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We are MiraMira's - Small Batch, Early Harvest, Extra Virgin Olive Oil from the Albanian Riviera. We are one of the first to produce and bring TRUE small batch olive oil to the United States, as well as make blends of rare and native olive variants.
Not all oils are made equal.
Most options at our grocery stores are largely blended with other seed oils, and are mixes of thousands of trees from late harvests with spoiled fruits in many different countries. The difference with our oils: You know where your food is coming from. We offer traceable, extra virgin olive oil made in small batches. Our oil has medicinal properties. We only harvest in October when olives are at the peak capturing higher levels of antioxidants and polyphenols. This extra virgin oil is full of heart healthy fats, helps lower blood sugar and decreases cancer risk, among many other health benefits. It matters which oil you use.
The local olive press we work with lies beside a large fresh water spring. We use this water straight from the source to cold press our olives at lower than 60°F, unlike standard 80°F presses focused on yield. It is located in Tragjas, which is a village a few kilometres away from the coast famous for its natural cold springs.
Video source ZDF
Check out this GoPro video from our 2025 harvest made by one of our amazing volunteers, Inrique from Brazil.
While traveling around the world, Inrique stayed a few weeks with us in Vuno. He shows the basics: mornings driving to the trees in the groves, setting up nets so the olives never touch the ground, and raking the olives off the trees by hand. We never use machines that damage trees like big manufactures do. By the end of the day, we have several bags of olives to take directly to the press.
Make Your Own Bottle of Olive Oil
If you are interested in learning more about the olive oil process, we invite you to join us in Vuno for the harvest this autumn.
