Erkence is an extremely rare olive variety found exclusively on the İzmir Peninsula. Although this variety is known for its “furma” or “hurma” table olives—which ripen naturally and become edible—it is also a source of olive oil with a unique flavour. As its branches are delicate and harvesting is difficult, producing high-quality oil from Erkence is also a matter of craftsmanship. Erkence olive groves, which grow naturally in the mountains […]
The source of life for thousands of years… Olives and olive oil—planted whilst in a state of madness and brought to the table—are holding out against this age of folly. *Magma* tells the little-known story of the olive, from the past to the present, and reveals its secrets. May it have a happy ending, just like in fairy tales…
My path led me to a hillside by the Mediterranean and to a time never before recorded. I came across a seeker of truth. I asked permission to go and sit beside him on the hillside. He embraced me with all his leaves. Then I leaned against his trunk. “Ask,” it said. “I have things to tell you.” “Why do those who leave, leave?” I asked. It said: “So that they may return.” “You, the immortal tree, how is it that you are immortal?” It said: “Because I have departed from myself. Because I flow drop by drop, particle by particle. Perhaps not I myself, but my story is immortal.”.
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