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Is your loved one an unashamed food snob? Then this one’s for you.
For anyone who has that impossible-to-buy-for foodie friend who only shops in farmer’s markets and drinks biodynamic wines with labels so sophisticated they are rehomed as fancy vases, we’ve found a product that is guaranteed to impress.
Citizens of Soil are the brains behind a new super boujie and commendably sustainable extra virgin olive oil that puts standard supermarket offerings to shame.
This isn’t just any olive oil. This is an award-winning single estate extra virgin olive oil, straight from founders Maria & Dimitri’s groves in the stunning wine region of Crete and if you know your fine foods then this will matter to you.
It’s also beautifully packaged, destined to have a second life as a kitsch ornamental vase (just like the aforementioned fancy wine bottles).
But, if you really want to push the boat out for a food-loving friend, you can sign them up to a monthly Citizens of Soil subscription with refill pouches that fit right through their letterbox, so they’ll never have to worry about running out of olive oil again. Imagine that.
Delicious drizzled over all the good things in life: pasta, pizza and even, according to the brand, ice cream, this drop will add a depth of Mediterranean flavour to your dishes. It has the power to take a simple salad from being a tad lacklustre to a solid 10.
And it won’t just benefit the taste of your food either. Packed with polyphenols – powerful antioxidants found in plants, fruit and vegetables, there are some weighty health benefits that come with investing in high-quality olive oil.
So what’s the catch? Well, olive oil with such high credentials doesn’t come cheap. At £17.50, a bottle of Citizens of Soil will cost you roughly the same as a decent bottle of wine. But that’s precisely why it makes an excellent gift, as often we skimp on buying the good stuff for ourselves when it comes to kitchen staples.
For eco-conscious gifting, there’s also an important backstory behind Citizen of Soil: the brand sources from female farmers that practise regenerative agriculture in their groves in order to be kinder to the planet.
The brand’s transparent supply chain also means that they’re hot on tracing where every single drop of olive oil comes from and that fair pay is established from the beginning.
Citizen of Soil is available in 500ml burgundy wine bottles and pouches, as well as a monthly subscription service.
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