Why You Should Avoid Amazon When Buying Olive Oil - Tasting Table

"According to our taste tester who took on this olive oil ranking for Tasting Table, the second you open the bottle, the shortcomings of this Amazon olive oil begin to show. For starters, it is a pale-yellow color, which some believe to be indicative of a lower quality oil or a later pressing. Beyond the uninspiring hue, the oil also has little aroma, another black mark. But it isn't until the taste test that things really go downhill."

"The light bitterness that one expects of a decent olive oil - preferably with floral or peppery notes in the background - just isn't there. All that you'll find in its place is an acrid blandness that seems to linger on the tongue longer than it should. Our taste tester wrote that the mouthfeel was every bit as bad as the flavor, reminiscent of a much lower quality olive than what the packaging claimed it to be."

"If you already have a bottle of the Amazon Grocery Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil waiting in your mailbox, we aren't going to tell you to toss it - and we won't tell you that you shouldn't use it either. While it is certainly not the high-quality oil that you might have hoped for upon adding it to your online cart, it isn't totally useless. In fact, plenty of folks on Amazon seem to be quite happy with it."

Amazon Grocery Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil exhibits pale-yellow color and weak aroma, traits associated with lower quality or later pressing. Taste testing revealed absence of expected light bitterness and floral or peppery notes, replaced by acrid blandness that lingers. Mouthfeel was described as poor and reminiscent of much lower-quality olives than packaging suggests. The oil may be unsuitable for vinaigrettes but could serve nonculinary uses. Some customers rate the product highly, and average online ratings hover around 4.7 stars, indicating mixed consumer experiences despite sensory shortcomings reported by tasters.

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