Honest Toil is about providing people with direct access to real olive oil in it’s purest form, championing its producers and leaving the smallest environmental impact possible, including the production, the packaging as well as the distribution processes

Back before it was a buzzword in the olive oil industry, we set out to integrate sustainability into our working method

  • small-scale farms

    grown in cooperation with neighbouring family farms

  • zero-waste refills

    distributed via a closed loop refill system

  • manual harvest

    non-invasive production and manual harvest

  • pressed and packed locally

    in village presses just a few miles from the groves

  • seasonal production

    according to the natural harvest, once a year

  • cargo-bike delivery

    where possible, we use pedal power for deliveries

  • Production

    We work directly with small-scale farmers from the villages in Kyparissia. Production is low-impact and harvesting methods are manual and non-invasive, with respect to the wildlife of the grove. Pressing happens within a few kilometres of the lands in the small-scale, family-owned village presses of Armeni, Vrises, and Ampelofito.

  • Seasonality

    We never store our oil for years, every year we offer what is freshly harvested and pressed. It means we can respect the land, the weather, the crop and the farmers instead of working to unnatural schedules set by market demand.

  • Packing

    Like pressing, packing also happens locally, in a small factory, with labels printed here in Greece and packaging designed by friends and artists. Read more about our collaborations with artists. We encourage our customers to reuse cans and bottles in creative ways, we love seeing the results!

  • Locality

    Honest Toil only contains oil local to the immediate area, from a handful of small producers. Unlike mass-produced olive oil, it never travels thousands of miles to get blended in with oils from elsewhere, eventually losing its provenance and personality.

  • Re-fill

    We operate a fully zero waste, closed-loop system with the help of SESI Refill in the UK and with Grapoila in Hungary. Read more about the the process here.

  • Distribution

    We try to minimise road miles by combining deliveries and by adding our oil to trucks transporting other goods.The oil travels as little by road as possible. In Budapest and Berlin, we have developed innovative cargobike-logistics systems with the help of Fahrwer Kurierkollektiv and Aranykerék Futárszolgálat. We are proud to play our part in the zero-carbon urban logistics revolution delivering by pedal power in the city!

Small Scale

We work on a manageable scale. As we are just a team of two, we can guarantee that we always have personal control over how the oil gets to your table and can ensure that it lives up to our own high standards. Like oil, we are slow moving, which keeps our work sustainable in the long run, low-impact and respectful towards those we cooperate with.

HOW WE WORK

closed loop, zero waste refill system

  • from the press

    Our 20 litre tubs come directly from the producers around the village of Armeni, filled at the village press.

    1

  • into your bottle

    You can re-fill your Honest Toil or fill your own bottle when shopping at our zero waste shop partners throughout the UK.

    2

  • cleaned and refilled

    Empty tubs are collected, cleaned and refilled with the help of SESI Refill, to supply you with fresh oil all over again.

    3

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as raw and simple as it gets

Cold-pressed from koroneiki olives in the local village press, the oil is unfiltered and unblended, as raw and simple as it gets: basically olive juice straight from the fruit.

ALL ABOUT OUR OIL
Cold Pressed
High Polyphenol
Fresh Harvest
Small Batch