuff, which uses up ²⁄₃ of the discount for the groupon. I won’t bother with them again.

I placed my order at 5÷13÷2011 12:29:53 AM and received it the next day!
For $ 15 ($ 30 Groupon!!) plus around $ 7 shipping, I got:
3350-​OUNCES Citrus Chamomile Herbal-​Per ¼ Pound 1 $ 4.80 $ 4.80
2060-​OUNCES Chamomint Tea-​Per ¼ Pound 1 $ 2.76 $ 2.76
868-​OUNCES Jasmine Tea-​Per ¼ Pound 1 $ 3.16 $ 3.16
672-​OUNCES Ceylon tea, broken orange pekoe-​Per ¼ Pound 1 $ 3.20 $ 3.20
922-​OUNCES Black tea (China)-Per ¼ Pound 1 $ 1.60 $ 1.60
3353-​OUNCES White Tea-​Per ¼ Pound 1 $ 7.20 $ 7.20
1837-​SAMPLE Blackberry Fruit Tea blend-​SAMPLE (4 servings) 1 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
1879 Jamaican Jerk Seasoning spice blend-​Per pound 1 $ 6.50 $ 6.50

Well, you can buy teas, spices and herbs direct from these guys — or you can buy from the guys these people wholesale to, for twice the price. You know Mighty Leaf tea? It comes from here; it’s even packed here, for Mighty Leaf.
I live in Santa Cruz, so it’s very convenient but a little weird — order by phone, pick up after 4 PM the next day. You can’t just walk in cold and buy something — this is a mail order operation. Just, they’ll let you pick up your order on a will-​call basis if you’re in the area.

It’s been a few months since I ordered from them. However, they have great prices on saffron and other herb, good packaging, and quick delivery.

Wow! Locally owned, organic, spices, herbs, oils, teas etc. The owner is great, web site was very informative. I buy all my herbs there!

I’ve only tried two of their loose leaf teas but all I can say is, I’m impressed! Not only are the prices on bulk loose leaf teas incredible (better than Rose Mountain Herbs which I thought wasn’t possible), but shipping was fast and the teas are great quality. I’m very happy I decided to try them out and will be buying more.

Order your bulk herbage and spices for cheap. Teas, essential oils, potpourri, and, ahem, Poppy Pods, are all shipped from Santa Cruz directly to you door.
If you love tea with that extra «spice» as much as I do, become intimate with these masters of flavor (and krunkness) and you shall never go wrong.