{"id":99,"date":"2018-11-03T13:06:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T13:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/?p=99"},"modified":"2018-11-03T13:07:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T13:07:07","slug":"further-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/blog\/2018\/11\/03\/further-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Olive Oil from Laconia: Background and further information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"de-DE\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0733-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0733-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0733-530x353.jpg 530w, https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0733-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0733-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"de-DE\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\"><b>Berlin Oil Connection<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">We bring to Berlin one of the finest <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">olive oil<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> from Laconias region in southern Greece. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">It is <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Extra <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">V<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">irgin and cold pressed olive oi<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">l<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">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. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">Our olive oil is<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> pure and handpicked harvest <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">and<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> produced in a cooperative factory<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">W<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">e directly negotiate a fair price with the farmers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Less is more &#8211; Besides quality<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">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. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">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. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Two things are special about this oil<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">First, it is very pure and not mixed with other varieties, so it has a very distinct taste. The distinct taste makes it also very usefull to refine your cookings or salads. Try it with white bread first to really grasp the whole taste. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Secondly, due to geographic reasons, the accidity of this oil is very low, lower than oil from Italy, and even lower than the oil from other regions in Greece. Oil of our region regularly won prices in international competitions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">This oil <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">shouldn\u2019t be <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">store<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">d<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> in a sunny place, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">or<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> in the fridge<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">. S<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">tore it at room temperature in a dark place<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\"> in your kitchen<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,5,6,4,15,14,19,16,17,13,18],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-berlin","tag-extra-virgin","tag-laconia","tag-olive-oil","tag-1-liter-bottles","tag-5-liters-canisters","tag-agricultural-standard-agro-2-1-and-agro-2-2-3","tag-cold-pressed","tag-direct-connection-to-local-farmers","tag-southern-greece","tag-southern-peloponnese"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0733-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berlinoilconnection.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}