Buying Better
Stop choosing olive oil by colour
Green oil is not automatically better oil. Here is what colour does and does not tell you, and what to look at instead.
4 min read
Independent olive oil guide
Understand olive oil.
Buy better.
Use it better.
Olive Curious explains extra virgin olive oil in plain English, keeps a small selection of bottles worth knowing about, and sends you straight to the people who make them. No cart, no checkout, no score out of ten.
Today's reminder
Greener oil is not better oil. Colour tells you about pigments, not quality.
A guide, not a shop
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We explain
Short, honest guides that answer the questions people actually have about olive oil.
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We select
A small curated list, each entry with a reason attached and the sourcing we could verify.
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You buy elsewhere
Links go to the producer or retailer. We take no orders and hold no stock.
Find your style
Which olive oil suits the way you cook?
Pick an intensity and see what it tastes like, what it is for, and what is in the selection.
Tastes like
Balanced, fruity, gently peppery.
Best for
The everyday all-rounder: roasting, dressings, bread.
The selection
Oils worth knowing about
Coming soon
We're still tasting and choosing the first bottles for this shelf. Nothing goes up here until we'd happily pour it at our own table.
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