Questions about Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Olives & Olive Oil Chocolates
Organoleptic characteristics in olive oil?
These are properties of a product likely to be perceived qualified and quantified by sensory organs. In the olive-growing sector, there are the ser...
Muldy-cloudy in olive oil?
This is a defect typical of virgin olive oils deriving from an anaerobic fermentation which occurs at the bottom of the oil storage tanks due to th...
Winery (Vinegar-Acidic-Sour) in olive oil?
This is a distinctive flavour that some oils have reminiscent of wine or vinegar. It is mainly due to a process of aerobic fermentation of olives o...
Fusty in olive oil?
Is an organoleptic defect typical of an oil that has been extracted from olives that have been placed in storage for a certain period of time (usua...
Astringency in olive oil?
This is a trigeminal sensation that some virgin olive oils normally present when they come from green olives that, on the mouth, generate a mixed s...
Wild and aromatic plant aromas in olive oil?
These are organoleptic descriptors of oils that reminds us when tasting of the wild plant world and aromatic species. The most common are: aromas o...
Cultivated vegetable aromas in olive oil?
These are organoleptic descriptors of the oils that remind us on a tasting of the cultivated vegetable world. The most common are: aromas of green ...
Harmony in olive oil?
Overall sensation with which and oil is described during its tasting when all its organoleptic characteristics in nose and mouth are balance. Metap...
Bitter olive oil?
Bitter is a basic characteristic flavour of oil obtained from green or veraison olives, perceived by the caliciform papillae that form the lingual V.
Meaning of two-phase oil mill waste (Alpeorujo) in olive oil?
This is the main industrial by-product generated during olive oil extraction, containing the solid state and the olive oil vegetation water. Low-gr...
Almond-flavoured in olive oil?
This is a positive attribute presented by some oils that are sweet when entering the mouth, pungent and slightly bitter, and reminiscent of healthy...
Olive mill (Almazara)?
An olive mill is a building or construction where all machinery and equipment intended for the production of virgin olive oil is kept and operated....