Picked by hand, pressed by lunchtime

Ciao,

That green-gold stream in the photo above is Batch 01, minutes old.

There is no secret to oil like this. Gently and quickly, that is the whole point. When harvest came, the olives were picked by hand into small perforated crates, so the fruit is never crushed under its own weight. From the tree they went to the mill and were cold-pressed within hours, because heat and time are what strip an oil of its aromatics and its goodness.

Fast from the tree, slow in every other way.

The first thing you do with an oil this fresh is tear bread and taste it new. Notes of almond and artichoke, then that smooth, peppery catch you now know to wait for. The pepper is the polyphenols, the same compounds behind the oil's freshness and its health profile. It is the taste of an oil that was fruit a few hours earlier.

All of it is certified Toscano IGP and organic, both independently audited. Toscano IGP works like a wine appellation, a protected mark of origin that guarantees the oil genuinely comes from Tuscany and is made to the region's standards. We will happily put those letters next to our name.

Next letter: why every bottle carries a hand-written number, and what yours means.

George

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