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Discover your palate & eliminate the guesswork in buying olive oil
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Order Your Tasting Kit
Add the Tasting Kit to your cart and complete your order. Our Kit will be shipped to your directly to your door.
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Taste, Compare, Enjoy
You will be guided through your olive oil tasting using a companion app on your computer or mobile device that will determine your olive oil palate profile.
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Shop Knowledgeably
Reference your palate profile when shopping for oils in our online shop and feel confident you're buying an oil you know you'll like.
Olive Oil Lovers Tasting Kit
$39.95No more guessing! Discover your PALATE PROFILE with our new Olive Oil Lovers Tasting Kit and start buying oils you know you'll love. The Kit contains six small bottles of signature extra virgin olive oil, six tasting cups and a tasting placemat, but more importantly, we've designed an innovative online companion app to guide you through your tasting. Using the app, you will conduct a taste comparison of the oils within the kit to ultimately determine the type of oils that tantalizes your palate most, then use this information to shop for oils you know you’ll like.
What’s In The Kit
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Andalusia, SpainOro Bailen Reserva Familiar Picual
This monovarietal Picual extra virgin olive oil is produced in the foothills of the Sierra Morena, the northern mountain range in the province of Jaén. Harvested at the beginning of November at their optimal point of ripeness, this oil has exceptionally high organoleptic characteristics, making it stand out above other oils due to the intensity of its fruity flavor and the complexity of its aromas, which include tomato, apple, banana, green almond, fig and freshly cut grass. Herbaceous and fruity, it is an exceptional balance between bitter and spicy.
Harvest Date: Fall 2023 (New)
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Sicily, ItalyFrantoi Cutrera Nocellara del Belice IGP Sicilia
Made exclusively from Nocellara del Belice variety olives hand-harvested from mid-October through November in the areas of Partanna, Campobello de Mazzara and Castelvetrano in Western Sicily. This mild intensity oil has aromas of freshly picked tomatoes and fresh vegetables with a subtle bitter finish.
Harvest Date: Fall 2023 (New)
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Andalusia, SpainOro del Desierto Organic Arbequina
This organic extra virgin olive oil, pressed from 100% Arbequina variety olives, is a medium fruity oil and light golden yellow in color. It’s known for its complex vegetal aroma with hints of ripe tropical fruits, banana, parsley and basil. Its taste is fine and strong with flavors of celery, lettuce and pine nut.
Harvest Date: Fall 2023 (New)
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Andalusia, SpainHojiblanca is one of the main variety of olives grown in the Estepa region of Southern Spain. It has a medium robust intensity, which is typical of the variety, and an aroma reminiscent of fresh cut grass and apples. Its taste is moderately intense in bitter and spicy notes, making it a highly-prized oil for sauce-making and dressing grilled fish and salads.
Harvest Date: Fall 2023 (New)
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Lazio, ItalyQuattrociocchi Superbo Organic
Not for the faint of heart, this amazing organic extra virgin olive oil is powerful and pungent. Produced exclusively from organic Moraiolo variety olives, this oil is intense in fruitiness with complex notes of fresh-cut grass and artichoke with definite aromatic hints of mint, sage and basil. Its taste is strong, bitter and pungent and well-balanced throughout, an oil for the true connoisseur.
Harvest Date: Fall 2023 (New)
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Crete, GreeceEntelia is a product of love and passion, produced on small family-owned farms at the foothills of the picturesque White Mountains of Western Crete. The olive trees belong to the Koroneiki variety and are farmed with great skill, care and attention by their owners. The precise moment of ripeness is carefully determined, harvesting is done by hand and the olives are transported and crushed at the mill within the crucial short hours after picking. The result of this tender loving care and attention is a cold-extracted, amazingly flavorful, aromatic fruit juice that is Entelia extra virgin olive oil.
Harvest Date: Fall 2023 (New)
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Nutritional Value
Extra virgin olive oil is arguably the best edible oil with its pleasant flavor, antioxidant properties and health benefits. Rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, fat-soluble vitamin K, and vitamin E, extra virgin olive oil is also a gluten free food.
| Nutrition Facts | Serving Size 1 tablespoon (15ml) |
|---|---|
| Calories 120 | % of Daily Value* |
Total Fat 14g
| 18%
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| Cholesterol 0 mg | 0% |
| Sodium 0 mg | 0% |
| Potassium 0 mg | 0% |
Total Carbohydrate 0 mg
| 0%
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| Protein 0 g | 0% |
| Vitamin A | 0% |
| Vitamin B-6 | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 0% |
| Vitamin D | 0% |
| Calcium | 0% |
| Cobalamin | 0% |
| Iron | 0% |
| Magnesium | 0% |
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Why Buy Olive Oil Online?
It is a proven fact that in just eight hours of close exposure to strong fluorescent lights, a bottle of olive oil packed in a clear glass bottle will be totally destroyed having lost its color, flavors and aromas. While oil packed in a dark glass bottle offers considerably better protection, it too becomes vulnerable when exposed to strong light and can be completely destroyed in less than a week, which makes purchasing olive oil in a supermarket a less than desirable prospect.
Beyond that, the vast majority of the oils sold in the USA have inadequate or even misleading labels. The consumer is given little to no information as to where the oil was actually produced or from what variety of olives it was made, but most importantly, WHEN the oil was harvested.
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What Are Some Of The Best Olive Oils?
Simply put, the best olive oils are extra virgin olive oils. However, adulteration of extra virgin olive oil is a hot topic in the past and present, and many studies continue to examine the contents inside a bottle of olive oil. This problem still persists in the industry, especially at the supermarket level.
That's why we created Olive Oil Lovers: to bring some of the world's best olive oils from the most trusted producers to the U.S. market. All of our producers are quality driven in their manufacturing practices. We also conduct an intensive screening of every producer and product on our site - often visting their estates and seeing their practices first-hand - and accept only producers who meet our high standards. To go the extra mile, all of our imported oils are proven extra virgin through chemical analysis in accordance to strict European Union regulations. Therefore, you can trust that any oil you purchase with us at Olive Oil Lovers will be genuine, 100% extra virgin olive oil.
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How Long Will Olive Oil Last After The Harvest Date?
There are two dates that producers may choose to print on a bottle, using either one or both. The "Use By" date is what our producers put on their products to say, "use when at its freshest quality." The taste and quality of the oil doesn't typically diminish over time though, unless it's open and exposed to oxygen.
The "Harvest Date" is when the olives for the oil were actually picked and crushed. This date can be any time between late October to mid-December for the Northern Hemisphere, and these new harvest olive oils begin to arrive in the United States in February and March the following year. For oils from the Southern Hemisphere, from countries such as Chile or South Africa, harvest occurs any time between late April to mid-June.
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When Is Olive Oil Considered Past its Prime?
While this answer can vary depending on the olive variety, time of harvest, and how the product is stored, in general an extra virgin olive oil will retain much of its flavor and aromas for 18-30 months in an unopened container. However, any exposure to light and/or oxygen will begin to degrade the oil. Once opened, olive oil should be consumed ideally within 1-2 months, with a maximum of perhaps 4-6 months. When purchasing a 3L or 5L tin, if the oil is typically not consumed within this timeframe, we recommend decanting the oil into smaller, sealed containers and storing in a cool, dark place.
Olive oils with higher polyphenol counts will have a longer shelf-life. Higher polyphenol numbers are the result of both the olive variety and when the olive was harvested. Green olives harvested early in the season produce less oil, but have higher polyphenol counts than oils from ripe olives. You can find the polyphenol counts for many of our extra virgin olive oils listed on their product page.
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• Follow our demonstrational video for how to use the kit and taste the oils.
• Create and save additional profiles for your family and friends.
• Login to the app to access your saved profiles.
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