The baal Project
PREMIUM LEBANESE EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
& OLIVE OIL SOAP
Each year, we at The BAAL Project run a sale for charity. This is part of our mission to give back and support those most in need in Lebanon.
This year, that charity is the Children’s Cancer Center Lebanon (CCCL). 100% of all proceeds from this sale will be donated to CCCL.
That means for each dollar you spend during this sale, that dollar will directly be donated to CCCL. You get delicious olive oil, and all the money you spend goes straight to charity. It’s a win-win!
Children’s Cancer Center Lebanon provides 100% free treatment for children with cancer. Click Here to learn more about CCCL.
Click Here to see which charities we have donated to in the past.
NOTICE:
Our Annual Charity Sale is now over as we have SOLD OUT of all our current stock! Thank you for everyone who purchased in support of CCCL! We’ll be providing an update soon on how much was raised.
OUR NEWEST HARVEST IS NOW IN STOCK! SHOP BELOW!
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The Spout + BAAL Extra Virgin Olive Oil
$40.00
The Spout + 1 bottle of BAAL Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Cork & Brushed Gold Aluminum Weighted Spout
The Spout ships with a bottle of our BAAL Extra Virgin Olive Oil
You asked for it and we heard you! The Spout fits perfectly inside our BAAL Extra Virgin Olive Oil bottle to allow for a smooth slow pour ensuring not a drop of delicious BAAL Extra Virgin Olive Oil goes to waste!
It is a beautiful brushed gold spout with a cork stopper that fits snugly inside the bottle. The Spout has a weighted lid that self-closes when the bottle is upright to protect the oil, but automatically opens when you tilt the bottle.
It looks beautiful inside your BAAL bottle sitting on your counter!
Spout Size: 1" D x 4.5" L
Bottle Size: 19.5cm x 8.5cm x 8.5cm.
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Gifting? Indicate this at Checkout and add a short note to the recipient which we will handwrite for you!
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BAAL Extra Virgin Olive Oil
$35.00
100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
BAAL Extra Virgin Olive Oil is single-source origin exclusively from our ancestral family groves that is cold-pressed within hours after harvest. We hand-pick the native Souri and Baladi olives young, yielding a greener oil, longer shelf life, and higher concentration of polyphenols. It is unrefined and unfiltered, which gives it its beautiful cloudy texture and comes in a 500mL bottle—each bottle is individually hand numbered and hand-dipped in wax to preserve its freshness. This Harvest is a limited edition of 800 total bottles.
Tasting Notes: Silky smooth start, with a subtle spicy rocket & citrus, peppery finish.
Uses: Use in a crisp tabbouleh salad, drizzle on top of homemade labneh or a charcoal-grilled Barbounia, or use to make an olive oil cake or olive oil gelato.
Bottle size is 19.5cm x 8.5cm x 8.5cm (500ml)
Harvested: 10/2023
Bottled: 03/2024
Handpicked. Unfiltered. Rainfed.
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Gifting? Indicate this at Checkout and add a short note to the recipient which we will handwrite for you!
Made with ♡ in Lebanon.
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Olive Oil Soap
$7.00
Handmade 100% Olive Oil Soap.
BAAL Olive Oil Soap is all-natural and fragrance-free (making it perfect for the most sensitive skin). Each bar of soap is hand-cut and hand-stamped, so each individual soap will vary slightly from another and may contain natural imperfections. It is packaged 100% plastic free — each bar of soap comes in an eco-friendly brown carton box hand-stamped with the BAAL logo.
Uses: Use as a hand soap, shampoo bar, to get tough stains out of clothes, or put it in your closet to keep away moths and keep your clothes smelling fresh and clean.
What’s in it: sustainably sourced extra virgin olive oil.
What’s not in it: parabens, synthetic fragrance, sulfates, phthalates nor anything from formaldehyde.
Soap size is approx. 8.5cm x 6cm x 3cm.
Vegan. Cruelty Free. Biodegradable.
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Gifting? Indicate this at Checkout and add a short note to the recipient which we will handwrite for you!
Made with ♡ in Lebanon.
‘Barish’ Olive Oil Soap Flakes Trio (3-pouches)
$10.00
Our BAAL Barish Olive Oil Soap Flakes are shavings from our BAAL Olive Oil Soap filled in 100% cotton muslin pouches. Our Flakes are sustainably made the old-fashioned way, in small-batches, and using the soap shavings resulting from hand-carving and hand-cutting our BAAL Olive Oil Soap. You’ll find zero preservatives, dyes, additives or animal fats in our Flakes. And while our BAAL Olive Oil Soap Flakes are free of any added fragrances, the soap naturally smell like a combination of olive oil and fresh laundry hung out to dry.
Uses: Olive oil soap flakes, called ‘Barish’ in Lebanon, have long been used by grandmothers as a natural laundry detergent & to keep moths away. Place our pouches in your dresser drawers or hang them in your closets to keep clothes smelling fresh & clean and as a natural moth deterrent. Or open the pouch and pour the shavings into a bath for a luxurious, fragrant & moisturizing soap bath ideal for the most sensitive skin.
Our BAAL Barish Olive Oil Soap Flakes come in a pack of 3 pouches. The pouches come packaged inside a BAAL-stamped brown carton pocket, without the use of tape or any plastic packaging. Each pouch size is approx. 3.5in. x 2.5in. The 3 pouches weigh approx. 140 grams.
Natural. Plastic Free. Sustainable.
**FREE U.S. SHIPPING
Gifting? Indicate this at Checkout and add a short note to the recipient which we will handwrite for you!
Made with ♡ in Lebanon.
Gus & Noura of The BAAL Project
About BAAL
At BAAL, we specialize in the production of small-batch Lebanese Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Olive Oil Soap born out of our family groves in the Northern Lebanese mountains dating back to 1845. BAAL was founded by us, Noura & Gus, 6th generation Lebanese olive oil producers (yes, that means our great, great, great grandparents were olive oil producers!) originally from the Koura and Zgharta regions of Lebanon.
Starting THE BAAL PROJECT was something that had been on our minds for many years but had always been put on the backburner with our hectic lives in New York City. After the devastating August 4th Beirut explosion and economic collapse that took place in Lebanon in 2020, we decided that it was time to do our part to try to give back to Lebanon and protect this sacred family tradition.
We officially launched THE BAAL PROJECT in early 2021 with the goals of: preserving Lebanon’s historic Olive Oil production heritage and supporting traditional sustainable farming practices, helping to create a viable livelihood for Lebanese individuals, preventing further urbanization and deforestation in Lebanon, and of course, to put Lebanese olive oil on the map as a delicious, premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
At BAAL we’re fortunate to bring together almost 200 years of family tradition with the benefits of modern knowledge and technology to create a superb Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Olive Oil Soap. You can read more about our journey here; thank you for your support!
- Noura & Gus
HOW OUR OLIVE OIL IS MADE
Click here to learn how BAAL Extra Virgin Olive Oil is made.
Lebanese Olive Oil?
Don’t sound so surprised.
We bet you didn’t know that the area known as present-day Lebanon is where the olive tree originated from! Or that only later was the olive tree spread around the Mediterranean from Lebanon by the PhoEnicians?!
So yes — Lebanese olive oil — it’s the O.G.
Read more ABOUT THE HISTORY OF LEBANESE OLIVE OIL here
GIFTING?
Looking for a gift for that special someone? BAAL makes the perfect gift! We’ll include a handwritten note from you & a card which explains the motivations and mission behind The BAAL Project with your gift.
To find out more, click here.
Why ‘BAAL’? THE HISTORY BEHIND OUR NAME
A stele of BAAL inside the Galerie d’Angoulême of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France (Source: https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/treasures-of-the-eastern-mediterranean)
The name BAAL is an ode to Lebanon’s Phoenician history. In ancient folklore, BAAL was a mighty and mystical god revered throughout the Levant as the Lord of Rain and Dew AND A PROTECTOR OF THE CROPS.
FUN FACT! In Lebanon, the older generation can often be heard saying “El aard baal” or “الارض بعل“. This expression means that the land IS FERTILE AND DOES NOT NEED WATERING. And yes, this expression is a reference to BAAL himself!
READ MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BAAL HERE
GIVING BACK
THE BAAL PROJECT donates a portion of the sales of each harvest to select chartities.
To find out more and see which charities we have donated to, click here.
A video of some of THE BAAL PROJECT’s family olive groves in the Koura Region of North Lebanon.
Recipes
Lebanese ‘Zoubah’ Wild Oregano & Thyme Salad
“At THE BAAL PROJECT it is our mission to preserve and revitalize Lebanon’s disappearing olive oil production heritage, to ensure our family’s olive groves remain fruitful—preventing further urbanization and deforestation of the Lebanese landscape, to create a sustainable livelihood in Lebanon for the individuals involved in our olive oil production, and of course, to put Lebanese olive oil on the global map by producing the most delicious, premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
With each bottle of premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil or each bar of Olive Oil Soap that you purchase, you are helping us achieve this dream.”
Follow our journey @thebaalproject
