Most of us treat olive oil as a commodity. We buy whatever's on the shelf, leave it by the hob, and top it up when it runs low without ever really tasting it. The oil we make asks for a little more attention than that, and the truth is that no label or photograph can explain the difference - you just have to taste it!

The oil that comes off it is 100% Koroneiki, cold-pressed within hours of picking, left unfiltered, and bottled on site. What you pour at home is exactly what left the grove. That freshness is the whole reason it tastes the way it does, and it's the whole reason the bar exists.

You'll find us inside OF THE BEA at 72 Golborne Road, in Notting Hill, West London. We're open every day throughout June 2026.

We'd like to think so. It's free to walk in, the tastings run daily, and Golborne Road itself is one of the loveliest corners of Notting Hill for a wander - independent shops, bakeries and cafés all around us. Come for the oil and make an afternoon of it.

Not at all. The daily tastings are walk-in and free. The launch night on 5 June is open to everyone, though a quick heads-up helps us cater. The press evening on 9 June is the one that's by email.

For the month of June 2026, on Golborne Road in Notting Hill. We pour single-estate extra virgin olive oil from our family grove in Kefalonia and walk you through how to taste it. It's a proper olive oil tasting, not just a sample on a spoon.

It's single-estate and unblended: 100% Koroneiki from one family grove in Kefalonia, cold-pressed within hours of picking and left unfiltered, with a high polyphenol count. Most supermarket oil is blended from many different sources and pressed long after the olives come off the tree, which is why it tastes flatter.

Yes, you can pick up single bottles or sign up to the Liquid Gold Club subscription while you're there.

It is. Small groups are very welcome to wander in for the daily tastings, and if you'd like to bring a larger party or arrange a private session, just email us first so we can set it up properly.

If June slips by and you don't manage to visit, there are still two easy ways to taste Ionian Gold olive oil. You can order a bottle from our 2025 harvest, which arrives plastic-free within a few days. Or you can join the Liquid Gold Club, our monthly olive oil subscription from £17 a month, which sends cold-pressed, single-estate oil from the very same trees to your door on whatever rhythm suits your kitchen.