Spring is in the air, after what has been a long, cold, and grey winter. We too have suffered a difficult winter in Catalonia, Northern Spain. We had snow in November, just when we were harvesting; olive snow balls came to mind as the snow covered the nets on the ground. More heavy snow in January caused damage to some of the olive trees, and then rain! Tim has been in Spain for last few weeks: working on the land, pruning, and fertilizing the trees with chicken manure, and it has only been the last few days, that the sun has shone, and the temperature has risen.

But the great news is, this year’s oils have now arrived here in Suffolk, and delicious they are too! Our unfiltered oil: olives traditionally crushed to produce full bodied and fruity oil. Our citrus oils: famous Lemon, tangy Lime, and Gold Award winning Orange. Chilli oils: red and green, amazing colours and deliciously warming. Our ‘can’t live without it’ Garlic oil, and our herb oil: Rosemary, Thyme, Fennel and Lavender, all hand picked from our land, and then, as with all our oils, freshly pressed with the fresh olives. We have added one extra oil to our range this year, single Rosemary oil. This oil has an intense flavour, a little more full bodied than our mixed herb oil. The perfect drizzling oil for that tomato and mozzarella salad!

And of course, we must not forget our smoked oils. Both award winning, our plain Oak smoked oil won one of our first awards back in 2006, and our smoked garlic won ‘Gold’ at the Great Taste Awards last year. These oils add an individual flavour to so many dishes, from soups, to chicken and bacon pasta dishes, to simply drizzling, and dunging that warm crusty bread.

We are also pleased to let you know, there will be no price increases this year. We have spent some time sourcing bottles and corks directly from the manufactures in Germany and Portugal, which has enabled us to balance any price increases in production, and the losses of the pound against the euro.

We work hard to try and produce unique extra virgin olive oils at a fair cost to you, our customers.
We hope you are continuing to enjoy our oils, and look forward to hearing from you in the future.

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