Main features:
Origin: Cultivation extends along the picturesque Calabrian coast, in the province of Reggio Calabria, where the ideal climate favors the growth of a superior quality bergamot, re-evaluated as far as the Canary Islands.
The beneficial properties: Each bergamot fruit is hand selected to ensure excellence and freshness. Rich in citric acid and antioxidants, bergamot juice appears to be an ally in managing cholesterol levels.
Versatile Uses: Our bergamot can be used to prepare a refreshing juice or to extract bergamot essential is used for its aroma and benefits in skin-care and aromatherapy.
Usage Tips:
Our bergamot is ideal for enriching your cuisine with unique aromatic notes. Add it to desserts for a tangy touch, squeeze it for a refreshing juice or use it to flavor teas and cocktails. Don't forget the power of its essential oil, perfect for creating perfumes and beauty products.
Purpose of use:
Ideal for fans of healthy cooking, aromatherapy, and anyone looking for a natural remedy to manage cholesterol and improve overall well-being with the taste and aroma of Bergamot from Calabria.
Production method:
It is a tree between three and four meters tall, with a crown between three and four meters. The flowers are white, very fragrant. The leaves are shiny and leathery like those of the orange tree and never fall, not even in winter. Flowering and new leaves appear as soon as the rainy season ends, at the beginning of March. The fruit is just over the size of an orange and just under a grapefruit; it has an intense yellow color more than grapefruit and less than lemon, externally it has a smooth and thin skin like a grapefruit, it is less round than grapefruit as it is flattened at the poles.
The cultivated plants are obtained by grafting three bergamot branches onto a one-year-old bitter orange rootstock. It remains in pots for a year and is buried at two years old. Grafting and transplanting the following year preferably take place in February or September. It has a productive life of 25 years, begins its production three years ago, reaches maximum productivity at 8 years and can reach up to one quintal per plant if pruned (the tops are cut so that the fruit grows below shelter strong summer sun and strong winds). Productivity is strongly influenced by temperatures and rainfall: it is a tree that cannot tolerate sudden changes in temperature and excessive or insufficient rainfall, while it tolerates heat well. A tree is planted every four metres, the land is repaired with tall and dense rows of pine trees, on the side of the land facing the sea to protect the cultivation from the strong wind that blows from the sea from the Strait of Messina all year round .
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