Our story
Rooted in the Groves of Izmir
For generations, the Aegean coast of Turkey has yielded some of the world's finest olives. Samad's Olive Oil is a single-source expression of that land — nothing more, nothing less.
A Single Source, A Single Standard
Samad's Olive Oil comes from one place: the sun-drenched groves of Izmir, on Turkey's western Aegean coast. This region has cultivated olives for millennia, its mineral-rich soil and long dry summers producing fruit of exceptional character.
We believe that great olive oil begins and ends with provenance. By sourcing exclusively from Izmir, we can stand behind every bottle — knowing the grove, the harvest, and the hands that brought it to you.
The land gives what it has always given. Our only task is not to get in the way.
— The Samad family
The harvest
Picked at the Moment of Peak Ripeness
Hand-harvested
Every olive is gathered by hand in the early weeks of the harvest season, when the fruit has just turned from green to violet — the window of maximum flavour and lowest acidity.
Same-day pressing
Olives are pressed within hours of leaving the tree. This is not a convenience — it is a necessity. Delay allows oxidation and fermentation to erode the oil's freshness and complexity.
Cold extraction
We use only cold extraction, keeping temperatures below 27°C throughout the process. Heat increases yield but destroys the delicate polyphenols and aromatics that define a truly fine oil.
Unfiltered & unblended
Our oil is never blended with oils from other regions or harvests. What reaches you is a pure, unfiltered expression of a single grove, a single season.
Why it matters
In a market flooded with blended, mislabelled, and industrially processed oils, single-source provenance is a rare thing. Most olive oils on supermarket shelves are assembled from multiple countries, processed for consistency rather than character.
Samad's exists because we believe you deserve to know exactly where your food comes from — and to taste the difference that honesty makes.
Taste the difference
Every bottle is a direct line from the groves of Izmir to your table.
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