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THE VILLAGE SHOP – buy high-quality groceries online – Currently, we're all spending a lot of time at home and trying to minimize our contact with other people. This brings about a number of changes, and I've noticed that I'm spending more and more time searching online for high-quality groceries and good food. While grocery stores are open as usual, it's especially important to me right now to support small producers and retailers. That's how I came across "„THE VILLAGE SHOP“– An online shop and brick-and-mortar store in one. They offer truly excellent, authentic foods from small producers, such as antipasti, honeys, jams and chutneys, sauces, truffle products, pasta, herbs and spices, the finest almonds, great wines, and much more. I find the high-quality olive oils particularly exciting.”.
The counterpart to the online shop: "The village shop" in Wiesbaden.
The village shop – simply good food from small manufacturers
The idea to open their own village shop, complete with an online store, originated in the small Greek mountain village of Aréthousa – home to co-founder and initiator Jordanis Pavlidis. Together with his partner Silke Kauer, he had the idea of bringing good, high-quality food from Greek villages to Germany, and so DER DORFLADEN (The Village Shop) launched in 2013 with the finest, home-harvested olive oil. From time to time, always with a focus on quality over quantity, more and more food products were added, and the circle of enthusiastic customers grew steadily. More and more people embraced the founders' vision. Today, DER DORFLADEN is a popular destination for high-quality products.
So, if you enjoy online shopping and place great value on quality and transparency when choosing your groceries, then DER DORFLADEN is the perfect place for you. Everything you can buy at the village shop is not only of the highest quality, but also comes exclusively from small producers in Greece, all personally known to the owners, and is personally imported to Germany by Silke and Jordanis. For each product, you'll find information on the packaging and online about the producer/family business and the idea behind it: "Where does it come from?", "What delicious dishes can you make with it?", and "Who is behind it, and what's the story?". The founders' concept is to support small manufacturers and make new and exceptionally good products available to us at fair prices. Their passion for food and its production from simple, basic ingredients, free from additives, is at the heart of their business. Appealing product design and a fair price-performance ratio are also cornerstones of the village shop.
Co-founder Jordanis Pavlidis (right) with Gregorius – responsible for olive oil production
The olive harvest in Agios
My personal online shopping spree has now stretched over several hours and been quite extensive. Besides trying trahanas (a type of Greek pasta), porcini mushroom pasta, mushroom pâté with black truffle, Greek wine, delicately salted almonds, paprika paste, and various herbs and spices, I also sampled an extra-virgin olive oil, as I'm a big fan of good oils. Since I was consistently impressed, I went on a second shopping spree and bought even more. This time, a real highlight landed in my shopping cart: extra-virgin olive oil from an early harvest – a true gem among oils.
The olive oil from the early harvest
What makes an oil truly exceptional, or more specifically, what makes early harvest olive oil so good? – The wonderful products at the village shop piqued my curiosity, so I did some research. Olives used for early harvest oil are picked unripe, while still green. They are processed before they change color from green to purple. While this reduces the yield, as the olives gain oil content through ripening (and coloring), the resulting olive oil has a particularly fresh, grassy flavor. In addition to this, you'll also notice a pleasant peppery finish. This is also evident in the rich green color of the finished early harvest olive oil. Furthermore, it's not as bitter as many other early harvest olive oils. I also learned that the sediment that forms at the bottom of the bottle is a sign of a genuine natural product and occurs because the oil is bottled unfiltered. The olive oil from the early harvest is deliberately left to settle a little by the village shop owners – this prevents too much sediment from forming and allows you to store the oil for longer.
You absolutely must try it! The delicious Early harvest olive oil from the village shop
Personal opinion and tip for you
I'm so glad I discovered the village shop's online store. Both in terms of taste and product range, you can expect excellent food here. It's great fun to keep trying new things. I haven't been disappointed by a single product from the shop and already have a handful that I've recommended to friends and acquaintances or added to my "ideal as a gift" list. Giving high-quality food as a gift has always been a great idea for me, and now I have another reliable and high-quality supplier to choose from. What's more, by shopping here, you're not only supporting the village shop itself, but also the individual family businesses and manufacturers. So instead of buying a lot of junk on Amazon and the like, buy here and reward yourself with a clear conscience.
I also appreciate that the two owners of the village shop plan to gradually expand and develop their product range. This means they may add products from other countries and small manufacturers, although the focus will always remain on Greek products. I'm excited to see what else I'll discover and try in the village shop's online store (…and perhaps even in person in Wiesbaden sometime…).
+++ This article was created in cooperation with DER DORFLADEN Kulinarik GmbH. Thank you! +++
THE VILLAGE SHOP |Albrechtstrasse 46, 65185 Wiesbaden
Details: „"Simply good food"“ – Authentic, original food from the village at fair prices
Online shop „DER DORFLADEN“
Contact via telephone: 089/9036071
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- The counterpart to the online shop: "The village shop" in Wiesbaden.
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- The co-founder
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- The olive harvest in Agios
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