Buying olive oil direct from the grower: how it works and what to ask
How direct sale of olive oil works, what guarantees you have, what the seller should be able to tell you, and where the scams are.
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Posts about Buying oil
Everything we have written about buying oil on the Sendero la Gloria journal, a family rain-fed Picual grove in Marmolejo, Jaén.
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What to check on a bottle of olive oil before you pay, in what order, and which impressive-sounding claims mean absolutely nothing.
Picual, Arbequina, Hojiblanca and Cornicabra: which one is for you
The four big Spanish olive varieties compared: how each one tastes, what it suits in the kitchen, and which keeps best in the bottle.
Rain-fed or irrigated olive oil: what changes in the glass
Why a thirsty olive tree makes a more concentrated oil, how much less it yields, and why almost no label ever tells you which one you bought.
Shipping olive oil to Europe: what survives, how long and what it costs
How olive oil is packed so it does not break, which destinations need customs clearance, and realistic delivery times for an EU shipment.
What extra virgin actually means, and how it differs from virgin and refined
The three legal categories of olive oil, what separates them, and why the word on the label is the only claim that cannot be fudged.
