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Sementes Vivas' organic Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) seeds, available at Geocakes, produce a perennial plant with striking purple flowers that can reach 70 cm in height. With long flowering and low maintenance, it's a sure choice for anyone who wants to attract bees, butterflies and birds to the garden, season after season.

Organic Echinacea: A Purple Flower from Beira Baixa

Echinacea purpurea has a long tradition of use in infusions and herbal preparations across Europe, although today it's grown mainly for its ornamental value and its importance to pollinators. These seeds reach you through Sementes Vivas, a Geocakes partner based in Idanha-a-Nova, with organic and Demeter (biodynamic farming) certification, sharing the same values of respect for the land and the Naturtejo Geopark's natural cycles.

How to Grow It in Your Garden

Echinacea grows best in well-drained soil with direct sun exposure, reaching between 40 and 70 centimetres in height. Being a perennial, it doesn't need to be replanted every year: once established, it flowers again the following spring, usually with more vigour. Each pack contains 10g of seeds, enough for several plants in the garden or vegetable patch.

A Magnet for Pollinators

Echinacea's purple flowers and orange centre are a true invitation for bees and butterflies, and its seeds also attract native birds once flowering ends. Leaving them in the garden for longer, without cutting right away, helps extend that relationship with local wildlife, keeping the space livelier all year round.

Why Choose These Seeds

• Organic and Demeter seeds, no chemical treatments
• Striking purple flowers, with a long tradition in Europe
• A perennial plant, that comes back year after year
• Attracts bees, butterflies and birds, an ally for biodiversity
• From Idanha-a-Nova, at the heart of the Naturtejo Geopark

Sementes Vivas' organic Marigold (Calendula officinalis) seeds, available at Geocakes, produce vibrant orange flowers, edible and quick to germinate. Easy to grow even for beginner gardeners, they bring colour to the garden and a traditional touch to the kitchen.

Organic Marigold: Colour and Tradition from Beira Baixa

Grown for centuries across Europe, Marigold became known as "the poor man's saffron", from the old habit of using its petals to add colour to rice, soups and broths. Dried petals were also, over time, used to naturally dye fabrics and homemade butters, a custom that still survives in some traditional kitchens. These seeds reach you through Sementes Vivas, a Geocakes partner based in Idanha-a-Nova, with organic and Demeter (biodynamic farming) certification, sharing the same values of respect for the land and the Naturtejo Geopark's natural cycles.

How to Grow It in Your Garden

Sow directly in its final spot, in full sun, and germination is usually quick and reliable, even for someone who has never sown anything before. Marigold adapts well to the Portuguese climate, flowers over several months and needs no complicated care. Each pack contains 10g of seeds, enough for a good flower bed.

From the Land to the Table: Flowers You Can Eat Too

Pick the petals on dry days, preferably in the morning, and use them fresh in salads or dried in rice, soups and homemade teas. It's a simple way to bring to the table the same flower that colours the garden, with a mild, slightly peppery flavour.

Why Choose These Seeds

• Organic and Demeter seeds, no chemical treatments
• Quick germination, ideal for beginners
• Edible flowers, traditional in Portuguese cooking
• Long flowering, over several months
• From Idanha-a-Nova, at the heart of the Naturtejo Geopark

Handcrafted Biscuits with the Colour and Aroma of Beira Baixa

Geocakes' Rosas Albardeiras were born from a tribute. A tribute to the village of Toulões - that small place in Beira Baixa where the Paeonia broteri blooms every year as if the world belonged to it. These handcrafted biscuits translate into flavour what the flower represents in the territory: quiet beauty, deep roots and a character that can't be imitated.

The recipe includes aromatic rosemary harvested in the region and beetroot powder as a natural colouring - it's what gives the biscuits that unmistakable pink hue, true to the name and the flower that inspired them. No artificial colourings. No shortcuts. With the flavour Beira Baixa deserves.

A Recipe with Territory and Purpose

Made by Geocakes at the Idanha-a-Nova atelier, at the heart of the Naturtejo Geopark - the first Portuguese geopark recognised by UNESCO - the Rosas Albardeiras carry the GeoFood Seal, which distinguishes products with real roots in the territory. It's not marketing: it's the acknowledgement that these biscuits exist because this place exists, and that one wouldn't make sense without the other.

Chef Raquel Ramos designed this recipe with the intention of creating something that could travel from Toulões to any table in the world - with its colour, its aroma and its story intact.

Why Choose Geocakes Rosas Albardeiras

• Natural colour from beetroot powder - no artificial colourings, true to the flower that gives them their name
• Aromatic rosemary from Beira Baixa - which gives these biscuits a unique, unmistakable flavour profile
• A tribute to Toulões and the Paeonia broteri - biscuits with a verifiable territorial story, not just a pretty name
• GeoFood Seal from the UNESCO Naturtejo Geopark - formal recognition of the link to the territory and the authenticity of the production
• Handcrafted production in Idanha-a-Nova - made by hand by the Geocakes team, in small batches, with short-supply-chain ingredients

To Taste, Gift and Remember

The Rosas Albardeiras have a surprising personality: restrained sweetness, the subtle edge of rosemary, an unforgettable colour. They're biscuits that tell a story before you eat them - and win you over even more afterwards.

They're a good fit for an afternoon tea, a cheese and snack table, or wrapped up as a gift for someone who deserves something with genuine Portuguese soul. They're also a natural choice for anyone putting together regional hampers or wanting to take home an edible memory of Beira Baixa.

About Geocakes

In 2012, Raquel and Rui traded city life for Idanha-a-Nova. To preserve recipes that were disappearing, work with local producers who share the same values, and show that inland Portugal has much to offer the world. The Rosas Albardeiras are one such product: unique to their territory, impossible to replicate outside it.

Beira Baixa's wild lavender honey represents the aromatic essence of Portugal's mountain countryside. Produced by beekeeper Bruno Anselmo in pollution-free areas, this raw honey keeps all its natural properties, offering an intense, characteristic flavour that reflects the unique terroir of this UNESCO-classified region.

Authentic Wild Honey from Beira Baixa

This raw lavender honey comes from the wild fields of Beira Baixa, where bees gather nectar from the aromatic lavender flowers that grow naturally on the region's limestone soils. Bruno Anselmo, an experienced beekeeper from Idanha-a-Nova, preserves traditional methods to guarantee a 100% natural, unpasteurised product.

Carefully spun and filtered, it retains all its original enzymes, pollen and nutritional properties. With a net weight of 250g, this honey has a light amber colour and the characteristic herbaceous aroma of wild lavender.

Key Features

• Natural antioxidant properties preserved
• Rich in active enzymes
• Unique, intense herbaceous flavour
• Certified wild origin
• Sustainable handcrafted production

Some traditions live in the hands of those who practise them. At Quinta do Capilé, in Ladoeiro, sheep cheese is still made the way it always was: raw milk, sea salt and thistle, the vegetable rennet that Beira Baixa's cheesemakers have known for generations. The result is a firm-pasted cheese, with an intense flavour and lingering aroma that tells the story of the place where it was born.

Thistle, raw milk and time

What sets this cheese apart starts with its ingredients: raw sheep's milk, sea salt and thistle. Thistle is the traditional Portuguese vegetable rennet, responsible for a slow coagulation that preserves the milk's aromatic complexity and gives the cheese a firm texture and a characteristic flavour, different from what's obtained with animal or industrial rennet. No additives, no preservatives, no shortcuts.

What Sets This Cheese Apart

• Raw sheep's milk, with all the organoleptic richness of fresh milk preserved
• Thistle rennet, a traditional Portuguese cheese-making method
• Handcrafted production at Quinta do Capilé, in the Ladoeiro region, Beira Baixa
• Firm paste and intense flavour, the result of natural ageing
• Vacuum-packed, with a decorative base included

On the Table

It shines on its own on a board with a drizzle of wild honey and rye bread. It pairs with wild berry jams, nuts and full-bodied red wines from Beira Interior. The intense flavour of the raw milk and the uniqueness of the thistle rennet make it a cheese with character, for those who appreciate Portuguese cheese-making at its most genuine.

Quinta do Capilé

Quinta do Capilé is one of the partners Geocakes selected for sharing the same values: known origin, traditional methods and respect for the territory. This cheese is made in the Ladoeiro region, Beira Baixa, and reaches your table with no unnecessary intermediaries.

From Beira Baixa to your table. Flavourful and authentic.

Geocakes' Organic Extra Pumpkin Jam comes from the handcrafted processing of pumpkins grown in the farm's own vegetable garden, in Idanha-a-Nova. It combines the natural sweetness of pumpkin with whole orange and cinnamon, in a recipe that preserves the authentic flavours of Beira Baixa, organically produced with the GeoFood seal.

Handcrafted Jam from Beira Baixa

This extra pumpkin jam represents the essence of the sweet-making tradition of the Idanha-a-Nova region, at the heart of the Naturtejo Geopark. Slow cooking concentrates the flavour and creamy texture of the fruit, resulting in a jam with an intense, authentic taste.

The recipe combines pumpkins from the farm's own vegetable garden with whole orange and cinnamon, ingredients from organic farming. The result is a natural jam, with no added GMOs, lactose or gluten, that preserves the traditional know-how of Beira Baixa.

Key Features

• Double organic certification, in production and processing
• Local ingredients, from garden to table
• Handcrafted recipe, a Beira Baixa tradition
• GeoFood Seal, territorial authenticity
• No added GMOs, lactose or gluten

Ideal For

• Spreading on bread or toast at breakfast
• Pairing with cured cheeses on a flavour board
• Adding to desserts and biscuit fillings

Handmade in Idanha-a-Nova, Geocakes' Organic Areias Biscuits are traditional Beira Baixa biscuits with an unmistakable grainy texture - like the natural sediments of the Naturtejo Geopark that gave them their name. An ancestral recipe, organic ingredients and Chef Raquel Ramos' hands: the result is a biscuit that melts in the mouth and stays in the memory.

A Recipe that Has Survived Generations

Areias are a Portuguese biscuit with deep roots - the kind that have appeared on family tables for over a century, needing no explanation. Geocakes preserves the recipe exactly as it was passed down: no additives, no artifice. Just flour, fat, sugar and know-how that isn't learned from manuals, but hand in hand in the kitchen. In 170g of biscuit, there's much more than ingredients: there's territory, there's memory, there's Beira Baixa.

Handcrafted Production with UNESCO GeoFood Seal

Each Areia is individually shaped at the Geocakes atelier, in Idanha-a-Nova, in a region recognised as a UNESCO Global Geopark - the Naturtejo Geopark. The GeoFood Seal distinguishes products that respect and honour the territory where they are born. Organic Areias are one such product: their texture evokes the region's geological sediments, turning each biscuit into a small edible tribute to Beira Baixa.

Production is overseen by Chef Raquel Ramos, with over 20 years dedicated to traditional Portuguese cooking. Two organic control checkpoints - production and processing - guarantee that what reaches your table is exactly what it promises: pure, handcrafted and genuine.

Why You'll Love the Organic Areias

• A unique, recognisable texture - grainy on the surface, light and crumbly when bitten
• No artificial additives - simple ingredients, nothing you won't recognise by name
• Made in-house by Geocakes - handmade at the Idanha-a-Nova atelier
• GeoFood distinction from the UNESCO Naturtejo Geopark - an ambassador product for the territory

When to Serve

Organic Areias pair well with a cup of tea or morning coffee, as a light dessert at lunch, or as a genuine gift for anyone who appreciates traditional Portuguese biscuits. They're also a sure choice for gourmet hampers and gifts with Portuguese soul - presented in plastic-free packaging.

Geocakes' Organic Extra Fresh Fig Jam is handcrafted with Pingo de Mel figs grown in the Beira Baixa orchard. This whole-fruit jam keeps the skin of the fruit, concentrating authentic flavours in an organic, zero-waste, vegan recipe, naturally free of gluten and lactose.

The Authenticity of Beira Baixa in Every Spoonful

Handcrafted in Idanha-a-Nova, this organic extra jam comes from the careful processing of Pingo de Mel figs from Geocakes' own orchard. The whole-fruit recipe makes use of the entire fruit, including the skin, maximising its characteristic flavour and natural nutritional properties.

With a high fruit concentration, this organic jam represents the gastronomic essence of the Naturtejo Geopark, combining handcrafted tradition with double organic certification, in both production and processing.

Key Features

• Whole-fruit recipe, making full use of the fruit
• Double organic certification, in production and processing
• Pingo de Mel figs, a native regional variety
• No preservatives or additives
• GeoFood Seal, territorial authenticity

Ideal For

• Serving with cured goat's cheese, for a sweet-savoury contrast
• Adding to an olive-oil cake or broa, at snack time
• Pairing with Greek yoghurt or fresh curd cheese at breakfast

Geocakes' Organic Pepper Paste is handcrafted in Idanha-a-Nova with red peppers ripened in the summer sun of Beira Baixa. This traditional preserve combines just three natural ingredients - red pepper, sea salt from Ria Formosa and garlic - resulting in a vegan, gluten-free, certified organic paste that preserves an authentic Portuguese territorial flavour.

Handcrafted Tradition from Beira Baixa

This organic pepper paste comes from over 40 years of experience of Chefs Raquel and Mário Rui Ramos, Geocakes' founders. Made in Idanha-a-Nova, at the heart of the Naturtejo Geopark (Portugal's first UNESCO geopark), this handcrafted preserve represents the best of regional gastronomic tradition.

The ripe red peppers are carefully selected and processed using traditional methods, preserving all the intensity and natural sweetness of the fruit. The recipe includes only Ria Formosa sea salt and garlic, creating an authentically Portuguese harmony of flavours.

Organic Certification and Quality

With double organic certification (production and processing) and the GeoFood seal, this pepper paste guarantees full traceability and respect for the highest standards of sustainable farming. Free from GMOs, lactose, gluten and artificial preservatives, it suits vegan and vegetarian diets.

Key Features

• Intense, authentic flavour
• Exceptional culinary versatility
• Organic certification and GeoFood seal
• Handcrafted production with local ingredients
• Long shelf life with no artificial preservatives

Geocakes' Organic Honey Broas are handmade in Idanha-a-Nova with regional honey (13%), virgin olive oil (13%) and eggs (19%) - all from organic farming. A Beira Baixa recipe that tastes exactly as it promises: restrained sweetness, dense texture and the unmistakable aroma of cooking with real ingredients.

Honey and Olive Oil from Beira Baixa in a Single Biscuit

In the Organic Honey Broas, honey isn't a flourish - it's structure. 13% regional honey, harvested in Beira Baixa, combined with 13% virgin olive oil and 19% organic eggs. Wheat flour and a touch of cinnamon complete a recipe that needs nothing else: simple, honest, from the land.

It's the sweetness Beira Baixa has known for generations - no extra sugar, no artificial flavours, no shortcuts. Just real ingredients, hands that work them, and an oven that does the rest.

Ancestral Recipe with Double Organic Control

The Broas recipe arrived at the Geocakes atelier in Idanha-a-Nova the way good recipes do: passed from person to person, kitchen to kitchen. Chef Raquel Ramos preserves it with the same rigour she applies to everything she produces - organic farming ingredients, double organic control in production and processing, and the GeoFood distinction from the UNESCO Naturtejo Geopark.

Why You'll Love the Organic Honey Broas

• Regional honey (13%) and virgin olive oil (13%) - Beira Baixa ingredients that define the flavour
• 19% organic eggs - dense, structured texture, no artificial ingredients
• Double organic control - verified in both production and processing
• GeoFood distinction from the UNESCO Naturtejo Geopark - an ambassador product for the territory
• Made in-house by Geocakes - handmade at the Idanha-a-Nova atelier

When to Serve

The Organic Honey Broas pair well with a cup of tea or coffee, as an afternoon snack or a discreet dessert. They also make a gift with genuine Portuguese soul - for anyone who appreciates the honey and olive oil of Beira Baixa in a single bite.

A Beira Baixa recipe for every table

The Gluten-Free Coquinhos come from know-how Geocakes preserves with care: traditional Portuguese pastry-making, handmade in Idanha-a-Nova, with natural ingredients and no shortcuts. The soft texture with a slightly crisp outside, the intense coconut aroma, the flavour that recalls the kitchen of those who grew up with these recipes - it's all here, in a little cake that can also be enjoyed by people with gluten intolerance.

Buckwheat flour replaces wheat without betraying the recipe. Generous coconut dominates the flavour. Fresh eggs bind it all together with the ease of someone who knows the craft. There's nothing else to add, because none is needed.

Made in the Naturtejo Geopark, to reach your table

Geocakes produces in Idanha-a-Nova, in Portugal's first UNESCO Global Geopark. This isn't a packaging detail: it's the territory that inspires, supplies and gives identity to every product. The Gluten-Free Coquinhos are part of this family of handcrafted sweets that Raquel and Rui have been building since 2012, recipe by recipe, without artificial ingredients, without plastic, with respect for tradition and for the people who will eat them.

Each pack is a small ambassador for inland Portugal, made with selected farming ingredients and handcrafted production with GeoFood certification.

Why these coquinhos are different

• Gluten-free by nature: buckwheat flour isn't a compromise substitute, it's an ingredient with its own identity and rich flavour
• Lactose-free and GMO-free: suited to various dietary restrictions, without giving up the pleasure of traditional pastry-making
• Handcrafted recipe: made by hand in Idanha-a-Nova, following traditional Beira Baixa methods
• Selected natural ingredients: coconut, fresh eggs and buckwheat flour, with no colourings, no artificial flavourings
• GeoFood certification: produced within the UNESCO Naturtejo Geopark, with a verifiable commitment to quality and territory

How to enjoy them

The Gluten-Free Coquinhos are a natural choice for a snack, breakfast or dessert. They pair well with a herbal tea, a morning coffee, or a table of regional sweets shared with family. They also make a gift with soul: for anyone with dietary restrictions who has given up on finding decent handcrafted pastries, these coquinhos are a genuine surprise.

From Beira Baixa to your table. Flavourful and authentic.

Geocakes' Organic Esses d'Idanha are handmade in Idanha-a-Nova with wheat flour, egg yolks, extra virgin olive oil (22%) and cinnamon - all from organic farming. A traditional Beira Baixa shape you recognise from the first bite: light, melt-in-the-mouth, unmistakable.

The Biscuit that Gave a Shape Its Name

The Esse isn't just a biscuit - it's a shape with history. Hand-shaped into an S, like the letter that gives it its name, it's one of the most recognisable traditional sweets in Portuguese pastry-making. In the d'Idanha version, Chef Raquel Ramos preserves the ancestral recipe with organic farming ingredients: wheat flour (30%), egg yolks, sugar, extra virgin olive oil (22%) and cinnamon. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil as the Main Ingredient

22% extra virgin olive oil in a biscuit isn't a detail - it's what defines the texture. Esses d'Idanha use neither butter nor margarine: the fat that makes them unique comes from the olive, from Beira Baixa, from organic farming. The result is a lighter biscuit, with a subtle flavour that carries the cinnamon without overpowering it.

Each batch is made at the Geocakes atelier in Idanha-a-Nova, with double organic control - in production and processing - and the GeoFood distinction from the UNESCO Naturtejo Geopark.

Why You'll Love the Organic Esses d'Idanha

• Extra virgin olive oil (22%) - noble fat from Beira Baixa in place of butter or margarine
• Melt-in-the-mouth texture - light, crumbly, without leaving any heaviness
• Double organic control - verified in production and processing
• GeoFood distinction from the UNESCO Naturtejo Geopark - an ambassador product for the territory
• Made in-house by Geocakes - handmade at the Idanha-a-Nova atelier

When to Serve

The Organic Esses d'Idanha go well at any time of day - with morning coffee, afternoon tea, or as a discreet dessert after lunch. They also make a gift with genuine Portuguese soul, for anyone who appreciates the traditional know-how of Beira Baixa.

Organic grass peas are a traditional pulse, handcrafted through artisan farming. With a texture similar to chickpeas and a rich nutritional profile, this authentic product preserves the region's ancestral know-how, offering a natural source of protein and minerals in sustainable kraft paper packaging.

Organic Grass Peas: Authentic Tradition

The organic grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) is a traditional Portuguese pulse that Geocakes recovers and celebrates by making it available at the heart of Beira Baixa. Grown according to certified organic farming methods, this product keeps intact the nutritional characteristics and distinctive flavour that make it unique.

With a texture reminiscent of chickpeas and a characteristic aroma, grass peas stand out for their high content of protein, complex carbohydrates and mineral salts, making them an excellent plant-based alternative for a balanced, sustainable diet.

Key Features

• Rich in quality plant protein
• A natural source of essential mineral salts
• A unique texture similar to chickpeas
• Guaranteed double organic certification
• A distinctive, traditional product