2026-05
Spring: The first bees
The high meadows wake up in late May. We walked the hives above the Vjosa this week — the polyfloral honey starts here, long before the summer heat. Unhurried, wild-fed, honest.
Field notes
Dispatches from the sourcing road
2026-06
Summer: The June cut
The tea meadows flowered a week early this year. Two days of cutting with the family that has always cut this slope; the shade shed smells like the whole summer. Batch and slope go on the packs as always.
2026-09
Autumn: September figs
Whole small figs are ready before the rains. Përmet makers boil them in copper pots; patience makes the gliko. No pectin, no shortcuts, just fruit turning to glass in the autumn light.
2026-11
Winter: The olive press
Cold extraction starts as the valley turns grey. Our single-grove oil is pressed within hours of picking, unfiltered, peppery against the back of the throat. The soap cures in the shed while the oil rests.