What's cookin', good lookin'?

You buy a nice bottle of olive oil, but when you take a closer look, you notice white bits floating around in it. Is this mould? Is it dangerous? Let's have a look at this common, cold-weather condition... Through that dark glass (yes, it should be dark *not* clear), you see some suspicious shapes. There's cloudiness, small pellets, white flex, or crystal-like shapes are swimming around—and it all looks a lot like mould. But don't toss it yet! Chill out; your oil might just be a little cold. ...

For years, a question has puzzled home cooks and chefs alike: ‘can I cook with olive oil?’. Traditionalists say no, health experts say yes, and people from the Mediterranean say absolutely. Let’s uncover the ancient wisdom. It's time to cook with extra virgin olive oil. For the past few decades, a simple yet confounding question has stumped home cooks and professional chefs alike: can you cook with olive oil? Traditional cooking authorities have categorically shunned the use of extra virgin o...

In the depths of early lockdown when we really couldn't leave our homes, I was desperate to taste and learn more about olive oils. We had our oil from Crete, and some others I'd been able to find in the UK, but I needed something extra... Enter Johnny Madge, an international judge and one of the leading olive oil "tasters" in the world (more on that later)—and one of the most passionate ones I've met to date. After a guided virtual tasting with a selections of oils he sent us from his favour...

Call it "climate-smart", "carbon farming", "land restoration", or simply "regenerative", these practices are all about a creating harmony with nature that starts with soil and builds resilience from the ground up.   Research shows that higher levels of carbon are released into the air (as shown by this NASA visualisation which we first came across in the Kiss The Ground documentary). This is caused by the destruction of soil in conventional agricultural practices. If you've been a part of our...

  Many of our Citizens use our refill pouches to top up their bottles, but do you need to clean this every time? Finding ways to re-use packaging is great, but olive oil is a fresh fruit juice, so we want to store it in the best conditions. When it comes to cleaning our reusable bottles, we recommend every month—but at least once every 3 months if not. And when it comes to adding in a new harvest or new oil altogether, don’t top up your bottle of older oil with the fresh batch without a rinse...