Taste and use

This is what makes Andalusian olive oil so special:

• Taste: It is an accessible, fruity extra virgin olive oil with little bitterness and a slight spiciness.
• Quality features: The olives for this oil are harvested early and taken to the oil mill immediately afterwards, where they are cold-processed. This produces a genuine extra virgin oil that deserves its name. This is pumped into steel tanks and only bottled when required. This oil consists of 80% of the soft olive variety "Arbequina". In addition, a proportion of "Picual" olive oil from partner companies is always added. The "Picual" olives contain a higher proportion of polyphenols, whose antioxidant effect helps to maintain the high quality of the oil in the long term.
• Use: For salads, for refining various dishes or for lightly sautéing vegetables.

Cultivation and ecology

This is how the olives are grown:

• Cultivation method: Organic farming. Promoting biodiversity between the trees and year-round ground cover, including wild fennel and naturally growing legumes.
• Producers: Begoña Cosín and Rafael García and Rafael's siblings have taken over the 14-hectare olive grove near Córdoba from Rafael's father and started to cultivate it according to agroecological principles. They are not only concerned about respectful cultivation, but also about marketing: they want short and transparent supply chains and direct contact with consumers. Rafael is the founder of Tierra y Libertad, our partner cooperative in Andalusia, and says of his business: "We are committed to a very political form of agriculture: our aim is to bring food production back into people's everyday lives." The "Picual" olives come from 4 trusted producers who have their olive oil processed in the same mill under the same conditions.

This is how the price is made up

Cultivation & processing CHF 18.90

• Cultivation and harvesting: Begoña Cosín, Rafael García
• Processing: Almazara bodegas del pino, Tierra y Libertad

Transport & logistics CHF 9.08

• Export and logistics: Unilogistics
• Fees: Customs
• Quality assurance: Laboratory
• Packaging: Zurich plant
• Shipping: Post

Procurement & distribution CHF 10.36

• Coordination, communication, online market: Crowd Container