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User’s Guide

Looking after hammam towels and other hammam products is easy. But it’s worth taking a little time to understand how to ensure your products last as long as they should and stay in tip-top condition.

What Is a Hammam Towel For?

As the name suggests, a hammam towel is a proper towel for drying first and foremost. This is what they are designed for in the first place. See our article about the history of hammam towels for more information. The next question might be what does "hammam" mean, specifically? The term "Hammam" used [...]

By |2022-04-13T09:26:39+00:00April 12th, 2022|Hammam Towels, Towels, User's Guide|Comments Off on What Is a Hammam Towel For?
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Are Hammam Towels Absorbent?

The simplest and the most straightforward answer is ‘yes’. They are brilliant with their absorbency as much as their fast-drying property along with some other outstanding qualities. Hammam towels whether they are hammam beach towels or hammam bath towels are made of premium quality cotton yarns. And Cotton and Olive’s hammam towels pass the [...]

By |2023-11-20T16:54:07+00:00April 7th, 2022|Towels, User's Guide|Comments Off on Are Hammam Towels Absorbent?
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What Makes Hammam Bathrobes Different?

As the UK's leading supplier of hammam bathrobes, we've been asked quite a few questions! We love talking to our customers, whether it's online or in person at the many fairs and markets we go to around the UK every year. Here are a few of the most frequently asked questions about hammam bathrobes, [...]

By |2023-11-20T16:48:23+00:00March 22nd, 2022|Peshtemal, User's Guide|Comments Off on What Makes Hammam Bathrobes Different?
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Hammam Towels vs Microfibre Travel Towels

I wanted to understand the strengths and weaknesses of hammam towels vs microfibre towels as an ideal travel towel, so I decided to experiment. This has been in my to-do-list for a long while. Microfibre is unknown territory for me. I used it as a bath towel only once years back and I remember me [...]

By |2022-04-27T10:33:51+00:00July 24th, 2020|News, Towels, User's Guide|Comments Off on Hammam Towels vs Microfibre Travel Towels
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What is Special About Our Cotton Bedspreads?

When we first started Cotton and Olive back in September 2012, we began with one product: peshtemal hammam towels. Since then, we have added hammam bath towels, hammam robes, fully-certified organic cotton range for adults and children, and bedspreads & throws. Although peshtemal hammam towels always remained at the core of what we do, [...]

By |2020-04-30T13:59:55+00:00October 16th, 2018|Bedspreads and Throws, Peshtemal, User's Guide|Comments Off on What is Special About Our Cotton Bedspreads?
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