Velora Oregano jar photographed in the studio

Photographed in the Velora studio — 100mm macro, single softbox.

Velora House

OREGANO

Whole Leaf · flakes

Mountain style, Greece · Prototype provenance, unverified

A dry Mediterranean hillside — peppery, resinous, unmistakably green.

Aroma

Green • Floral • Savoury

Flavour

Peppery • Resinous • Dry hillside

Intensity
Heat

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30g jar

£10

1

Best with

TomatoLambPizzaFeta

Format

flakes

Category

Herbs

Cuisine

Global

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Use Oregano as a starting ingredient in Velora Atelier.

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Spice profile

The tasting note.

Dried whole-leaf on the stem and rubbed only at the pan, so the oils are still in the leaf. Peppery, faintly bitter and resinous, it holds its character through long cooking where softer herbs disappear.

Aroma

Hillside herb • Resin • Pepper

Flavour

Peppery • Bitter-green • Persistent

Aromatic intensity

Best with

Tomato • Lamb • Pizza • Beans

Try it

Rub between your palms as you add it — the friction releases the oils.

Origin

Aegean hillside style*

Process

Shade-dried, whole leaf*

Lot

26-GR-027*

Ingredients

100% oregano leaf

Net weight

Net wt. 30g

* Prototype provenance — placeholder, pending supplier verification.

Mediterranean, Southern Europe

Origin · Southern Europe

Hillside herbs, slow-dried.

Oregano, thyme and rosemary dried whole-leaf in shade keep their oils. Rubbed between the palms at the pan they smell like the hillside.

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