Turkish extra virgin olive oil
Ex-Virgins
Passport · 330 ml ℮
Extra virgin. Emphasis on ex. Pressed at 6 a.m. by a machine in Ayvalık — cold, fast, no call afterwards. Now it lives in a Belgian beer bottle, 15 km from Greece, and it isn't over it.
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Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Dear Greece,
Three thousand years of the same origin story. Athena, the olive branch, “cradle of civilisation”. Adorable. Meanwhile, across 15 km of water, we've been pressing better oil the whole time — we just never bothered to put it in a bottle that didn't look like a chemical spill.
Consider this your notice. Keep the feta. Keep the fisherman on the tin. We'll take the shelf.
— An olive that can see Lesbos from its tree,
and stayed.
and stayed.
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Medical section
Medical section
What your doctor would say
if your doctor were funny.
if your doctor were funny.
Polyphenols
Antioxidants. Highest in early-harvest oil like this. Lowest in whatever's been under supermarket lights since 2019. The EU — which approves nothing — approved this claim: they help protect blood lipids from oxidative stress.
Oleic acid · 70%
Monounsaturated fat. The good one. Your arteries will hate you slightly less. It is the entire scientific basis of the “Mediterranean diet”, a sea with — reminder — two coastlines.
Oleocanthal
Makes you cough. That's a natural anti-inflammatory hitting the back of your throat. Bland oil doesn't cough. Bland oil died in a tanker off Piraeus and got a nice label.
Vitamins E & K
Present. Unlike your ex. Kept intact by pressing under 27°C within hours of picking — more effort than anyone ever put into you.
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Identity page
Identity page
Surname
Virgins
Given name
Ex
Nationality
Turkish. Not Greek. Ask again and we add a page.Place of birth
Ayvalık, Türkiye. 15 km from Greece. Chose violence.Date of birth
11 / 2026. Picked green, pressed the same day. No time to think.Height
33 cl. Also 75 cl, for people with problems.Distinguishing marks
Acidity ≤0.3%. Peppery. Will judge your salad.Occupation
Better than yours.— Do not chug. You will. Don't.
— Do not heat above 27°C. We've suffered enough.
— Do not compare us to Greek oil in our presence.
— Do compare us to Greek oil in theirs.
Citizenship · 500 spots · harvest 11 / 2026
Defect.
A bottle before anyone else. Your name on the back label. The right to say “actually, it's Turkish” at dinner until people stop inviting you.
Approved
Citizen #001 · Greece has been notified.
Citizen #001 · Greece has been notified.
*One Greek was harmed emotionally. He'll live. He bought two.