Category: Local Produce

“Obra de llatra” is an artisanal product made from the leaves of the dwarf fan palm (chamaerops humilis), the only palm native to Europe that is commonly found in the Mediterranean.

Pep Lemon was born from an enthusiastic initiative to create natural fizzy orange and lemonades using a local, sustainable and collaborative manufacturing process.
 

Mallorca’s looms produce what are probably the last ikats in Europe. Ikat is a dyeing and fabric weaving technique. The name the llengües fabric receives in Mallorca is robes de llengües, a traditional fabric with a long history on the island.
 

In the heart of the Marina de Llucmajor, Mallorca, stands the Son Mut Nou Finca, here the earth is dry and rain is a rare commodity, fig trees make the most of the dryness and extract what they need from the dry ground and clay to produce an even more tasty fruit.

Verderol oil is the juice from olives that grow just a few kilometres from Palma. The Olive trees are cared for using environmental friendly techniques and produce a delicious crop, an extra virgin olive oil with Majorcan designation of origin.
 

The key of the tap de cortí sweet pepper, used for preserving Majorcan sobrasada and giving it its characteristic orangey red colour, is its great antioxidant power.

Mallorca’s grape harvest tends to begin in September, even though some years, if the temperatures are very high, it can be as early as August. 
 

Modern economy has relegated them to a mere onlooker role, but they represent high ethnological value: they are the flour windmills that were used not many decades ago to mill the grain and produce flour.
 

Finca Rotes dels Cavallers belongs to the Galmés Ribot family, but way back in the 17th century it belonged to the mythical Comte Mal (Count Evil) who rented it out to his knights so they could cultivate the vineyard and produce wine, evidence of the long established wine making tradition in Santa Margalida.

Mallorcan company Embutidos Matas, located in Maria de la Salut, offers tours to tourist groups, who get to sample all their main products (sobrasada, longaniza, butifarra and butifarrón) accompanied by other local delicacies (Mallorcan bread, oil, wine, tomatoes, almonds, olives, etc) and traditional Mallorcan dancing. Manager, Joan Carbonell Matas, explains that the aim is for tourists to relax while eating and drinking.

The “tap de corti” pimenton is one of Especias Crespí’s star products; they are a well known, well established company based in the Son Castelló industrial estate. Mallorcan paprika has its own organoleptic properties, like higher quantities of vitamin C and sugars.

The extra virgin olive oil with Guarantee of Origin, Son Quint Farmhouse is an exclusive product with its own personality. It has been produced since 1998 in the Son Quint estate (Esporles), in the Serra de Tramuntana.