La Goccia: Why Olive Oil Deserves a Ceramic Bottle

Some things are too precious to keep in plastic. Or glass. Or anything that doesn’t feel like it understands what it holds.

At LELE, olive oil begins in Puglia—but it doesn’t end there. The way it’s stored, shared, and brought to the table matters just as much as where it’s pressed.

That’s where La Goccia comes in.

A ceramic bottle. Handmade. Reusable. And deliberately slow.

Because olive oil needs protection—from light, from heat, from time. Ceramic gives it that. It keeps what’s inside stable, undisturbed. And it adds something, too: weight, texture, a sense of place.

Each La Goccia bottle is shaped by artisans in southern Italy. No machines. No copies. Just clay and hands. Which means every bottle is slightly different. Like the seasons. Like the land the olives grow on.

We didn’t want packaging. We wanted permanence. A bottle you keep on the table. That you reach for like salt or bread. That becomes part of how you cook, how you host, how you live.

Art, but useful. Familiar, but special.

Because olive oil deserves more than to be stored.

It deserves to be honoured.

LELE | Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil Bottle | 500 ml

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