Wich is the best way to drink a natural juice, filtered or non-filtered? It depends on the palate. EVOO is neither worse nor better whether it is filtered or not. There are some important aspects that we want to tell you so that you have more information about it. The flavor of the NON-filtered oil

Monovarietal olive oils are oils produced only with a certain variety of olives. Why was it not common to find monovarietal olive oils before? Let’s put ourselves in situation. In Spain, most of the olive oil produced is produced by cooperatives1. In the past, farmers brought their olives to the cooperative where they were mixed

Another rising trend is the manufacture of coupages of single-variety olive oils, which are the controled mix of different oils to obtain new flavors, or to improve the properties of some variety.

The olive variety does not affect the quality of the oil. As long as it’s extra virgin, we know its quality is higher than a common olive oil or a lampante. However, there’s varieties that are stabler against oxydation or have more polyphenoles, which make their properties preserve through time. Once clear that the highest

Even though there’s more than 250 olive varieties in our country, four of them are the most predominant when it comes to national and global scale: picual, cornicabra, arbequina and hojiblanca. Let’s make a review of these four. Picual Also known as marteña or nevadillo, it’s the most abundant variety in both Spain and the

In first place, the olives are taken to the oil prss where the branches, rocks and dirt are cleaned. After that, they are washed and clasiffied in groups, according to their quality and variety. In second place, the fruit is grinded, this process is called grinding. It should be grinded the same day it is