NOTES, STORIES & EVERYDAY RITUALS

The SPHERA Journal

Stories from Crete, a closer look at olive oil quality, and ideas for the everyday table.

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Olive Oil Notes from Crete: The harvest season around Kafouros

Before sunrise, the air around Kafouros is brisk and salted. Beneath olive branches heavy with unpicked fruit, nets unfurl across the terraces, catching the first hints of daylight on damp grass. Here in western Crete, harvest time begins not with fanfare, but with the quiet industry of hands and tools, the familiar rhythm of a season that’s both work and ritual.

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