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January: The Mediterranean Olive Tree Throughout the Year

A Mindful Slumber

In the Mediterranean embrace, olive trees gracefully ease into dormancy 😴 as January 🌨☃ unfolds. This natural cadence, shared by both deciduous and evergreen companions, signifies a season where life’s pulse slows, favoring introspective processes over outward growth.

Within this tranquil winter interlude the olive tree embraces a quiet slumber, dialing down its metabolic tempo. This strategic repose redirects energy inward, a mindful conservation for the forthcoming busy months of flowering, growing and harvesting – a pivotal time for producing the finest olive oils.

A kabos - field - of olive trees; goats and sheep graze while the snow-capped peaks of the high Peloponnese mountains sit majestically upon the blue horizon.

The Olive Tree’s Beauty Shines Year Round

The olive tree may shed some leaves 🍃 in the Mediterranean winter, but generally not enough to be noticeable. The trees are normally always green, silver-tipped beauties dancing on the vista of a Mediterranean landscape. When a few leaves do drop it is normally a measured release, a harmonious act moderating water loss in the crisp embrace of the colder ❄ season.

Internally, during the month of January ☃, whispers of spring do abound. While branches rest, the olive tree silently readies itself. Within the secret places of its branches far beyond the gaze of human eyes 👀, delicate flower buds 🌸 take shape, the promise of new leaves and future fruits woven into the olive tree’s internal narrative.

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Internally during January, much is taking place within the olive tree. Delicate flower buds take shape promising future foliage and fruits.

A Nourishing Foundation for the Next Crop of Olives

Below ground, the roots of the olive tree delicately explore the soil, seeking sustenance. Though above-ground growth pauses, the subterranean ballet ensures a nourishing foundation for the impending awakening of the olive tree, ensuring high-quality olives essential for producing well-crafted olive oil.

Unlike during the summer when the ground beneath an olive tree is golden, during January it has a lovely carpet of green.

Frosty Nights

In the Mediterranean mosaic, where winter is a gentle maestro 🎵, considerations arise for the resilient olive tree. Protective gestures, especially during frost-kissed nights ❄✨🌙, might sometime be needed where the producer becomes the guardian against the occasional deep chill. But again, this is rare.

The January sun is slowing setting over one of our many mature olive groves in Greece.

A Venerable, Millennia-Old Show

Here, in this evergreen theater of repose and growth, the olive tree’s January choreography echoes the resilient spirit of its Mediterranean home, attuned to the unique symphony composed by tree variety, geography, and the whims of the weather 🌦🌧🌨🌩☀. The olive tree’s January dance 💃 is harmonious and adaptable, played out year after year, century after century, millennia after millennia; an enduring and respected rhythm of these venerable and lovely olive trees.

Happy munchers. Just another January day in the olive grove for these goats. They are happy for the green winter foliage and we are happy to have them.

Fresh Harvest 2024/25

High-Phenolic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

from PJ KABOS


PJ Kabos Family Reserve Organic—Phenolic Shot

(Gold Bottle)

PJ KABOS “Phenolic Shot” (1000+ mg/kg), 2024/25 Harvest, USDA Organic Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Highly Bitter & Pungent Taste, Greece, Cold Extracted, 16.9 fl oz Bottle.
PJ Kabos Family Reserve Organic—"Phenolic Shot," is an award-winning extra virgin olive oil with possibly the highest phenolic content available in a true extra virgin olive oil today. Its intense bitterness and pungency clearly reflect the activity of these polyphenols. Meant to be taken as a shot or may be drizzled over salads, roasted vegetables, toast, fava, etc. to amplify both flavor and health benefits.

PJ Kabos Family Reserve Organic—Robust 

(Black Bottle)

PJ KABOS Family Reserve Organic - Robust, VERY HIGH PHENOLIC (750+ mg/kg), USDA ORGANIC Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Kosher, Greece, Cold Extracted, 16.9 oz (500 ml) Bottle
PJ KABOS Family Reserve Organic - Robust, is an extra virgin olive oil that is very high in polyphenols and adds depth, character and great health benefits to every meal.

PJ Kabos Family Reserve Organic—Medium Taste 

(White Bottle)

P.J. KABOS 2024/25 Harvest, High Phenolic (500+mg/kg), USDA Organic Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Kosher, Greece, Cold Extracted, 16.9 oz, Koroneiki, "Family Reserve Organic -Medium"
PJ KABOS Family Reserve Organic - Medium, is an extra virgin olive oil that is high in polyphenols and adds a lovely taste and great health benefits to every meal.

PJ Kabos Family Reserve—Medium Taste 

(White Tin)

PJ KABOS Family Reserve - Medium, High Phenolic (400+ mg/kg), Premium Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Origin Greece, Kosher, Cold Extracted, 16.9 fl oz Tin
PJ KABOS Family Reserve - Medium, is an extra virgin olive oil in an easy-to-store tin that is high in polyphenols and adds a lovely taste and great health benefits to every meal.

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