March 2020 – Berlin Oil Connection

Back to the farmer’s market in Prenzlauer Berg (Seelower Strasse)

March 30, 2020May 5, 2020 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

The new season at the market has already started for us last Saturday, even now in times of the corona virus crisis. We are back to the beautiful little farmer’s market in Prenzlauer Berg at Seelower strasse, every Saturday from 10-4pm. From now on, you will find us there. We sell extra virgin olive oil directly by one farm in Southern Peloponnese (new harvest 2020), which arrived few days ago in Berlin. As we already announced, soon, we are about to sell a special soap made also in Laconia region with the finest quality of olive oil. The market sells also good wines, amazing quality of fresh greens, salads, vegies and even has a stand of special salami. We hope to see you there, for a little celebration of authentic and unmixed olive oil directly from one farm in Laconia in Southern Greece. This stuff used to be impossible to get in Berlin, now you can! We sell different sizes of...

Soon in Berlin: “Zoe Soap” made with extra virgin olive oil

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Our new product, as we already wrote in a previous post is soap made with extra virgin olive oil from Laconia region. It will arrive in Berlin in about a month from now. If you want to pre-order please contact us. Zoe Soap is a small workshop in the south part of Peloponnese, between two mountains Taygetos and Parnonas. We produce olive oil soaps, ointments, liquid soap, lip balms using extra virgin olive oil, the “liquid gold” of our region. We collect our herbs from the two mountains and we collaborate with local producers for our honey and beeswax. We make everything with care and respect to the environment. None of our products is tested in animals or contains any preservatives. We use only essential oils, zests, flower petals, and herb teas. We want to help our customers understand the value of healthy living and contribute to environmental awareness. A list of Soaps that Zoe makes: PURE WHITE: with extra virgin olive oil...

The olive oil from the new harvest safely arrived in Berlin.

March 25, 2020 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Good news everyone! After some nervous days due to the border situation, the olive oil safely arrived in Berlin. Expect our update soon for the distribution as well as market days or home delivery options. For further info, you can always contact us at our email address. We wish everyone to remain healthy and safe....

New product: Soap made with extra virgin olive oil.

March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

A new Berlin Oil Connection product is coming soon: Home made olive soap by Zoe from the Lakonia region, exactly where our olive oil comes from. This is a high quality product using only fair ingredients. Zoe makes her soaps in a cold process to ensure that all the vitamins and the anti-oxides from the olive oil , the herbs, the zests, the clays, the juices, the honey and the essential oils are held together in every soap bar she makes. The cold process of saponification takes four weeks for the soaps to be ready. The combination of oil and water is done through caustic soda. During the 4 weeks cure the caustic soda reacts with the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and evaporates from the soap, leaving a thin layer of white dust that is harmless and can be removed to make the soap look better. Due to the long production time why we advise our customers if they...

Tasting the olives from our farm

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Black olives? Green olives? Purple olives? A personal highlight from our spring trip to the farm was tasting the actual olives. This is where the magic comes from. In case you wonder why they are not black like those you know from the supermarket, black olives are a Californian marketing invention, they are processed to turn black with an alkaline solution and ferrous gluconate. The pure thing looks like these from out farm in Southern Peloponnese....

Video: Berlin Oil Connection tour in Laconia (Spring 2020)

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Welcome to paradise. This is the Andrianos farm where our olive oil comes from. Located in Southern Peloponnese, in an area called Laconia. Turn your sound on to hear the concert of birds. With Berlin Oil Connection, we import extra virgin olive oil from a farm in Southern Greece. The Andrianos farm is located in Laconia, around 60 kilometres from Sparta. Every year we bring pure olive oil from one harvest from this farm to Berlin. Because it comes from a single farm and from one of the best growing regions in the world, it has a very low acidity, which gives an intense taste but means it is not burning in the mouth as you maybe know from farmer's oil of other regions. Also this means high heat resistance, it is suitable for frying and can even be used several times. With the intense pure taste it is very suitable for making salads etc. This video shows you the two...