The Olive Tree Journal

November 2026 · 4 min read

What Does COSMOS ORGANIC Mean? A Plain Guide to Certified Organic Skincare

On an Australian skincare label, the word “organic” on its own tells you very little. A certification is what gives it a meaning. Here...

Botanical plate of four olive varieties at the same stage of ripeness — Picual from Jaén, Koroneiki from the Peloponnese, Frantoio from Tuscany and Farga from the Maestrat — each shown beside its leaf for scale.

October 2026 · 6 min read

Early-Harvest Olive Oil: What It Means, and What It Doesn't

Pick the fruit green and you get less oil, a greener taste and a higher price. Pick it ripe and you get more of...

An ancient olive tree at sunset in the Maestrat, with green and purple Farga olives ripening on the same branch and pale stone in the foreground

September 2026 · 5 min read

Rome Passed Through: The Via Augusta and Spain's Oldest Olive Trees

A Roman arch stands alone in a field in eastern Spain, on a road that once ran 1,500 kilometres to Cádiz. The oil that...

Five panels explaining olive oil polyphenols: where they come from, what they do, how they are measured, and how they fade

August 2026 · 4 min read

Why Good Olive Oil Burns Your Throat

That peppery catch at the back of your throat isn't a fault — it's the most useful thing a bottle of olive oil can...

Olive oil skincare flatlay — bowls of olive oil, green olives, olive branches, cream jars and amber dropper bottles on a pale stone surface

July 2026 · 4 min read

Olive Oil for Your Skin: What Actually Works

Two jugs in a Mediterranean kitchen: one for cooking, one that never went near the stove. What olive oil actually does for skin, why...