Ellora Farms Olive Oil Extra Virgin, Certified Single Estate PDO, Polyphenol Rich Extra Virgin Olive Oil Cold Pressed & Traceable, Global Gold Awards EVOO, Kosher, Crete, Greece 33.8 Fl oz (1 Ltr)

My ' Go To' EVOO. ..not bitter; green but more buttery ; flavorful and not too expensive . I bake, cook and use it in salads.. adds a wonderful richness to my tomato sauce too ! A shot a day keeps the doctor away as well ! I have more expensive finishing evoo as well. but for an all purpose, quality, and flavorful evoo, this one fits the bill !

The taste of this olive oil is delicious. It’s very high quality. It smells so pure and mild and smooth. I have been putting it on everything even just bread!

This is a two pack of steel cans of olive oil. I like to buy oil in these cans--the light-proof container keeps the oil from going rancid a bit longer. The spout is clever--it's the typical pull-up spout on oil cans but it has a screw cap. The oil is from Greece--Crete, reputed to be where some of the best Greek oil is grown on 1,000-year old trees. It's single point-of-origin, unlike most grocery store oils, which are multiple origin oil, generally Tunisian, Italian and other oils. The problem is, Italians consume olive oil in larger quantities than they can produce, so a lot of cheaper exported oil is mixed with North African oil to make it available. Worse yet, there is a lot of fraud in oils. I used to talk with a professor at U Mass-Lowell who was using HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) to discern if oils were being adulterated. He was finding that trendy oils, like rice bran oil, were often nothing like what was listed on the label. Fast forward a decade later, and there has been a huge exposure of fraud in Italian oils in particular. Spanish oils were also involved in a terrible tragedy in 1981 in Spain where non-food grade oils were sold in cans to households instead of the traditional olive, and 600 Spaniards died. I also like some California oils, but unless you can taste them, you don't know if you are going to get an aggressive, bitter oil or a fruity, light oil. I find California oils, due to the wildly different micro-climates there, really are quite variable. I prefer my EVOO to be a bit lighter and less aggressive. This oil is a nice lemony green-yellow with a fruity, grassy flavor that is very pleasant. It's not the most exciting oil I've ever tasted, but it's not for cooking. It makes heavenly salad dressings and drizzles. I made a lemon parsley dressing for a warm salad, and I was very happy with it. For cooking, a plain 100% oil is best. (Colavita and Trader Joes make fine ones.) I have two cruets, different colors. The EVOO is in one, the cooking oil in the other. Rachael Ray Cucina Stoneware EVOO Dispensing Bottle, Agave Blue is fairly nice--light proof and only the flap on the top is a bit annoying as it lets in air, but just don't fill it so full and use it up frequently.

Best tasting olive oil I've ever tried… and the fact that its high in polyphenols! Wont be disappointed

This is a very decent oil. It's clean and delicious, but not very exciting -- a bit on the mild side for my taste. It doesn't have quite enough oomph to be used as a finishing oil, but it's nice in salad dressing or used to dip bread. I like that this oil comes in cans, so that it's not exposed to light, but I will note that the pour spout is badly designed and a bit leaky. This causes a bit of oil to pool on top of the can every time you pour. If you don't wipe the top of the can before putting it back in the cabinet, you'll potentially wind up with a little pool of rancid oil. That's annoying. Price-wise, this oil isn't too bad. I think it falls in the middle as far as "nicer" oils go. So no real complaints there. All in all, if you don't crave intensity this is probably a pretty good choice. But if you want something with more of a fruity or peppery kick, look elsewhere.

I was trying to order my favorite olive oil so far, also from a single area in Greece, but it's been out of stock some time. Trying to find anything that even seemed similar quality to try was a task. I am SUPER picky with olive oil, especially to use mainly for dipping bread, but I fell upon this one and decided to give it a try. It came in a small 2 pack so actually gave 1 to one of my best friends, and we tried it at her house together. It is GREAT. Nice deep green tone, fresh, buttery, a little burn or brine in the end. Just great! I did mine with a little oregano, garlic salt, black pepper, and sliced Kalamata Olives for dipping Italian bread. DELICIOUS. It's one thing to cook with olive oil. You use a little and the main food you are cooking is basically 'the main food', not the oil. I use really really good oil, which I don't mind paying for as it's obvious quality, as the MAIN taste, for dipping. That's where you can get a real feel for the taste, and you know if you do use in any dressing, or to cook with, it won't ruin your dishes and can trust will give it a great taste or enhance the other items you make. THIS is one of the best. The Kings. Worth the $$. You can trust this one. I do not write many product reviews. This may be my 4th or 5th one in years in fact. Only when I really believe in a product all around do I write one to try to help someone else seeking an honest opinion that may help them decide. Keep in mind natural items can change in taste slightly year to year based on nature (rain, soil conditions, etc.). One batch may not be exact to future or past ones. I'll likely order this again and do another review based on that, but based on what I saw this family does to maintain quality and control of their product, I'm thinking it will be another 5 star I give, and the changes if any wouldn't be notable enough to change much. Enjoy yours in good health if you order, & thank you Greek family for a great product! (I found out I'm 33% Greek in a recent ancestry test! So not betraying my Sicilian roots here, honoring my new Greek roots!!)

I was very impressed with this oil and with the care with which the company ensured the protection of their product in shipping. I ordered this oil and one from another company to do a comparison for true olive oil taste and quality. I am a bit of an olive oil connoisseur and wanted the best available from the convenience of Amazon. Both oils I ordered had won several awards and were certified as to purity and origin, something I was looking for. This one is from Greece and the other was from Spain, the world leader in olive oil production. Having lived in both countries, I've tasted their oils first hand, which was the reason for choosing these two for my comparison. This oil was far and away the winner, having a beautiful golden/green color and smooth taste with the characteristic peppery finish in the throat of a high grade olive oil. This is what you should taste and feel when you taste olive oil straight, just as you would a fine wine. It is said that the more it makes you cough, the better the olive oil. The taste was a bit bold, but not overpowering. It will work well with the Mediterranean, Mexican and Middle Eastern dishes I enjoy making. It also passed the "bread test" with flying colors. The taste of it when bread was dipped into it with nothing else added was excellent, a bit fruity and not greasy or bland. The packaging for shipping was also very impressive. The oil arrived bubble wrapped, in a cardboard box with peanuts to ensure stability and safety of the can, as well as offering some insulation of the product against the heat. The other brand carelessly put the can in a standard manila bubble wrap envelope only, resulting in a dented can and the heat from it's time in shipping made the can very hot to the touch when it arrived. Took it over 20 minutes to cool off. Needless to say, the other oil showed the same carelessness in their product and it was not of good color or taste. I don't know if this was from the extreme heat it endured from careless shipping or if the product itself was just of a poor standard to begin with. If you are looking for a great tasting oil that is superior in quality, order this one. You won't be disappointed. This will be the olive oil I will order from now on and look forward to enjoying it's superb taste in all my cooking.

Excellent extra Virgin olive oil. We have it on a subscription plan