Iliada Kalamata PDO Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 3Lt | Multi-Awarded | Single Region 100% Greek | Monovarietal Koroneiki | Cold Press | Polyphenol Rich | Chef's Favorite

Delicious! When Trader Joe's stopped carrying my favorite Kalamata olive oil I searched for a replacement. This product is ideal, and I love that it comes in a metal can to protect it from sun/heat. I bought glass bottles for myself and my friends to transfer into for every day use. My only caution is if you follow my example and offer this to your friends, expect them to show up from time to time requesting a refill.

I used this for both cooking and for finishing. I thought it was just fine & noticed that it’s highly awarded &has plenty of praise from chefs. I prefer a fruitier/grassier/greener flavor. Again , it’s smooth & fine, but I like a little more umph. Likewise, smell didn’t knock me out and I guess I had hoped for something a bit more green in terms of color . I will be trying other brands to see if I can get more intensely flavored oil. It kept fine in tin can until the end. No problems with delivery-no dented can. Again, it’s was a perfectly nice oil & I would use it again.

I have been buying this oil for years. It is the best available on the US market in terms of quality, European certification, flavor, natural benefits, and safety. Highly recommended!

Best EVOO in my book. Color, taste, smell, and texture all fantastic. Above and beyond my expectations.

I have relied on this Greek import for many years. It is has a fresh and mildly pungent flavor and fresh, clean aroma that distinguishes it to olive oils produced in the U.S.

I have been on an olive oil project the last two years. The benefits as most know are many. There are many good YouTube Videos on Olive Oil education. I have tried several Greek Olive Oils from Amazon. All have been very good. I visited Greece & Croatia last Winter visiting several growers and receiving a first hand tutorial on the Olive Oil Industry. One of the Olive Oil producers near Mt. Olympus, I was pleasantly surprised to find terrific Olive Oil that met all the parameters that most have been in search of. The name of this producer Koufolias located Makrisia Olympia, 27055 produces some of the best Olive Oil I have consumed. I usually purchase in the 101 oz metal container. Koufolias offers world wide shipping but does not have an affordable shipping option to the United States. I recently purchased from Amazon Iliada Kalamata PDO Extra Virgin Olive Oil. IIiada received excellent reviews on Amazon and I wanted to try this source. For one thing the best Olive Oils when consumed should have a wonderous combination of flavor emanating from the tree with the peppery kick on the back of your throat. Iliada did not provide that sensation. The peppery kick was there but was very weak. I also did not experience the flavor emanating from the tree with the freshness of morning dew in a garden. The rich Olive Oil aroma was also lacking. I fully realize each seasons production can vary and be influenced by heat, drought, and other factors. I try to source all my Olive Oil from Greece and only purchase the premium varieties for obvious reasons. One other issue I noted that there were several reviews where the Metal container was severely dented. My shipment was also dented but not to the extent of others who submitted reviews.

My husband is Greek, raised in the hills near Sparta with family olive groves, so we are particular about olive oil. This is the first time we have used this brand of olive oil, and we are not disappointed. It meets all our standards for top quality olive oil.

Nice olive oil for toasted baguettes with roasted garlic etc. way better than the blended stuff from the grocery store. Tastes better.

Great oil already finished it. A little pricy though

I would not call this ''the best olive oil'' as many people keep touting it seems like nearly every olive oil I stumble on there's always someone screaming ''this is the best'' well its not but for the price its a great oil for sure especially for cooking I noticed it doesn't burn like the other olive oils I've used, as I'm trying to move away from using EV-coconut oil for cooking and trying to use olive oil, this has been good so far, the majority of olive oils from your local supermarket are terrible and I think the average consumer is used to having bad olive oil, this olive oil is great for the price for cooking or maybe other uses, but I would use this for cooking and use Carapelli Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil for dressing the food, that I noticed is the best oil ive tried from a supermarket, and if you want more special olive oil than try Laudemio Frescobaldi or Gonnelli, these last two are what real fresh olive oil should really taste like, and I would advise only for dressing food etc as its expensive

Having watched the odd TV documentary about food, and in particular olive oil, it would seem that the veracity of olive oil can often be questionable. There have even been books written about the murky world of olive oil production ( Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil for example). Even expensive olive oil bought in supermarkets can often apparently be of dubious purity. This Iliada olive oil from the Kalamata region of Greece has PDO status so you would certainly hope that it is genuine. Kalamata olive oil certainly has a good reputation, and the taste of this particular oil is certainly different from most others that I have sampled in the past. I would call the taste sweet and almost nutty. This is very good news for me as when it comes to eating olives and consuming olive oil, the one thing that puts me off is when the olives or their oil taste bitter. You certainly could not accuse this Iliada olive oil of tasting bitter. I am not the world's leading expert on olive oil, but I have travelled to Greece and Italy many times and have eaten in many restaurants there and consumed a lot of olive oil. I would like to think I could tell most of the time if olive oil is of poor quality or adulterated and I certainly don't believe this olive oil is. The best before date was around 16 months after the date of delivery.

One of the nicest bulk-buy extra virgin olive oils at a very reasonable price. I use to subscribe with an olive oil company for a monthly delivery of unique olive oils from around the world - the price of this subscription was exorbitant! But the oils were so good that I bit the bullet and excepted that this company had changed my perception of olive oil - anything else now, simply would not compare. I was browsing through the olives oils at Selfridges on a trip to London and must have spent a considerable amount of time pondering over a purchase, when a young attendee approached me, eager to share her opinion. It turned out her family owned an olive grove in Greece, she explained - without my prompting - when she runs short on her family's supply she buys nothing except Iliada - apparently the taste was far superior than some well known brands; fresh, fruity, deep, grassy, rich in flavour with a lovely green hue. The cost she explains, was easier to digest too. Im talking ten plus years ago here when Iliada were quite new to the UK, the cost has come down a lot more since then. I just had to give it a go. She wasn't wrong. I consequently cancelled my subscription with the online olive company and haven't looked back since. Now that I can buy it on Amazon at a fraction of the price and in bulk, it makes my purchase so much simpler. Especially with the extra discount with Subscribe & Save.

The flavour is exceptional - rich, green, grassy with a slightly bitter peppery finish. I pretty much drizzle it on everything apart from my cornflakes. The 3l tin was £25 earlier this year but has shot up to about £40!? I still have a litre left so will keep an eye on it to see if the price drops.