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How Long Do Olives Last? Storage and Shelf Life
Unopened, a year or more. Opened, two to three weeks refrigerated and kept submerged. How to tell when olives have genuinely gone off.
Read the story →Wednesday 21 October 2026Since 2004 · in English and French · 25 years in the olive trade
Every type of olive, and the oil it becomes.
Olive Oil Before Bed: What It Can and Cannot Do
Olive oil before bed will not help you sleep or burn fat overnight. What it may do for constipation, the reflux risk lying down,…
October 19, 2026How Much Olive Oil Per Day? What the Studies Actually Used
How much olive oil per day? Studies range from half a tablespoon to four. The FDA figures, the calories, and a simple daily amount for each goal.
October 16, 2026Olive Oil in Coffee: Does It Work, and Is It Worth It?
Olive oil in coffee went mainstream with Starbucks Oleato. How to make it, what it tastes like, which oil to use, and what the health claims add up to.
October 13, 2026Guides
How to Cure Your Own Olives (Without Lye)
Straight off the tree, an olive is inedible — bitter enough to make you wince. Curing is how we fix that, and you can do it at home…
- How to Taste Olive Oil
- How Long Do Olives Last? Storage and Shelf Life
- Olive Oil Grades Explained
- Olive Tree Care: Watering, Pruning and Feeding
Comparisons
Kalamata vs Black Olives: What’s the Difference?
Kalamata are ripened and brine-cured. Tinned black olives are picked green and oxidised. Why one tastes of wine and the other of almost nothing.
- Extra Virgin vs Virgin Olive Oil: The Difference Is a Number
- Early-Harvest vs Late-Harvest Oil
- Black Olives vs Green Olives: What’s the Difference?
- Olive Harvesting: Hand vs Machine
Kitchen
Cooking With Olives: A Practical Guide
An olive that is delicious from the jar can wreck a dish, because heat does three things to it: it drives out salt, it softens the flesh, and…
- Cheese and Olive Pairing Guide
- Chicken Marbella: The Olive and Prune Dish That Refuses to Date
- The Gilda: Three Ingredients on a Stick, and the Best Olive Snack in Spain
- The Best Olives for Pizza: Which Varieties Actually Work
Stories
The Oldest Olive Tree in the World: ~4,000 Years in Crete
In a village in Crete stands an olive tree up to 4,000 years old — still making olives. A timeline of everything it has outlived, and the one…
- The True Cost of an Olive: Where Your Money Actually Goes
- How Olive Oil Gets Cut: Blending, Refining & Fraud
- Olive Oil Fraud, Explained
- The Most Expensive Olives in the World, and What You Are Actually Paying For
Types of olives, A to Z 87
- Adramytini
- Aglandau
- Alfonso (Botija)
- Aloreña de Málaga
- Arauco
- Arbequina
- Arbosana
- Ascolana Tenera
- Athinolia
- Ayvalık
- Biancolilla
- Blanqueta
- Bosana
- Bouteillan
- Buža
- Carolea
- Casaliva
- Castelvetrano
- Cellina di Nardò
- Cerasuola
- Cerignola
- Changlot Real
- Chemlal de Kabylie
- Chemlali
- Chetoui
- Cobrançosa
- Coquillo
- Coratina
- Cornicabra
- Domat
- Dritta
- Empeltre
- Farga
- Frantoio
- Gaeta
- Galega
- Gemlik
- Gordal
- Grossane
- Halkidiki
- Hojiblanca
- Istrska Belica
- Itrana
- Kalamata
- Kalinjot
- Kolovi
- Konservolia (Amfissa)
- Koroneiki
- Leccino
- Lechín de Sevilla
- Lucques
- Madural
- Manzanilla Cacereña
- Manzanilla
- Maurino
- Megaritiki
- Memecik
- Mission
- Moraiolo
- Morisca
- Niçoise (Cailletier)
- Nocellara del Belice
- Nocellara Etnea
- Nostrana di Brisighella
- Nyons (Tanche)
- Oblica
- Ogliarola Barese
- Pendolino
- Peranzana
- Picholine Marocaine (Beldi)
- Picholine
- Picual
- Picudo
- Rosciola
- Royal de Cazorla
- Salonenque
- Sevillano
- Taggiasca
- Tanche
- Throuba Thassos
- Toffahi
- Tonda Iblea
- Tsounati
- Verdeal Transmontana
- Verdial
- Villalonga
- Žutica
From the archive
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The heart-health claim on your olive oil bottle is real — but it is heavily qualified, and it comes with…
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The humble jar of olives hides a few real problems — fishing them out, keeping them under brine, storing them…
Olives and Olive Oil for Beauty
Long before the cosmetics aisle, the Mediterranean cared for skin and hair with one bottle from the kitchen. Olive oil…
Bumper crop for New Zealand olive oil producers
A bumper olive harvest sounds like good news — but for a small, home-market industry it can be a headache.…
Interview of V N Dalmia, President of the India Olive Association
Over the next four years olive oil consumption in India is expected to increase nine-fold to 42,000 tonne. Increasing awareness…
Jordan drought may claim thousands of olive trees
The olive is the poster child for drought toughness — yet droughts still kill them by the thousand. The paradox…