Organic extra virgin olive oil

Mild, fruity olive oil with low acidity from controlled organic cultivation in the highest quality category "Extra Virgin Olive Oil".

The olives of the "Tsounati" variety were harvested in the olive grove in Agia Marina in Lakkoi and pressed in the nearby organic olive press of Tsouderos in Asomatos, in order to ensure short processing routes and high quality.

Our delicious organic olive oil is also characterized by a particularly high percentage of polyphenols that are proven to promote health.

Organic extra virgin olive oil cold-pressed

Mild, fruity olive oil with low acidity from controlled organic cultivation in the highest quality category "Extra Virgin Olive Oil".

The olives of the "Tsunati" variety are harvested in the olive grove in Agia Marina in Lakkoi, cultivated with natural methods and are pressed with the cold pressing method followed in the nearby organic olive mill of Tsouderos in Asomatos, in order to ensure short processing routes and high quality.

Our delicious organic olive oil is also characterized by a particularly high percentage of polyphenols that have been proven to promote health.

Extra virgin olive oil with herbs

Aromatic extra virgin olive oil with a blend of Cretan herbs: oregano, thyme, marjoram, rosemary.

Ideal to add a special touch to salads and vegetables!

Mountain Tea (Malotira)

Its leaves are small and fuzzy, while in summer it forms spikes of yellow flowers. It is used not only as an excellent decoction in aroma and taste, but also for the treatment or prevention of many diseases

The Venetians seem to have taught its use to the Cretans against colds, stomach and respiratory ailments. According to one version, the name of maletira is derived from the Italian words male (disease) and tirare (drag, drive away), expressing its healing properties. 

USE

Anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic and antimicrobial action

    • Eustachian, heating, tonic, diuretic

    • Anti-colds

    • Vasoprotective

    • Fungicidal and bactericidal action

    • Helps in the fight against Alzheimer's disease

Marjoram

The marjoram, also a native plant of Crete, has been known since ancient times to the Cretans and of course to the Ancient Greeks.

It was used as a remedy against stomach and intestinal disorders, nervous disorders and even for the treatment of the common cold.

In pharmacy it was used for diseases of the heart, fever and in the antisepsis of wounds.

Other uses: It is analgesic for muscle pains, sprains and neuralgia, indicated for respiratory diseases, considered expectorant, diaphoretic, panacea for nervous cough, colds, tonsils, bronchitis and asthma. It is digestive, antispasmodic, antiemetic, relieves indigestion, stimulates the liver and spleen, is a diuretic.

Thyme

Thyme leaves, when dried, emit their aroma when rubbed in our hands, giving a strong taste and flavouring fish, meat, sauces and soups.

In medicine, thyme can be used as a drink for stomach and intestinal problems and also for relief from coughs, sniffles and flu. It helps to treat hair loss but also for gingivitis, stomatitis and irritated tonsils are treated with gargles with a decoction without honey or sugar.

Lemon thyme

The lemon thyme is considered one of the hardiest varieties with the most intense aroma. It is an evergreen small shrub that reaches a height of 20-30 cm. 

Its flowers are lilac and its leaves are yellow-green oval and smell like lemon. The difference with common thyme is that lemon thyme has larger leaves and they are not curved inwards.

Oregano

Apart from the characteristic aroma and taste that oregano leaves in food, it has many medicinal properties. It is tonic, appetizing, stimulant, antidiarrheal, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal. In the form of decoctions it is used for atony of the intestines, expectorant for coughs, helps with hypertension and arteriosclerosis.

Dittany (Diktamo)

Healing herb for digestion, stomach, intestine, fights headache, neuralgia, muscle aches, against flu and colds and other ailments.

Origanum dictamnus is the most famous of the Cretan endemic plants.

Sage

Sage is the predominantly Greek sage, with widespread uses as a medicinal plant in botany and folk medicine. The leaves and flowers of the plant are used for therapeutic purposes. Its wide range of applications includes conditions such as pharyngitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis (emollient, expectorant and antimicrobial action), diarrhoea, gastroenteritis, dysentery (astringent and antiseptic action), dysmenorrhoea, leukorrhoea, hypotension, diabetes, arthritis. 

It also promotes digestion and prevents the formation of gases (anaphase, digestive), is diuretic and laxative, antiseptic (for aphthae and halitosis) and anticancer.

Rosemary

The Greek name of the plant "Dendrolivano" is a combination of the words tree and frankincense, while the Latin name Rosmarinus means rose of the sea.

Rosemary is used in cooking as a flavouring and for the production of infusions. Its oil, which is rich in phenolic components such as phenolic acids and flavonoids, The decoction fights diarrhoea and hair loss, and is indicated for, among other things, atony, headache, colds, overwork, exhaustion and depression.

Lavender

Lavender has been used by Mediterranean peoples for more than 2,500 years. Its healing properties rank it among the 20 most important herbs and have rightly given it the title "Blue Gold".

Lavender is a balancing plant. It helps people to find the middle way and thus, it is suitable for fighting nervousness and listlessness, depression and overstimulation. It fights anxiety and melancholy, stimulates and relaxes.

Thyme honey with pistachios of Aegina 

pure & liquid, in glass jar, 250 g

Thyme honey from the mountains of Sfakia with fine pistachios from Aegina.

Wild thyme honey is perhaps the most classic Cretan honey. Thanks to its intense, aromatic taste, it can be used in many culinary ways. At the same time, thyme has an anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antiseptic effect due to its thymol essential oil.

• cold spinning

• 100% pure variety

• without artificial additives

• not suitable for children up to 12 months

• 100% natural product

B2B

If you are interested in buying larger quantities than we offer through our website, you are in the right place! We can offer you larger quantities at wholesale prices.

Feel free to contact us at info@cretanambrosia.com or via our contact form.

We look forward to meeting you!

Manolis Fassoulakis

Wild thyme honey

pure & liquid, in glass jar, 1000 g

Wild thyme honey from the mountains of Sfakia 

Wild thyme honey is perhaps the most classic Cretan honey. Thanks to its intense, aromatic taste, it can be used in many culinary ways. At the same time, thyme has an anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antiseptic effect due to its thymol essential oil.

• cold spinning

• 100% pure variety

• without artificial additives

• not suitable for children up to 12 months

• 100% natural product

We Love Olive Oil

Organic extra virgin olive oil in gift packaging, 500ml

Our exceptional organic high quality We Love Olive Oil is a declaration of love for the tree of trees, the olive tree. A declaration of love to a small oval miracle, the olive tree, the liquid gold of Crete, the olive oil - symbols of the ancient Cretan culture. Finally, it is also a declaration of love for Sfakia, perhaps the most authentic part of Crete, and its special inhabitants.

In its beautiful gift box, this little gem among olive oils is not only an exceptional quality product, but also a wonderful gift when it comes to matters of the heart of any kind.

Extra virgin olive oil with lemon

Aromatic extra virgin olive oil with natural lemon aroma.

Ideal for adding a special touch to salads, vegetables and meats!

Extra virgin olive oil with black truffle

Aromatic extra virgin olive oil with natural black truffle aroma.

Ideal for adding a special touch to salads, vegetables and pasta!