Terra Crete (Estate) EXV Olive Oil, Certified for Protection of Origin - P.D.O.~ "Corinbali Hania Crete" 3L (a-4)

お値段高めだし迷ったけど買って良かったです。そのまま食べてもくせがないし、ドレッシングに使うととても美味しい。 もちろん加熱しても良い香りでお値段だけのことはあります。 最初は香りが足りない？と思ったけど丁寧に絞った上質のオイルだったからなのだと思いました。

In some ways, I really am spoiled. I realize that as a former educator, living on a former educator's salary, this statement might seem odd. However, I'm absolutely serious and this olive oil helps to prove my point. Enter Terra Creta Olive Oil. As we all know, olive oil was a gift to the Greeks, courtesy of the goddess Athena. It is olive oil that largely built the ancient Greek economy and thus promulgated Greek culture through the ancient world by means of economic exchange. That exchange was fostered by the highly prized olive oil that was acknowledged as the world's best. To this day, Greece is fiercely protective of the reputation of its olive oil--and rightly so. In its pure, unadulterated form, it is a glorious addition to your kitchen's staples, adding flavor, polish and nutrition to a wide array of dishes. Unfortunately, if you don't live in Greece--or in the EU--your olive oil is probably NOT unadulterated in some form. In the EU, Greek olive oil is protected by strict labeling and production laws so that the consumer can be assured of getting an authentic product, and thus an authentic experience. Here in the States, there are no such nation-wide laws, so the olive oil we get--even the extra virgin--is adulterated by other oils, or at least a pastiche of different regions, producers, etc., who are committed to driving down costs more than they are to producing excellent oils. The Terra Creta is an emphatic disavowal of this practice. It is an estate-produced oil created under exacting, heavily monitored conditions, with each can getting a unique label (see picture above), which functions as a birth certificate, more or less, so that you can practically trace the moment it was harvested. All of this effort reaps rewards for the consumer. This oil is a revelation compared to the pathetic stuff that you get at the average supermarket. It's vivid, earthy and fills the mouth with subtle notes that lean more towards the fruity end (at least in my experience; some have said it comes across as a bit more on the peppery side). In any case, it is truly excellent for dipping bread, making salad, making garlic butter, or anything that requires a moderate base note and delicate upper notes of olive flavor. As for the cost, you look at the price of the tin and think, "wow, that's a bit excessive." You'd be wrong. Look at how much you get and then figure a per-ounce cost vs. the "extra virgin" you get at the supermarket. Then, think about how what you eat becomes a part of you. Then, think about how short life is and how we should seize those beautiful pleasures that are within our reach while we can. Does it seem expensive now?

Bardzo dobra oliwa. W rozmiarze takim, że starczy na dłużej nawet dla rodziny intensywnie używającej oliwy.

It’s fabulous oil

Ich hatte das Glück, einer Betriebsbesichtigung dieses Olivenöl Produzenten beizuwohnen. Wir konnten uns vor Ort den kompletten Weg von der Anlieferung der Olive bis zur Abfüllung in die Flasche ansehen, sowie an an einer Verkostung teilnehmen. Gepresst wurde nur ein Mal, und das natürlich kalt, schonend. Der Trester wurde sofort entsorgt und kein weiteres Mal gepresst. Das Öl ist Spitzenniveau, wie es schon die gehobene Gastronomie weiss. Ein authentisches Öl. Es schmeckt nussig und etwas blumig und hat einen langen intensiven Nachklang. (Liegt noch bis zu 10 Minuten auf Zunge und Gaumen). Wer ein hochwertiges Öl sucht, liegt hier richtig.

Wonderful flavour, one of the best I have tried 👌🏻