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January 2024 by Stephanie T.
Sticky Situations is located in Olde Mystic Village in Mystic, CT and there were so many tastings. There are a variety of sweet honeys, syrups, teas, savory oils, vinegars, and sauces. Each of the tastings has a little notecard with the recommended food pairings, tea pairing, and bee colony location. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. They were very patient in explaining the layout of the store and answering any questions. The tastings were very good. I purchased the Lavender Honey for myself and the Habanero Honey and a sleep well tea for family members. The 4oz honeys were $8.95 each and the sleep well tea 8oz was $14.95. There were some savings when you build your own honey box by choosing any four honeys. Some packaged gift sets are also available for sale. Sticky Situations is a wonderful place to stop by to either taste their products or to purchase a gift.
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January 2024 by Christen Silvia
Everytime we go in, everyone is so friendly and informative! I have over 16 jars of honey, some tea and 4 or 5 olive oils! One of my favorite places to go in Mystic! Delicious!!
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December 2023 by Gregory Castaneda
Dan is the best he cares for helping you. He gets the job done especially when it comes to shipping your order fast. I'm very satisfied with the products they sell my wife loves the coffee butter honey. Like they say happy wife is a happy life. Thanks Dan
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August 2023 by Jamiroquai B.
The female staff came at us within two foot steps. She was loud and spoke so fast I had to ask my wife if she spoke English. She then stared at us with wide eyes waiting for us to have a question. We couldn't even walk a few feet before she began another spiel that we couldn't understand because she spoke so fast. We wound up leaving.
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August 2023 by Erin McTigue
What a fun store to visit! I had no intention of buying honey as we have family members who raise bees but these were so unique! Also enjoyed the Apple syrup & blood orange vinegar. You need to sample the flavors! Will come back!
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July 2023 by Bayou Pirate
We had the privilege of finding this little shop my wife was giving me dirty looks as I kept filling my basket with all fifrent flavors of honey. Now she is telling me we need to get more because her oatmeal just isn't as good without it. We use it to flavor butter and sweet tea. And now I'm starting to experiment with in my BBQ sauce. Go visit this store stock up then buy more it's that good
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July 2023 by Henry Chinn
Amazing selection of different honey, tea, and oils. Free tasting which helped us find the best honey for us. Staff was really helpful and friendly.
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May 2023 by Alex P
The staff is incredibly helpful, knowledgeable, and cheerful. They helped us around the store, showed us the tasting stations, and checkout was a breeze. The honeys and teas are phenomenal. The vinegars are tasty and have a great selection. We didn't try the wines, but this shop beams with quality so I know the wines are great. Absolutely a must-see shop!
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April 2023 by Lory Day
This place was delightful! My husband and I were shopping the shops and happen to pop in. We were blown away by the warm welcome and the knowledge that the staff gave as soon as we entered. We were greeted by a friendly gentleman that told us how the store worked. Then we were showed the roaps by a super knowledgeable and friendly young girl. That was happy to answer any questions we had, and we had a lot. She mixed oils and vinegars for us to make us an amazing blend that she knew would work for us. We were not expecting to buy anything but ended up spending $100 not by pushy sales tactics but by being educated and opened to new flavor profiles that excited us to cook again. We really wish we knew their names as they deserve a shout out for being truly awesome. This place is lucky to have such passionate and friendly staff. If you were working on April 8th at 2:30, we are talking about you lol
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April 2023 by Charles Ragsdale
I have mixed feelings about both flavored honey and flavored olive oil, especially when you are talking about high end products. I would never buy either as to me it would be like putting ketchup on a dry aged ribeye steak.To each his own I suppose.That said, I am giving a 5 star review as this is the only business in the entire area where I have found legitimately good Spanish olive oil. And my standards are rather high as I lived in Andalucia for 14 years.Of course, it is not as good as what you can get from a cooperativa in Spanish villages in producing regions, yet it isn't far off, maybe I would give the olive oil I bought today a 7 or 8 out of 10, which is really really impressive. Well done!
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March 2023 by Dominique S.
Whoa horsey!!! This is the coolest place in all of Christendom. It is a honey store, practically an emporium of paradise! There are tasting stations all over the room, maybe 15 of them, with several different honeys on each side. We are not talking flavored honey, we are talking these special bees are only allowed to dine on the pollen from that kind of flower. There is orange honey, peppermint, raspberry, rosemary, coconut, garlic, turmeric honey, and lotttts more! If you try the habanero, you might light on fire but I like that kind of thing and obviously needed some.Honey, you ain't tasted nothing yet quite like it. I was mesmerized. And the proprietors were there, so nice, so knowledgeable, and so enthusiastic about the honey and the bees and the process that I didn't even feel dorky getting excited! All organic, healthy, delicious, and honey never goes bad. I had to stock up, (and taste EVERY KIND,) I spent about 45 minutes in there and felt welcome every moment and encouraged to sample all I wanted. Soooo good!
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February 2023 by Francesca F.
They merged with Extra Virgin, the oil and vinegar shop next door! This place is so fun with dozens of sampling stations to enjoy, definitely stop in and try their wide array of unique flavors like hibiscus honey, cherry vinegarette, and avocado lime oil!
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February 2023 by Kellie R.
I absolutely love Sticky Situations! I've been here a couple of times but the most recent was with my husband (I highly recommend visiting with a Taurus because they will encourage you to sample every flavor with them). The staff here are absolutely amazing. We were greeted by a nice woman with an energetic attitude. She was incredibly friendly and helpful throughout our visit in Sticky Situations and the attached olive oil shop. This shop is quite amazing! It sells all kinds of flavored honey, mustard, butter, maple syrup, and loose tea leaves. You can sample everything in the shop and smell every tea they sell. Just dab a wooden stick in the honey and toss it in the trash can and grab a new stick! I decided to relive my childhood by sampling some butter (kids do weird things). I had my husband try the garlic butter and he fell in love with it-so much so that we bought two bottles of it! We ended up doing the package deal by ordering 4 large bottles (Lemon Honey, Rosemary Honey, Rosebud Tea, and Garlic Butter). We also purchased another large bottle of the same butter because it was just that good. When you get a package deal, you get to choose a free gift- a loose tea leaf tea dipper or a honey comb dipper. I chose the loose tea leaf holder. This truly is such a wonderful store!!!
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February 2023 by Brandon B.
I've been to honey stores before, or stands at farmers markets, but never anywhere like this. They have a delicious assortment of olive oils and vinegars to sample, but that's not why I'm here. Sure their lemon and rosemary honeys would taste great added to your tea, but one thing stood out from all their other offerings... Garlic Honey Butter. Hooo-boy, the sweetness of the honey mixed with mild spice of the garlic. I am going to smother this on every burger bun from this day forward!
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January 2023 by J M
This is my go to for all my natural honey needs! They also have many varieties of vinegars, oils, pasta and sauces. I have traveled many miles and made many online orders from thousands of miles just for their products! That’s how good they are! I can’t recommend them enough!
