Our story

They say that a person must first stumble in order to realize what their priorities are in life. My story with the beginnings of oil pressing is similar. After years of not paying much attention to my own diet and living under severe stress, I ended up with a collapse of the organism and a diagnosis of severe congenital hypertriglyceridemia in the hospital. The doctors were uncompromising, so I had to start counting the amount of fat in all basic foods and researching what and how I could cook. I have always enjoyed cooking, so my collapse helped me find the way to a healthier and more balanced diet.

I had plenty of time in the hospital. In addition to starting to think about how I live and what I eat all day, I also began to realize that I wanted to change my lifestyle. In the next phase of my life, I wanted to dedicate myself to something meaningful and that went hand in hand with a healthy lifestyle. I no longer wanted to commute to the office every day, sit in meetings and chase deadlines.

I was a bit hesitant at first, but my partner, who studied applied ecology, pushed me in the right direction. Oil pressing then came completely naturally, I hung up my office life and set off towards this adventure. I had to learn how to select the highest quality seeds, how to work with the press properly, and how to address you – our customers. Of course, it was often a trial and error method.

I personally traveled half the country to get contacts for seed suppliers and get the best seeds suitable for pressing. In the evenings, I studied materials and documents regarding the nutritional values of oils and the advantages and disadvantages of individual types, and I also spent my days in offices obtaining all the necessary permits and approvals.

As time went on and thanks to your interest in our oils, the pressing room in our house started to become a bit small. What was missing was a proper warehouse. We started to explore options for solving the situation. We were open to various options. Finally, we found a suitable building in Dobříš in the Příbram region. It is a supermarket from the 1970s, which was gradually converted into a car showroom, later into a glove workshop, and now, after further intervention, it is our new pressing room.

We carried it out in 2022, when since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the prices of building materials changed overnight, some items became unobtainable, fluctuations in the energy market were extreme and maintaining the original budget belonged to the category of science fiction. Keeping the house in Zadní Třeban was not sustainable, so we also had to pack and move household items. During this time, we significantly reduced sales at the markets and almost completely withdrew from the networks, because it was not in our power to handle everything.

I would like to thank my family, including my extended family, for their help and approach. The help of my friends was also invaluable, without whom I would have had difficulty completing the reconstruction of the house in Dobříš.