Especially for John
Before you ask, "No, the jam is not 100 years old, lol".
Many years ago we had an elderly customer who purchased a small jar of jam from our stall each week at the Farmers' Market. We'll call him John. John longed for the old days when he and his Grandma would pick plump juicy berries, which she would then turn into jam. That jam was mighty good spread on the homemade bread his grandma baked every few days. After many discussions with John, we decided to make him a jar of "Grandma's Berry Jam". We knew that sugar was considered a luxury in John's grandma's day, so we set out to make the best tasting jam we could with a high percentage of fruit to sugar. You can imagine how pleased we were when John pronounced the jam, "As good as any Grandma made!"
The method we use to make our 100 Year Olde jams is based on old recipes that call for little or no sugar. The taste of fruit shines through this jam because we use a higher percentage of fruit to sugar.