Cretan Olive Oil

Crete has been pressing olive oil for the best part of four thousand years, the Minoans stored it in vast clay pithoi at Knossos, and to this day Cretans consume more olive oil per head than almost anyone on earth. It is no coincidence that the island is held up as…Crete has been pressing olive oil for the best part of four thousand years, the Minoans stored it in vast clay pithoi at Knossos, and to this day Cretans consume more olive oil per head than almost anyone on earth. It is no coincidence that the island is held up as the model of the Mediterranean diet.Cretan oil is pressed overwhelmingly from the Koroneiki olive, a small fruit that yields an oil of exceptional quality: bright green, intensely aromatic, with a grassy, herbaceous character and a peppery finish that catches gently…Read more