Olives are cultivated all around the Mediterranean and deep into the Middle East and the Arabian peninsula. Each country and culture has its own ways of preparing olives, creating the most enticing combinations of local ingredients and we have sought out some time-honoured favourites.

For our Kasbah blend we use rich purple Kalamata olives and fresh green olives, drenching them in the flavours of the Levant: cumin and coriander, garlic and chilli, parsley and mint. And the last ingredient, which gives the olives that unique, delicate fragrance? Rosewater.