Conversations with presidents of oil cooperatives

To know the culture of extra virgin olive oil is not only to know about varieties and to know how to taste them. It is to know its fields of origin, the properties of olive oil, to recognize and know that its quality, to know the places of production, to visit them, to talk to […]
Interior of an oil cooperative in Jaén

Spain is the largest producer of olive oil in the world, and Jaén is the province with the highest production. Every year in autumn and winter there is olive harvesting and olive oil production. Let’s look inside an olive oil cooperative in Jaén. If you are looking for extra virgin olive oil direct from a […]
Good honey will come out of these flowers

With the arrival of spring, comes life and the strong bustle of bees and other insects. the bees come out of the long winter lethargy and go to work collecting new food for the hive, collecting pollen, nectar and propolis. They are all in full production making their first raw honeys. A new delight that we […]
Olive harvesting

The olives have two purposes; to elaborate table olives and for the production of olive oil. Depending on the variety of the olive, some are more indicated for the elaboration of oil, others for olives of tables and others so much for oil as for olives of table. Index: When is the olives harvested to […]
Organic farming

Food tastes less and less, sophisticated manufacturing processes, lists of ingredients with increasingly rare names, widespread use of chemical products in agriculture, abusive use of antibiotics in livestock, climate change, the deterioration of our nature, these are facts that have permeated society and have led to the emergence of a new way of life that […]
Benefits of rosemary

Rosemary is a typical plant of the Mediterranean climate with enormous medicinal properties of which the man takes advantage to elaborate great quantity of plates and the bees to elaborate his raw honey. keep reading and learn about the properties of rosemary. Index: Properties of rosemary Magical properties of rosemary In El Cortijuelo de San Benito […]
Benefits of thyme

Thyme is a small plant typical of the Mediterranean climate with enormous medicinal properties used by both man and bees. The man uses it very frequently in the kitchen to elaborate dishes and the bees in the elaboration of their raw honey. keep reading and learn about the properties of thyme. Index: Characteristics of thyme […]
Properties of lavender

Lavender is a medicinal plant of the Mediterranean climate with enormous beneficial properties and with a very penetrating and characteristic aroma, from which men and bees take enormous advantage. The man like aromatic and medicinal plant, using it for aromatizers, perfumes and in the natural cosmetics and the bees to elaborate their raw honey. Keep […]
Fantastic ingredients for cosmetics

Natural cosmetics, unlike more commercial and sophisticated cosmetics, use natural ingredients that can be found in any supermarket or neighbourhood shop. For the most demanding, in addition to using natural products, demanding that these are organic or organic. In our shop in Las Rozas in Madrid or online store you can buy a wide variety […]
Tips, oil and honey

How many times we get to work, we find a spectacular dish and you do not get it as it comes in the picture of the recipe. How many times these typical dishes do not come out as our mothers did. Something that we recommend is to always use ingredients of maximum quality and natural. […]