Old olive trees in a green field under a blue sky

Crete, distilled.

Olive oil, honey and mountain herbs from the island where the sea meets the grove. A few things, made well.

The Island

What the island gives, we keep

On Crete, the olive tree has outlived empires. The sea is never far, the mountains hold the herbs, and the summer sun does the slow work. Everything we offer starts there and travels light.

Rows of olive trees with limestone hills behind them

Olive oilCold, green and peppery, pressed from Cretan groves.
HoneyThyme honey from the island’s hills.
HerbsOregano and mountain herbs, dried in the open air.

Moments

From grove to table

A bowl of honey and a clay jug of olive oil on a wooden table, with olive branches — Honey and olive branch

Green olives covered in drops of water — Fresh from the grove

Olive oil poured over a slice of bread — Simply, on bread

The Collection

Products

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Cold-pressed, green and peppery.

Size750 ml1 L

€24.00

Cretan Thyme Honey

Raw honey from the island’s hills.

Size180 g360 g

€12.00

Mountain Oregano

Wild Cretan oregano.

500 g

€14.00

Dittany

A rare herb of the Cretan gorges.

Coming soon

Mountain Tea

Sideritis, dried in the open air.

Coming soon

Gift Box

The KOLOMBITIS box

A rigid green box that holds our premium 750 ml olive oil. Made to be kept long after the bottle is empty.

The Premium Box

750 ml olive oil in a rigid green box.

Box + 750 ml

€38.00

About us

A language that was never written

Kolombo was the old harbour quarter of Chania, the narrow streets around the Venetian port. The people who lived there were called Kolombites: fishermen and boatmen, sailors and workers of the quay, families who knew the sea by heart.

The Kolombites built a community of their own: a tight bond, a strong sense of pride and loyalty, and a language, Kolombitika, that belonged only to them.

It was never taught in a school or written in a book. It lived on from mouth to mouth. In Chania they say the tough guys are called Kolombites, but the word means more than toughness. It means standing by your own.

What is worth keeping travels from mouth to mouth.

My father spent his days around that harbour and spoke Kolombitika. He passed it on to me, and we still use it in our daily life, me and him. In every bottle and every jar, we carry it forward.

Kolombitika

Ο ΙΤ Α ΙΞ ΙΖ ΕΜ ΙΝ^*

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Launch

The first 101

The first 101 people to join and order receive a numbered card in their box, with the story of the Kolombites. Number 1 to 101. You were here from the start.

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Shipping

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