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Origin, character, how it is cured, what to cook with it — and what the sellers would rather you didn’t know. Built slowly, by someone who spent twenty years in the trade and has nothing left to sell.

Exposé

Extra virgin that isn’t

How to spot fake olive oil in 30 seconds.

Cerignola

Puglia, Italy · giant green table olive

Kalamata

Greece · the famous purple table olive

Castelvetrano

Sicily · buttery, bright green

Picholine

France · crisp apéritif olive

Arbequina

Spain · the everyday oil olive