• Do Lebanese make olive oil from their own orchards?
  • It¡¯s common for Lebanese families to make olive oil from their own orchards, and Rayan, who spends a third of the year at his family home in Lebanon, would do the same every autumn, bringing bottles back to the UK, where he lives the remainder of the time.
  • Who makes Haramoun olive oil?
  • And with that, in 2019, Haramoun was born. Rayan and Ghassan work together to create their organic extra virgin olive oil using native souri and baladi olives. Rayan and his wife, Kate, are the logistical cogs of the brand. Ghassan, meanwhile, is a farmer and agricultural specialist who comes from a long line of olive oil producers.
  • What makes Ghassan so well suited to olive farming?
  • When asked what makes the area so well suited to olive farming, Ghassan credits its biodiversity. Haramoun produces between 4,000 and 7,000 bottles a year, and channels 10% of its revenue into Impact Lebanon, a charity that supports families affected by the Beirut blast of August 2020.