Taste Test: Carapelli Olive Oil

This post brought to you by Carapelli. All opinions are 100% mine.

 

When you use olive oil you should only use the best! Right outside the beautiful city of Florence since 1893, Carapelli Olive Oil. currently the rain as Italy's number one extra-virgin olive oil company. They believe that whenever you think that about Tuscany and olive oil their company should come to mind, and let me tell you after trying it for myself. I think it's the only olive oil ever use again.

Carapelli Olive Oil has a super strict quality certification program that exceeds the extensive, strict quality specifications required in Europe and the United States, that it adheres to today. 

Carapelli's olive oil is made solely from the first cold pressing of the finest 100% Italian olives. Plus it is organic!

I'll be really honest and let you know that I've never tasted all Olive Oil. So this was a brand-new thing for me. When tasting olive oil you must follow the Four S’s. It is kind of like tasting wine.

-First pour about a tablespoon of olive oil into a blue glass and gently warm it by covering the glass with one hand and holding the bowl of the glass in the other.

Here’s where the four S’s come in – Swirl, Sniff, Slurp and Swallow

1. Swirl – By swirling the olive oil in your glass, you release the oil’s esters, which are the molecules that contain the aroma. 
2. Sniff – Now inhale deeply. The aroma is the key to the fruitiness of the oil. Is it intense or is it more subtle? 
3. Slurp – Sip the oil while “sipping” in a bit of air. This slurping action emulsifies the oil and helps spread it throughout your mouth. Take note of the various tastes and sensations. Is it fruity, peppery, smooth? 
4. Swallow – Once you swallow the oil, it should leave your mouth with no aftertaste. Again, take note of any peppery or stinging sensation in your throat.

I was honestly petrified to take the first sip. I cook with olive oil a lot, but I've never tasted it just as olive oil. it didn't smell like anything abnormal to me and tasted a bit tart when it was in my mouth but the second I swallowed it the taste was completely gone.

If you would like to have a taste test of your own you can get a $1.00 OFF coupon at www.CarapelliUSA.com and get your own olive oil.