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Delicious mushrooms from Brandenburg by Pilz und Baum

November 17, 2023 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Today, with this post, I would like to thank Manuel and pilz und baum "frische regionale Pilze aus eigenem Anbau" from Brandenburg for the delicious mushrooms he offered me the other day. Food networking in the area of Berlin is so important don't you also think so? Good foods helps us fight the Berlin winter we have in front of us. With a box of mushrooms (the one in the picture), we have cooked at least three times gorgeous dishes based with garlic, oregano and indeed olive oil. For more information check the website of Pilz und baum ...

Our farm in Autumn

October 6, 2023October 18, 2023 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

As you can see in this picture, during every season, we have unexpected beautiful guests in our farm. Autumn is also a very unique season for nature, the same for our farm which is close to the village of Geraki Laconia in Southern Peloponnese. Every year these amazing Cyclamen show up all over the area, always just before harvest. Special thanks to Christina who sent me this picture. As for the new harvest and how it goes this year, we will keep you posted as we always do....

Berlin Oil Connection on social media

August 21, 2023August 22, 2023 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Dear friends of Berlin Oil Connection We would like to inform you that the Berlin Oil Connection project is also on social media, trying the best to keep you updated and informed about new products, ideas and anything you need to know for our annual harvest. You can always send your questions there. You can follow us on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/berlinoilconnection/ and facebook: https://www.facebook.com/berlinoilconnection Enjoy the rest of the summer holidays Greetings from Greece ...

Berlin Oil Connection at MEET & EAT street fest: Friday, June 30th 2023

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Berlin Oil Connection would gladly like to announce that next Friday June 30th 2023, will participate at MEET AND EAT in Boddinplatz, near the metro station U8: Boddinstrasse. MEET AND EAT is a small street food fest in the neighborhood with various food stands, music, poetry slams and many more. Berlin Oil Connection will also have a stand at the street fest with extra virgin olive oil from our farm in Southern Peloponnese, homemade olive oil soap and organic herbs (Mountain tea and oregano) from the mountain Parnonas. Come visit us. For more info you can contact me here...

Vanilla Fir Honey soon from Berlin Oil Connection

June 7, 2023 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

A walk in the local market of agricultural products in Skala Laconia was something I had wanted to do for a long time. But something always came up and I postponed it for the next time I would visit this small town located in the heart of the plain of Laconia. For those who don't know, Skala, is one of the most important centers of agricultural production in Laconia. The main agricultural product exported is citrus fruits (mainly oranges). Farmers in Skala produce of course also excellent quality vegetables, such as tomatoes and other vegetables. Skala is a centre of economic life in Laconia. The local market is held every Tuesday in a central point of the town and there are permanent places for producers from Skala and the surrounding villages in the area. The excellent quality olive oil soap that you can buy in Berlin from Berlin Oil Connection is produced by our friend Zoe there. A sunny Tuesday last...

Extra virgin olive oil from our farm at the Fusion Festival 2023

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Fusion Festival is one of the most famous events every summer in Germany. It takes place every year in an old soviet military base in East Germany near a village called Lärz in the area of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The area of the festival is huge, the stages are many and the music is loud. Every year djs and music bands from all around Germany and beyond, offer the most contemporary good electronic music of various styles. The annual festival was started by the Kulturkosmos organisation in 1997. It lasts four to six days, usually at the end of June. In 2016, the Fusion Festival event took place from 29 June to 3 July and which has attracted some 70,000 attendees for each year's festival, since the 2013 event, which the comparable American Burning Man event only matched in 2015. Every year, thousands of Berliners visit the festival, among them also friends of our olive oil. Therefore it would be worth mentioning that...

Mount Taigetos in Laconia. A view from our farm

March 26, 2023 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Taygetos is the highest and most magnificent mountain of the Peloponnese. It has an altitude of over 2,100 metres. The photo you see in this article was taken from our field in mid-January, after a beautiful snowfall. How lucky we are to pick olives and have this view and how much we love this mountain. Every year visitors from every corner of Europe visit the mountain. Apart from the beautiful waterfalls, the beautiful villages and forests, most visitors go to the top of the mountain, the famous pyramid where you can see all the way to Laconia, and deep in the sea you can see Crete. I recommend you to visit this beautiful mountain. Read more here...

Why the Shillermarkt is the place to be on Saturday afternoons

March 26, 2023September 21, 2023 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

As beautiful as the neighbourhood schillerkiez around the Tempelhof Park is, so is the market that takes place every Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm at the Herfurtplatz markt (Shillermarkt) in the streets around the church. I of course, as a neighbour, have more reasons to love this market and my participation. You can't imagine how much I enjoy talking to the people I meet anyway on my walks and in the beautiful cafes of Neukolln such as Laidak. Okay I know, it's true there aren't that many beautiful cafes left in the neighborhood, however there is still a beautiful energy in several of them. However, the market around the church is not only beautiful because it has beautiful smiling faces that take a little walk every Saturday. It's beautiful because all of the colleagues seem to enjoy it too. Really how beautiful is the whole mosaic of different languages spoken by both those who visit the market and those...

Preorder campaign Harvest 2022 – 2023 is open now

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Dear all We would like to inform you that our pre order campaign is already open for the harvest 2022 - 2023. Every year, in order to bring it to Berlin and also keep the same price, we need your help. This year we need you more than ever, The inflation and the current crisis make expenses almost not affordable, which means almost every cost is close to double. So if you like what we do, bringing olive oil koroneiki of the finest quality from one farm in Southern Greece (Laconia region Peloponnese) we need your contribution. Let me know if you want to have an amount and you will get in in March as we do every year. It works very simply by sending an email here https://berlinoilconnection.de/contact/ Write us the amount of liters, your phone number and your name and we will response to you as soon as possible for further details...

A few words about our participation at the Schillermarkt in Herrfurthplatz every Saturday

December 27, 2022January 18, 2023 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

If you live around the area of Neukölln, then you are probably one of our neighbors. Every Saturday we attend the weekly market "Schillermarkt '' in Herrfurthplaz. It is just 10 minutes walk from laidak (boddinplatz) where we store our olive oil and many people who visit our stand which is next to the big Church, we already know each other from various activities in the area, such as a walk at tempelhoffer feld (ex-airport), or simply from the next table with drinks at bars or restaurants in Neukölln. However it is not only that you know us from the neighborhood, but also that the atmosphere of the market is perfect. Besides us there is the Portuguese friend with the nice food and the guys with the African cuisine. Our friend with the ceramics, the guys with the perfect cheese and the Berlin friend with the high quality German-style bread. We also could not fail to point out the multi-ethnic atmosphere...