Olive Oil: some tips

22/12/201429/12/2014Ojolife Leave a comment

A fly infestation, too high temperatures in winter and too much rain in summer. Here you have the main causes of the low olive production. This year Evoo (Extra Virgin Olive Oil) production is down by 45%.

As in all markets, the higher the demand, the higher the price. So, the price of good Evoo is going up. Also we have to take something else into account… fraude. On the market we will probably find Extra Vergine Olive Oil that is a blend.

In principle blends might be good but how to recognise a good one?

Here some basic rules:

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Stop the presses

18/12/201429/12/2014Ojolife Leave a comment

Always wanted to say that…. But instead of the newspaper presses we are talking about olive oil presses. Producers are in state of panic, they simply do not have enough olives to press. The olive harvest has been more then disappointing this year in Italy. Olive oil is getting scarce for the first time in years. So that brings a lot of price pressure, increases of 30-40% are expected.

Talking about newspapers, the news about the olive shortage has also hit the Dutch newspapers, funny, because that country is not quite known for its huge olive oil production or consumption:-)

http://www.telegraaf.nl/uitwinkelen/23465074/__Olijfolie_peperduur__.html

Passion for the world of olive oil

13/12/201422/12/2014Ojolife Leave a comment

Let me introduce myself, my name is Francesca Bajlo and I am passionate about olive oil.

Passionate, because I found that the world of olive oil has given me a lot, from the taste and smell of incredible oils, the introduction to other products like wine, to meeting 016 (2) a lot of interesting people from all over Italy, and more, all over theworld.

In this blog I just want to share with you some of my experiences, maybe it will get you inspired, or at least curious.

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