I love honey, in general, and this stuff is 10 times better than any other honey I've tried.  So for taste, it easily gets 5 stars. However, I am rating it only 1 star because it has a negative effect on me that I never would have thought; it gives me headaches. I tried it three different times to see if this honey was indeed the culprit and concluded, sadly, it was.  Subsequently, I read up on it and found that many people have allergic reactions to "raw" honey, even when they do not have any reactions to pasteurized honey (which I do not).  Many of the reactions noted were the same as one might get with typical allergies or hay fever such as, sneezing, runny nose, congestion, watery eyes, etc. Headaches were also noted. It has to do with the pollen in it, which I don't know why, but I hadn't even considered. Apparently, a benefit of consuming it, as I understand it, is that consuming small amounts of bee pollen, can actually build up a person's defense against pollen allergies (much the same way as getting a flu shot can protect you from getting the flu).