OLIVE OIL KNOWLEDGE - THE BASICS
Olive oil is the liquid produced by pressing whole olives - the fruit of the Olea Europea tree traditionally found...
HOW OLIVE OIL IS MADE
The craft of turning olives into oil has been practised in the Mediterranean region over thousands of years, and...
HOW TO STORE OLIVE OIL
Olive oils are not as stable as vegetable oils with a high saturated fat content such as coconut or palm oil and...
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VIRGIN AND NON-VIRGIN...
All olive oils can be classified into one of two groups - Virgin and Non-Virgin oils.
If the oil is classed as...
THE KEY QUALITY INDICATORS
There are different organisations which regulate the classification of olive oils across the world and therefore...
AN INTRODUCTION TO OLIVE OIL TASTING
Olive Oil tasting is becoming increasingly widespread among those passionate about food culture as a fun and...
HOW TO TASTE AN OLIVE OIL
STAGE ONE: THE SWIRL
Begin by pouring a tablespoon of olive oil into your tasting glass. Cup the bottom of the glass...
HOW TO DESCRIBE AN OLIVE OIL
Sensory analysis such as the Swirl, Sniff, Sip and Swallow test is an essential technique to characterise food but...
OLIVE OIL AND HEALTH
MEDITERRANEAN DIET
In 1954, revolutionary scientific studies (Keys, Anderson, Grande) published a comparison of the...
COOKING WITH OLIVE OIL
Olive oil is a key ingredient in the Mediterranean diet which is considered to be one of the main reason for the...