Olives

The olive is the Mediterranean's most defining ingredient, and there is no other product where the difference between the industrial and the traditional is so immediately obvious. A properly cured olive is dense, meaty, and complex; a mass-market one is soft, briny, and tastes only of salt.Our Olives collection…The olive is the Mediterranean's most defining ingredient, and there is no other product where the difference between the industrial and the traditional is so immediately obvious. A properly cured olive is dense, meaty, and complex; a mass-market one is soft, briny, and tastes only of salt.Our Olives collection focuses on producers who still cure the traditional way, with salt, water, and time, never with the caustic soda shortcuts that strip flavour and character. From the dark, wine-like Kalamatas of the Peloponnese to the vivid green Nocellaras of Sicily, the meltingly buttery Throuba olives of Cyprus,…Read more