Lambrini Theodossiou at Passion för Mat 2017

The lady with the brightest of smiles! Lambrini Theodossiou, producer of Togora olive oil.
Text & Photo © JE Nilsson, CM Cordeiro 2017

Togora olive oil is still one of my favourite olive oils. And this lady, with the brightest of smiles is certainly one of the rare souls that bring warmth to this trade fair.

Lambrini Theodossiou at Passion för Mat 2014

Lambrini Theodossiou

Lambrini Theodossiou, producer of Togora olive oil.
Text & Photo © JE Nilsson, CM Cordeiro 2014

When I met with her last year in 2013 [1], she told of how she had always dreamed of producing her own olive oil from the island of Lesvos in Greece. Personally, I couldn’t think of a more beautiful island to produce this golden liquid, a place as mystical as it is real.

As passionate as ever about making olive oil from her own garden in the Emerald Isle of the Aegean sea, this year, Lambrini Theodossiou told that she included olives from wild olive trees.

When asked how much olive oil the olives from a wild tree could produce, she beamed brightly and said, “They are so rare and so few. You know, one tree might only contain one branch and from that one branch, only a few olives are good for pressing. But they are so full of flavour, and pack so much punch to the overall taste – it’s worth the effort!”

I looked at her and smiled. I couldn’t agree more.

JE Nilsson, Lambrini Theodossiou

Togora Olive Oil

Cheryl Marie Cordeiro, Lambrini Theodossiou

References
[1] Cordeiro, C.M. / Nilsson, J.E. 2013. Lesvos olive oil: from the Aegean Islands to the Swedish west coast