Product Description
Arbequina
Spain
November 2023
What a fabulously robust Arbequina full of spicy, green, herbal flavour that pleasantly tickles the throat. This oil is complex with various nutty, buttery, and slightly tropical fruit flavors typical of the variety. Being an early harvest green oil, it also has ample grassiness, artichoke, olive leaf, mint, herbaceous, and black pepper character. It has excellent pungency and pleasant bitterness, so it will keep well and please expert tasters.
| Acidity | .12% |
| Peroxides | 6.3 |
| Oleic | 71.17 |
| Polyphenols | 405 |
| K232 | 1.67 |
| Kosher Certified | Orthodox Union |
Arbequina olives are highly aromatic and are prized for their delicate flavour and high oil content. The olives are small and have a rounded shape with a dark purple to black colour when fully ripe. They are often used in the production of high-quality extra virgin olive oil and are also enjoyed as table olives due to their rich and fruity taste. In Europe, they is mostly grown in Catalonia, Spain, but is also grown in Aragon and Andalusia, as well as California, Argentina, Chile, Australia and Azerbaijan.
How is Extra Virgin Olive Oil made?
Extra Virgin Olive Oil is made by crushing olives to extract their juices. The crushed olives are then pressed to separate the oil from the solids and water. Finally, the oil is separated and filtered to produce the pure extra virgin olive oil we use for cooking and other purposes.
Cold-Pressed means that no heat or chemicals were used during extraction, preserving the oil’s natural flavours and nutritional quality.
First-pressed means the olive oil was extracted in a single pressing, with no second pressing as in the case of some other oils, like seed oils.
