Gentle, aromatic, small-batch 🌿 unfiltered extra virgin olive oil, 2 L

Honest Toil is a cold-pressed, unfiltered extra virgin olive oil.

Honest Toil: from local farms around Kyparissia
Our oil is made exclusively from Greek Koroneiki olives harvested from the surrounding olive groves.
Koroneiki is a small cultivar native to Greece. The trees are small to medium-sized, with dark green leaves, and yield small, elongated fruits that are high in oil content.
Our harvested olives are pressed a few kilometres from the fields in small, family-run presses in the villages of Armeni, Vrises and Ampelofito.
Authentic, unfiltered, unblended
Our oil is cold-pressed; the temperature during the entire pressing process never exceeds 27 °C. We could extract significantly more oil if we pressed at higher temperatures, but that would also mean damaging the precious nutrients of the olives – and we'd rather keep it pure!
We do not filter the oil: once the olives are pressed, we do not subject them to any further processing. Our oil contains olive skin and pit sediments, which give it its highly opaque appearance and thick texture. We recommend shaking well before use.
We do not blend the oil. It comes from a single source: unlike most commercial oil brands found on supermarket shelves, Honest Toil is not blended with inferior quality oils, oils from other regions, or oils from previous harvests.
A rich, phenolic oil with a noticeable 'bite'.
During the gentle crushing and grinding process, as the olives are processed, the natural polyphenols are first released and then stabilised in the oil.
Polyphenols are the healthy compounds for which olive oil is most famous. Phenolic compounds help protect blood lipids from oxidative stress, and they have also been linked to reducing the risk of cancer and heart disease.
One more note on phenolic compounds – they give extra virgin olive oils their distinctive, slightly bitter taste. So, when you feel that peppery sensation in your throat, or experience that bitterness on your tongue that comes with tasting our oil – that is the 'bite' of a rich phenolic oil.
Lower acidity means higher quality
The acidity of olive oil refers to the presence (or, more likely, absence!) of free fatty acids. In olive oils, the percentage of free fatty acids is zero. Free fatty acids are sometimes formed later when olive oil degrades or oxidises, or if the olive oil is made from damaged or rotten fruit.
Extra virgin olive oil has a free fatty acid percentage of less than 0.8%. Pure olive oil has an acidity of between 0.8% and 2%.
Our oil has an acidity of about 0.2–0.3% (depending on the specific harvest), which is impressively low and makes Honest Toil extra virgin.
The goodness of time: from harvest to harvest and beyond
Honest Toil has a shelf life of at least 1.5 years from the harvest date.
Unlike filtered and processed olive oils, Honest Toil is a living substance with a full life cycle. This means that around harvest time the oil is thick, green with a peppery aftertaste, and as it matures, its colour turns golden and its flavour mellows. This is a completely natural process that we respect and celebrate. Get to know the properties of fresh and matured oil!

Ingredients: 100% cold-pressed koroneiki olives Origin: the small olive groves surrounding Kyparissia, Messinia, Greece Harvest: Nov 2025 Flavours: fresh-cut grass and a peppery punch at the end! Design by: Enikő Eged