Sicilian Olive Oil - No Ka Oi!

With this being our last olive season in Sicily, we were determined to find the best olive oil on the island. All local connections pointed towards Ragalna, a small farming town on Etna about half an hour from our villa.

After three years in Sicily, olive oil is as much a part of our life as each other!



We connected with a Ragalna farmer who comes to our hometown of Nicolosi to press his best! And so we arranged to sample his finest and experience the process!




Here he is standing with his hand picked olives.



Only 20 percent of the olives becomes liquid gold. The rest is discarded. So you can imagine how many olives, and how much toil it takes to make just a liter.