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Good Luck GBEA Finalists
OMG – How is it less than two weeks to one of the most exciting event of my life! The Great British Entrepreneur Awards in London at the Grosvenor Hotel!? I still can’t start to explain the utter incredible honour I personally felt when I got the email saying me & my business was up […]
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AshTree.Coffee.Chocolate.Beetroot
Flavour & taste, smells, sounds, touch & sight – all the senses are so incredibly subjective. Hence when it comes to food & drink you have to go into it thick skinned enough to know it just isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea! Or coffee! Ha! But also take on board feedback, adjust […]
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Why The Ash Tree?
Many people ask me why the ash tree? In all honesty there isn’t just one reason, there are several. First reason: I have always been captivated by the ash tree after I learnt about it growing up in Iceland. Even before starting school, we are taught that the Ash tree is the tree of life […]
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Meet our Partners
When Oddný started Öskuhús she knew she couldn´t do this alone. She was embarking on a journey that up until meeting John Wright the one and only famous foraging legend she had been dismissed when saying that the ash tree was edible. With hours of his help and several books and calls later she had […]
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You got this!
Merry Christmas on this rather odd time of all our lives. We want to keep it simple and send you all a massive big hug and send you the biggest amount of hope there is that things can only get better. You have got this! Thank you to everyone that despite a world pandemic supports […]
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Is the Ash tree edible?
Yes! Indeed the ash tree is all edible. It is quite ash-tounding that this knowledge has been buried for so long within most countries. We can only assume it was something that Vikings knew about given the ash tree was the tree of life Yggdrasil. We here at Öskuhús stumbled upon this one evening when […]
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What does Öskhús mean?
Öskuhús is the combination of two Icelandic words: Ösku: which is ash Hús; which is house or home. And there you have it, quite simply Öskuhús translates as the home of all things ash! You’d be forgiven for thinking that by ash we’re referring to the big ash cloud of 2010, that following the eruptions […]
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How does Öskuhús work?
Here at Öskuhús we decided to do things a bit different. We don´t have one purpose but two! We want to make food, drink and products that all remind us of Iceland, and the second one is to include the Ash tree to try and save it! How and Why? Because the Ash tree is […]
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Hello world
Halló or Hello everyone and welcome to Öskuhús. This first blog post is long overdue but we are happy to be posting now. For those who have followed us since Öskubox days thank you for all your support and still showing the Ösku brand the love! For the newbies thank you for letting your intrigue […]