I bought this brand of brown sugar from my local grocery store. I thought it would be cool to try because it was so much different than the other brown sugars (that are already grated). It's not all that difficult to grate; just used my middle-size side on my 4-sided grater. The taste! Oh my gosh! The taste is so sweet, so fresh and so pure! It's better than any other brown sugar I've ever had, and it's well-worth the effort to grate it.