~ Tradition & Quality ~  *Celtic, "as in Celtic salt, and Celtic Sea refers to the ancient traditional sea salt harvesting methods developed by ancient celtic "paludiers" ( sea salt farmers). These organic celtic artisan methods of sea salt harvesting are still used today by traditional salt farmers in the Algarve in Portugal to produce high quality natural unrefined traditional artisan sea salts according to the ancient celtic ways. |
The unrefined Marisol traditional sea salt is of a creamy pale pinkish off-white colour because of the hotter, drier climate, which allows an abundant harvest of high quality celtic salt: enabling the salt farmers to leave the bottom layer of salt behind, harvesting only the cleanest top layer of salt. Nothing added, nothing removed, naturally clean due to careful harvesting: no washing, just the way nature intended. Naturally creamy off-white unrefined Algarve Portuguese sea salt is the type preferred by many followers of macrobiotics. Unlike lower quality salts that require triple washing, Marisol natural unprocessed, additive-free, unrefined, hand-harvested, unwashed sea salt is naturally creamy white and very clean due to careful harvesting, without any artificial means of whitening or washing, due to the hot summer temperatures in the Algarve region, which result in a naturally much cleaner, whiter salt than that produced in other colder, rainier regions such as France. Marisol's hand-harvested unrefined Algarve sea salt is among the highest quality, best sea salts on the planet. Marisol sea salts are not harvested by machines but by "Marnotos" (Portuguese traditional artisan sea salt farmers, aka "paludiers") using celtic methods of harvesting sea salt. These traditional celtic salt farmers produce these beautiful high quality traditional celtic salts: "the fruit of the ocean, sun & wind" for all to enjoy. Marisol sea salt is available in four forms: medium or fine moist sal tradicional (Portuguese for celtic traditional salt), and two exceptional surface sea salts: Flor de Sal (Portuguese for Fleur de Sel) and Flos Salis (Ancient Roman for Fleur de Sel) Marisol traditional artisan sea salts are certified by "Certiplanet" (European mark of exceptional quality and purity) to be 100% *natural (*no additives), hand-harvested by the ancient celtic methods of sea salt harvesting, processed by natural organic celtic methods of sea salt processing, unrefined, and free of pesticides, herbicides, and chemical residues. Marisol salts are also Kosher certified. All of our Portuguese celtic salts are from the ancient traditional salt marshes of Algarve, Portugal, and are hand-harvested using traditional celtic methods of organic sea salt harvesting. All of our sea salts are mineral-rich, unrefined, unbleached, unwashed, and chemical-free as nature intended, and created from beginning to end according to the ancient Celtic ways of organic sea salt harvesting. |
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Celtic history: about the Celtic Sea, the Celtic people and the history of sea salt harvesting: There were 7 Celtic Sea nations, or places where the ancient Celtic peoples lived on the shores of the ancient Celtic Sea. Celtic culture and traditions still survive to this day. The Celtic people developed sea salt flats and the ancient practice of harvesting sea salt with simple wooden sea salt harvester's hand tools. This practice is carried on to this day by descendants of those ancient celtic "paludiers" ( sea salt farmers ) who still produce artisan sea salt and fleur de sel sea salt by hand in the traditional Celtic way. The Celtici: The Celtici were an ancient Celtic tribe, who in the 4th century BC migrated to and populated the Algarve in Portugal. Their presence was the result of a third or fourth wave of migrations of Celtic peoples into Iberia. Their migration to the Algarve region occurred in the 4th century BC., in pre-Roman times. |
 The ancient traditional salt flats of Algarve, Portugal, dating back to pre-Roman times when Celtic peoples migrated to the area. |