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Author	the_phet
Comment	Those who really want good olive oil, I highly suggest you buy Spanish one. Remember, the Roman empire used olive oil from Spain, not from Italy! What I suggest you do is that you google for "cooperativa aceite oliva". "aceite oliva" is olive oil in Spanish. "cooperative" is just a coop. Most farmers in Spain work in coops. You will find plenty of Spanish olive oils selling high quality oil. This is the real shit direct from the farmers, not processed by Lidl or Tesco re-sellers or whatever. Searching for those keywords, for example my first result is: https://www.jaencoop.com/en/acceso-tienda/ (Jaen is a great area for olive oil, like Speyside for whisky). You will find different products at different qualities. You will find for example https://www.jaencoop.com/en/tienda/cazorliva-familiar-garrafa-pet-5l/ This is 15L of really good olive oil from a coop for 68 euros (around 60 pounds). So around 4 pounds per liter, which is really good for this very high quality product. There are very similar coops, for example https://www.arbequina.coop/en/buy/aceite/tradicional/extra-virgin-olive-oil-natural-arbequina-bottle-5l/ In these websites you can also buy smaller quantities, or more unique/higher end products. But these 5L bottles destroy anything you can buy in a supermarket here. It is like comparing a 12 yo whisky from Scotland vs some cheap blend. Spending 60-100 pounds in olive oil might seem like a big investment, but it will last you a lot. In my house we use a 5L in a year. So if you were to buy 3x5L for 60, that would last around 3 years. Not that bad.
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Created	Fri 7th Oct 2022 9:47am
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Those who really want good olive oil, I highly suggest you buy Spanish one. Remember, the Roman empire used olive oil from Spain, not from Italy!

What I suggest you do is that you google for "cooperativa aceite oliva". "aceite oliva" is olive oil in Spanish. "cooperative" is just a coop. Most farmers in Spain work in coops. You will find plenty of Spanish olive oils selling high quality oil. This is the real shit direct from the farmers, not processed by Lidl or Tesco re-sellers or whatever.

Searching for those keywords, for example my first result is: https://www.jaencoop.com/en/acceso-tienda/ (Jaen is a great area for olive oil, like Speyside for whisky). You will find different products at different qualities.

You will find for example https://www.jaencoop.com/en/tienda/cazorliva-familiar-garrafa-pet-5l/ This is 15L of really good olive oil from a coop for 68 euros (around 60 pounds). So around 4 pounds per liter, which is really good for this very high quality product.

There are very similar coops, for example https://www.arbequina.coop/en/buy/aceite/tradicional/extra-virgin-olive-oil-natural-arbequina-bottle-5l/

In these websites you can also buy smaller quantities, or more unique/higher end products. But these 5L bottles destroy anything you can buy in a supermarket here. It is like comparing a 12 yo whisky from Scotland vs some cheap blend.

Spending 60-100 pounds in olive oil might seem like a big investment, but it will last you a lot. In my house we use a 5L in a year. So if you were to buy 3x5L for 60, that would last around 3 years. Not that bad.