Cold-pressed extra virgin oil from our family's grove in Çukë, bottled by hand.
We don't run an olive oil brand. We make oil from the trees on our farm, and what's left after the kitchen uses it, we sell.
Our grove sits on the hills above Çukë, the same village where the farmhouse is. We took on the grove about a decade ago and have been pressing oil from it since. At harvest — usually October and November — we pick the olives and press them within a day. Cold-pressed, unfiltered, kept in dark glass.
The oil that goes on the table at Family Pot is this oil. The oil we bottle for guests is the same oil. There's only one. We don't blend it with anything else, and we don't have a "premium" line and a "regular" line. It's just what the grove gives us each year.
The simplest way is to come for dinner at Family Pot. The oil is already on the table — on the salad, in the cooked dishes, in the bread oil. You'll know within a few bites whether it's the kind of oil you want to take home.
If you'd like a bottle to take with you, just ask. We bottle the oil in different sizes — message us or ask at the kitchen for current options and prices. We don't ship internationally and we don't sell online; keeping the operation small means keeping the supply chain short. The bottle goes from the grove to the table to your suitcase.
Olive harvest in southern Albania happens in late autumn — October into November, depending on the year. The olives are picked by hand and pressed quickly, while they're still cool. Most years we produce a small batch — enough for the kitchen and for guests who want to take a bottle home. When it runs out, it runs out. The next batch comes the following harvest.
The easiest way is to come eat at Family Pot and ask, or message us on WhatsApp.