Cooking and uses
Summer recipes with olive oil: 5 sublime, fresh dishes
Salmorejo, ajoblanco, pipirrana, Spanish potato omelette and olive oil ice cream: five fresh summer recipes with olive oil and the best oil for each one.
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Olive oil blog
Guides on extra virgin olive oil: varieties, harvest, tasting, storage and recipes, written by the shop.
Olive groves, varieties and harvest
Olive oil varieties: the 8 indispensable Spanish varieties
Picual, Arbequina, Hojiblanca and more: the eight key Spanish olive oil varieties, how they taste and which one to choose for each dish in…
Buying guides
Olive oil gifts: 20 irresistible gift ideas
Ideas for olive oil gifts at Christmas, weddings and corporate events: how to choose the oil and format for each person and how to…
Olive groves, varieties and harvest
New harvest olive oil 2026/2027: the indispensable guide
When the 2026/2027 new harvest arrives, what early harvest means, how to spot a fresh oil on the label and how to store it…
Buying guides
Jaén olive oil: the indispensable guide and its 4 PDOs
Why Jaén olive oil is world famous: the sea of olive trees, the Picual variety, its four PDOs, how it tastes and where to…
Cooking and uses
Uses of olive oil: 12 indispensable ideas for your kitchen
Raw, for cooking, frying and baking, plus traditional uses in personal care and around the home: the uses of olive oil and which oil…
Olive groves, varieties and harvest
Olive oil tourism in Jaén: an irresistible 3-day itinerary
Mills, museums, the Olive Oil Greenway, Úbeda, Baeza and Cazorla: what to see, what to do and when to go for olive oil tourism…
Buying guides
Organic olive oil: the indispensable guide and 5 keys
What makes an olive oil organic under EU rules, how organic groves are farmed and certified, why it costs more and how to choose…
Tasting and storage
How to store olive oil: 7 indispensable tips
Does olive oil go off? What the best before date means, how long it keeps unopened and opened, how to spot a rancid oil…
Tasting and storage
Olive oil tasting glass: an indispensable guide in 7 steps
Why the olive oil tasting glass is blue, what the watch glass is for, how to taste an oil step by step and how…
Buying guides
Olive oil acidity: 6 indispensable keys to quality
Discover what olive oil acidity really measures, why low acidity matters for quality, and how to choose an exceptional extra virgin olive oil for…