Terra Creta | Award Winning | Kolymvari Estates | 100% Pure Greek Olive Oil | Cold Extracted | Protective Designation of Origin | 3Ltr - (101.4 fl.oz) Tin

Great olive oil. We’ve been using it for a few years. We were visiting Crete last year and realized Terra Creta was close to our Airbnb. We stopped by and bought their Grand Cru, “high art” oil which was beyond compare. I wish they would sell garlic-infused oil on Amazon. We brought a bottle back home and it was finished within weeks.

This Greek virgin olive oil is from Crete. It is the best olive oil you can get-.the price is very reasonable also

I've been using Terra Creta olive oil for over a year now, and I'm consistently impressed. Their commitment to quality and taste is evident in every bottle. Here's why I love it: * Rich, Authentic Flavor: Terra Creta's olive oil captures the essence of Crete's Mediterranean terroir. It has a robust, fruity flavor that complements a variety of dishes. * High Quality: Their products are consistently high-quality, with low acidity levels that ensure a fresh, delicious taste. * Versatility: Whether you're drizzling it over salads, sautéing vegetables, or finishing grilled meats, Terra Creta olive oil adds a wonderful depth of flavor. * Durability: The oil maintains its quality over time, ensuring that I can enjoy its delicious taste for months. If you're looking for an exceptional olive oil that will enhance your cooking and elevate your meals, I highly recommend Terra Creta. It's a product that has consistently exceeded my expectations and continues to be a staple in my kitchen.

This oil is so good you can drizzle on toast add a dash of good salt- better than butter. That’s how good.

In some ways, I really am spoiled. I realize that as a former educator, living on a former educator's salary, this statement might seem odd. However, I'm absolutely serious and this olive oil helps to prove my point. Enter Terra Creta Olive Oil. As we all know, olive oil was a gift to the Greeks, courtesy of the goddess Athena. It is olive oil that largely built the ancient Greek economy and thus promulgated Greek culture through the ancient world by means of economic exchange. That exchange was fostered by the highly prized olive oil that was acknowledged as the world's best. To this day, Greece is fiercely protective of the reputation of its olive oil--and rightly so. In its pure, unadulterated form, it is a glorious addition to your kitchen's staples, adding flavor, polish and nutrition to a wide array of dishes. Unfortunately, if you don't live in Greece--or in the EU--your olive oil is probably NOT unadulterated in some form. In the EU, Greek olive oil is protected by strict labeling and production laws so that the consumer can be assured of getting an authentic product, and thus an authentic experience. Here in the States, there are no such nation-wide laws, so the olive oil we get--even the extra virgin--is adulterated by other oils, or at least a pastiche of different regions, producers, etc., who are committed to driving down costs more than they are to producing excellent oils. The Terra Creta is an emphatic disavowal of this practice. It is an estate-produced oil created under exacting, heavily monitored conditions, with each can getting a unique label (see picture above), which functions as a birth certificate, more or less, so that you can practically trace the moment it was harvested. All of this effort reaps rewards for the consumer. This oil is a revelation compared to the pathetic stuff that you get at the average supermarket. It's vivid, earthy and fills the mouth with subtle notes that lean more towards the fruity end (at least in my experience; some have said it comes across as a bit more on the peppery side). In any case, it is truly excellent for dipping bread, making salad, making garlic butter, or anything that requires a moderate base note and delicate upper notes of olive flavor. As for the cost, you look at the price of the tin and think, "wow, that's a bit excessive." You'd be wrong. Look at how much you get and then figure a per-ounce cost vs. the "extra virgin" you get at the supermarket. Then, think about how what you eat becomes a part of you. Then, think about how short life is and how we should seize those beautiful pleasures that are within our reach while we can. Does it seem expensive now?

Having been wowed by this olive oil in a restaurant, I took the chance to order it, despite the reviews saying the cans were dented. Indeed, the can WAS DENTED. The Amazon shipping box was perfect. The inner box from the seller was perfect. There were multiple layers of bubble wrap around the can, but the can itself was in bad shape. At least, as far as I could tell, there was no leak. The "Best By" date was acceptably far out: a YEAR and 8 months from delivery to me. The oil is a beautiful green-gold and tastes very good. It's not quite as "spicy" as I remember from the restaurant, but still quite good. I love the fact that it is from a single estate, and therefore not adulterated with other oils. There is a trick to opening the can. First pry up the outer half green rings, the pull straigt up to bring up the spout. Only then do you unscrew it. Easy to pour without making a mess like I did when I did not know to pull up the spout!

This is a single variety olive oil from Crete. This is the Mediterranean diet you read about in the news. Years ago I use to import the very variety of olive oil. Terra Creta and ABEA are the two main pressers of olives on the island of Crete and they have been gathering olives from the locals for decades and selling this as I believe to be the best all around olive oil you can buy. I am not here to say this is the best oil you can buy but rather this is the best oil you can buy that you can cook with and put on your salad. It's the Swiss Army knife of olive oils. I've had top of the line local Moroccan hand pressed oils that taste like heaven, but you wouldn't dare cook with it and I have deep fried turkeys with Pomace oil from Crete but I would never use that on my salad. This Koroneiki variety olive oil is the best of both worlds. The rating of this would be higher but people tend to rate on not only the product but also of things out of control of the shippers like abuse from the mail carriers. Ignore these ratings, and buy this oil. Dented can or not the oil is superb.

I’ve bought this olive oil numerous times and decided to finally write a review. This has to be one of the best olive oils I’ve purchased. The thing I love the most is the burning sensation you get in the back of your throat. I’ve done much research on olive oil and what I’ve read says the more the burning, the more polyphenols, the more antioxidants, the better for your health. It tastes absolutely delicious too!