What makes Cretan olive oil different from other Greek olive oil?

[ssherie_]

I've always heard that Cretan olive oil is "liquid gold" or that it's somehow better quality than other Greek olive oil. Does anyone know if and why this is true? I haven't really noticed a difference in taste

 

[Hash]

Having lived in Mykonos for many years all Greek olive oils are Liquid gold in my opinion,we used Altis organic I think it was from Crete.. a little peppary taste,tried many others too! Sparta Bronze here in Thailand is nice, have tried Sparta Gold also,no country can compete with Greek olive oil.... for sure.... tried so many Italian and Spanish brands..... nothing comes close to Greek olive oil!

 

[Lenio]

Greeks are proud people who have pride for their country but also for their specific regions and islands. My Kretan friends say olive oil from Krete is the best, my Kalamatan friends say their oil is the best and the list goes on and on.
In my opinion you can’t go wrong with any quality olive oil from Greece.

 

[Hash]

Greeks are proud people who have pride for their country but also for their specific regions and islands. My Kretan friends say olive oil from Krete is the best, my Kalamatan friends say their oil is the best and the list goes on and on.
In my opinion you can’t go wrong with any quality olive oil from Greece.

Rivalry and passion is always healthy,we must have tried so many different brands, living in Mykonos,we always had sellers passing by all summer selling different things, some from Samos with trucks full of oranges and they bring with them a few hundred litres of home pressed olive oil from the winter past,then we have the Gypsies, they are the best, they have so much to sell, sometimes we used to buy the whole drum to share,my friend has a very big Taverna so he buys thousands of litres of Cretan olive oil in very big drums so we just enjoy the different oils from the Greek islands,Kalamata sellers too used to passby amazing selection of oil and olives!

 

[Blue & White]

Having lived in Mykonos for many years all Greek olive oils are Liquid gold in my opinion,we used Altis organic I think it was from Crete.. a little peppary taste,tried many others too! Sparta Bronze here in Thailand is nice, have tried Sparta Gold also,no country can compete with Greek olive oil.... for sure.... tried so many Italian and Spanish brands..... nothing comes close to Greek olive oil!

Spain and Italy use Greek olives to make their olive oil. So all olive oil is Greek

 

[ssherie_]

Greeks are proud people who have pride for their country but also for their specific regions and islands. My Kretan friends say olive oil from Krete is the best, my Kalamatan friends say their oil is the best and the list goes on and on.
In my opinion you can’t go wrong with any quality olive oil from Greece.

So true! You can't go wrong

 

[k_tsoukalas]

I have never met a Greek olive oil I didn't enjoy and for me, it's all about freshness. If I manage to enjoy it shortly after pressing, I'll think it tastes better. When I was on Crete, that's what was happening - but I've enjoyed olive oil all over Greece and it's all amazing!