La collina blu

27/04/2025

Posted • Olivoljan La Collina Blu produceras av Åsa Johansson, som är uppvuxen i Solna men bor numera i Toscana. Hon är perfektionist och ger 100% kärlek i allt hon gör dvs, en grymt god och välbalanserad olivolja. Olivoljan är en hyllning till Toscana och Blåkulla i Solna, hur då? Och varför ska man kosta på sig den gröna, lite mer exklusiva olivoljan? Det får ni veta mer om 4 maj och dessutom ingår det ett glas vin, mindre tilltugg och en trevlig kväll på Juniper Tree, Råsundavägen 139.

Säkra din plats och boka på [email protected] NU!

Olivoljan finns att köpa på plats och man får med en fin tygpåse på köpet!

21/04/2025

is back in the USA 😍
Thanks to &

28/02/2025

Happy, grateful and can’t really believe it - is going to Australia with and to Denmark with 😍🤸🫶

I am so happy that our extra virgin olive oil is appreciated and to work with this project that started out of pure passion. (nope, no business plan)

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10/12/2024

10/12/2024

Posted • Tjohoo, tomten kom med en pall La Collina Blu! Så glada vi blev!!🤩 men VAR ska vi få plats med alla flaskor😅??? Vi måste bli av med ett gäng så kom hit och köp! 😆😀

Första batchen rök i helgen. Nu finns det ”bara”94st flaskor kvar. Köp årets kvalité- & hantverksjulklapp 2024 på Juniper Tree. God jul!




#2024

09/12/2024

has found her first home in Italy! At one of the most renowned spots for traditional Tuscan cuisine in Florence, with a fantastic wine list and selection of extra virgin olive oils.
I couldn’t be happier!
Grazie & 🙏⭐️🫶

06/12/2024

- our story

La Collina Blu is a tribute to the beautiful blue light that surrounds our Tuscan hill just before sunset. It is also a tribute to Blue Hill, the complicated suburb north of Stockholm where I grew up. The label reminds the thirteen-floor tall houses and their thousands of windows in Blue Hill. Here, kids start out with very little, but with a little love and trust, they are capable of giving back much more than you could ever imagine. Just like olive trees.

One if the persons that gave a lot (in his own personal way😜) is my basketball coach Suleyman Boyaci, that I went visiting two years ago after 25 years (did I cry?)

Suleyman, who started Harem Basket in Blue Hill to get kids off the streets, coached all the teams and spent more time with us than at home.

We, who had uniforms that were too small and were laughed at, were crammed into Suleyman’s red Volvo station wagon (read: trunk) to get rides to the games when all the parents were working. We received the worst practice times and gymnasiums - and yet we won everything!

So many of us learned that hard work pays off, to be both a leader and a team player, and that when you’re about to lose, you work harder. Many of us went on to national teams and college scholarships, but perhaps most importantly, we learned the lesson that alone, you are nobody - and that small projects with big hearts sometimes can make a difference.

06/12/2024

Tins! Instead of calling them a nightmare I call them therapy! We only make them on request because it takes too much time …but for you, & this and more. 😜😍
Ps and you do CrossFit but don’t manage to put in the closure 😅🤷🏼‍♀️

27/11/2024

Surprised and glad: made her first TV appearance in Swedish national television on the other day (I have know idea how this happened) - and overwhelmed by you - texting, cheering, sending pics and being happy for us. I’m so grateful for being surrounded by all of you believing in our small project (with a big heart) - grazie di ♥️

16/11/2024

The right shade of blue has arrived! And me trying to be social 😂
in the making - and when we say handmade - we mean handmade ⭐️

12/11/2024

Bottling some samples of since we are waiting for new labels with the right shade of blue. If it’s called La Collina Blu you have to be picky about the color…💁‍♀️ and printing labels is a nightmare. Something always goes wrong. But hey, this year’s extra virgin olive oil is great, healthy and a lot of olives but low yields (9% of oil instead of 12-13%) but you can’t have it all and when you drive in the Tuscan countryside you can’t be but happy, can’t you?

27/10/2024

This is how we do it -
I love the moment when our green gold is finally arriving. It’s the same great emotions every year. 😍

1. Harvest- Olives are harvested and then brought to the press as quickly as possible. The fresher the olives the better the oil.
2. Defoliation- This step involves removing twigs and leaves from the olives to ensure only the fruit is processed.
3. Washing- The olives are washed to eliminate dirt and contaminants.
4. Crushing- The olives are mechanically crushed to create a paste and extra virgin olive oils are cold pressed meaning the temperature must not exceed 27°C (80°F) to preserve quality. This is done to maintain the oil’s natural flavors, aromas, and beneficial compounds, ensuring a high-quality final product.
5. Grading - The crushed paste is homogenized to ensure uniform consistency and to create bigger drops of oil.
6. Decanter - This process separates the oil from the vegetable water and pomace through centrifugal force.
7. Filtration - The extracted oil is filtered to remove any remaining solids and impurities.

Voila!

Soon we are ready to start bottling (I’m the bottling machine 🙋‍♀️😁🤓)
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Ps added the good old promo video (that also explains why I don’t do videos 😆)

Ps 2 Pic with mozzarella by (love u)