Coccinella- Mediterranean Heritage

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Coccinella- Mediterranean Heritage We provide a true Mediterranean experience by offering high quality organic olive oils & vinegars, Turkish cotton textiles, handmade ceramics & home decor.

09/18/2026

Is cooking with olive oil TOXIC? 👀🫒

08/25/2026

Corporate gift ideas that are useful, loved, and NOT boring 🎁

08/17/2026

Plastic versus glass bottles, does it really matter when it comes to olive oil? 🤷

It actually matters more than you might think.

Olive oil is often branded as a “health food,” and depending on how it’s grown, harvested, produced, and stored, a high-quality extra virgin olive oil can be incredibly beneficial due to higher polyphenols.

But even a great olive oil can be let down by poor packaging.

When olive oil is packaged in plastic, heat and prolonged storage can increase concerns around microplastics being released from the packaging into the olive oil. And beyond that, plastic also doesn’t protect the oil from its biggest enemies as well as dark glass does: oxygen, light, and heat.

Exposure to oxygen and light speeds up oxidation, gradually breaking down the oil and the polyphenols you’re buying it for in the first place.

That’s why, first things first, look for a dark glass bottle. 🫒

Does dark glass automatically mean the olive oil inside is high-grade and properly made? Absolutely not. A poor-quality olive oil can still be packaged in a dark glass bottle.

Dark glass simply means the packaging was done right, giving the olive oil a better chance of staying protected and preserving the quality it had to begin with.

So first, look for dark glass. Then, we can start looking at what’s actually inside the bottle. 👀

08/15/2026

If you actually care about what you’re putting in your body, the bottle matters too. Plastic is more permeable to oxygen, and compounds from plastic packaging can migrate into the oil over time, especially if it’s ever exposed to heat. Dark glass creates a stronger barrier against oxygen and light, helping protect the olive oil’s freshness, flavor and antioxidants.

08/13/2026

wait… not all flavored olive oils are made the same? 👀

Some oils are just soaked with herbs after the fact - the flavor can be overpowering, or worse, it never really blends into the oil and can feel more like an aftertaste. The good ones are Fused, meaning the fresh herbs are milled together with the olives from the beginning, so every bite gets the same rich, fresh, balanced flavor. 🫒♥️

If you’re picking a flavored olive oils, fused vs infused is the difference that actually matters

08/10/2026

Safe to say not everything pairs well with olive oil 🤦🏼‍♂️😮

08/07/2026

True or False? Umut reveals which is true & which is false when it comes to olive oil 🫒

06/23/2026

He really does LOVE the Red Hot Pepper EVOO! For those, who enjoy a nice heat, it really is a game changer.

Many assume greener olive oil automatically means better olive oil. There is a reason people make that connection: early...
06/20/2026

Many assume greener olive oil automatically means better olive oil. There is a reason people make that connection: early harvest olive oils can often contain higher chlorophyll levels, which can give the oil a greener appearance.

But color alone is still not a reliable way to judge quality.

Some early harvest EVOOs are deep green, while others are beautifully golden. Olive variety, natural pigment balance, and how the oil settles after pressing can all affect the final color.

Freshly pressed oils can also appear greener at first, while over time some oils naturally shift toward a more golden tone as chlorophyll changes. This can happen even in high quality extra virgin olive oils.

That is why professional olive oil tastings are often done in blue tasting glasses. The goal is to remove visual bias and focus on what truly matters: aroma, freshness, balance, bitterness, pepperiness, fruitiness, and overall harmony.

At the end of the day, quality comes from the process behind the bottle.

How the olives are grown.
When they are harvested.
How they are harvested.
How quickly they are pressed after harvest, and how they were pressed.
How oxidation is minimized during production and storage.
How the oil is protected after bottling.

A good EVOO should taste fresh, clean, balanced, and alive.

It doesn’t need to look green.

Beautiful ceramic olive oil bottles may look aesthetic in the kitchen, but constantly pouring your EVOO into open contai...
06/20/2026

Beautiful ceramic olive oil bottles may look aesthetic in the kitchen, but constantly pouring your EVOO into open containers with spouts can expose it to more oxygen over time.

That means faster oxidation, which can slowly affect freshness, aroma, flavor, and antioxidant quality.

That is exactly why our bottles are designed with a Biolio cap. To help protect the olive oil after opening while still pouring beautifully.

Good olive oil deserves good protection too.

Address

4946 France Avenue S
Edina, MN
55410

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 6pm
Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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+19524797015

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