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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...

New ideas for your breakfast

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, that's for sure. Therefore, from today on, we would like to share some ideas as well as short stories on our blog to give you inspiration, how to use a variety ingredients in order to make your breakfast better and of course tastier. In fact, when we say we love olive oil we mean it. We use it almost for everything. For example with scrambled eggs. Chop half an onion in little pieces and a green paprika, add a little of extra virgin olive oil (yeah, if the olive oil is extra virgin is nothing wrong to fry with it and it is more tasty than butter) and fry them just for few minutes. Then add the egg mix (additionally with a little milk). The trick for making perfect scrambled eggs is whisking the eggs before cooking them. Whisking incorporates air, which produces fluffier scrambled eggs. Green paprika and onion and...

After holiday season Berlin oil Connection news

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Finest quality of Extra Virgin olive oil from Southern Greece (Lakonia region) still available Dear Berlin Oil Connection friends :) We would like to announce that holiday season is over, which practically means that you can get olive oil from us in Neukolln again, as usual at Laidak in Boddinstrasse 42 (U8) in a regular basis. We are gonna have new bottles of 1lt from this Monday on. If you want to talk to one of us, you can visit Laidak next week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday from 12 to 7pm. You can always mail your orders and questions to us at info at) berlinoilconnection.de as well. There is more for you to know! We keep attending the Prenzlauer Berg farmer’s market in Seelower str. every Saturday, for our friends who live closer to that area. We sell different sizes of bottles and canisters, which means bottles of 250 ml, 1lt and 5lt. More news regarding our activites visit our webpage http://berlinoilconnection.de See you around...

Special Olive Oil at Prenzlauer Berg farmer’s market in Seelower str. still availabe every Saturday.

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

This Saturday September 7th and every Saturday we are on Bauernmarkt Seelower Strasse in Prenzlauer Berg. As we already mentioned to you in previous announcements It’s a beautiful little farmer’s market and it runs from 10-4. The market sells also good wines, amazing quality of fresh greens, salads, vegies and even has a stand of special salami. The atmosphere is lovely and there are also nice cafes in the street. 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 bottles and canisters, which means bottles of 250 ml, 1lt and 5lt canisters....

The taste and quality of Koroneiki variety of extra virgin olive oil

April 2, 2019June 8, 2019 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Studies have shown that it can do everything from reduce blood pressure and cholesterol and even help prevent cancer. And Greek olive oil might just be the healthiest. As for the Laconian extra virgin olive oil is considered one of the best in the country. Koroneiki variety of olives that the Southern Greek - Laconian olive oil is mainly from, is listed as one of the best varieties in the world. The chemical characteristics of Koroneiki oil are simply perfect. This cultivar is suitable for an early, excellent, extra virgin olive oil. Tfhe Koroneiki olive has one of the highest oil contents (20-30% oil), yet it is very small and difficult to cultivate. The overall yield of oil per tree is still a lot lower, but its return is exceptional quality. At the year 2018, various farmers from Peloponnese with extra olive oil made out from koroneiki won the golden price in international contests. ...

The new harvest of olive oil has already started

November 14, 2018November 14, 2018 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Dear friends and Berlin Oil connection followers We gladly announce that new harvest of olive oil in Southern Peloponnese at the region of Laconia has started. The olive oil from the new year will arrive in Berlin at the end of February - beginning of March like every year, since the picking of olives season ends in the mid of February. As always, we will bring in Berlin, the finest quality of cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, with the lowest acidity. We will keep you updated in the future with more information. In any case, you are very welcome to contact us. If you have any questions about the oil, how we bring it here, our high standards etc, don't hesitate to write us. We would be happy to answer any of your questions. You are also welcome to pre-order a canister of 5lt, or just a bottle of the new extra virgin olive oil, in fact we will publish about...

Olive Oil from Laconia: Background and further information

November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

Berlin Oil Connection We bring to Berlin one of the finest olive oil from Laconias region in southern Greece. It is Extra Virgin and cold pressed olive oil. Opposing the industry standard of mixing various oils from various regions and even countries for mass consumption, we established a direct connection to local farmers in the area of Geraki Laconias. Our olive oil is pure and handpicked harvest and produced in a cooperative factory. We directly negotiate a fair price with the farmers. Less is more - Besides quality Our focus is on the oil, so far we do not provide special packaging, but seek to distribute this oil directly to people who appreciate the taste and quality. The olive oil of Geraki Laconias is also a protected geographical identification and that the cooperative we work with has certifications according to the agricultural standard AGRO 2-1 and AGRO 2-2/3. Two things are special about this oil First, it is very pure and not mixed with...

November 3rd: Olive Oil Popup Market in Laidak

October 29, 2018June 9, 2019 by berlinoilconnectionNo Comments

We invite you to our first popup market to sale our olive oil. The olive oil is extra virgin and hand-picked in the region of Lakonia in the south of Greece. Please just tell us before what and how much you want. Just make a comment in this event. You can pick it up on Saturday in Laidak. You can also taste the olive oil on site. Just write that our product is not yet known to you and you are still interested in it. Because we have no other options yet, payment is actually only possible in cash. Sorry folks! at Laidak Boddinstrasse 46, November 3rd 15.00 - 18.30 You can always contact us ...