Olive Oil is next in the row to wines as a gastronomical commodity; and a blog on olive oil tasting by Liz Caskey would be educating the taste buds to the supposed fruity, herbaceous and slight bitter taste of good olive oil. Liz cautions us here that good olive oil ironically does not taste or smell like olives. Contrary to wine aging effects olive oil becomes less effective as it ages. Therefore, it is better to finish olive oil in the same year it is pressed and bottled.
Well, olive oil tasting has a set culture. This engages having the olive oil in small cups, which makes it convenient for the oil taster to swing it left and right inorder to heat the oil. Then comes the art of sucking the oil real hard down the throat to feel the peppery and pricky note across the throat and while doing this your palate is covered with the bitter flavor-doesn’t taste less than a strong wine. But one should go for little snacks as in-betweens. Green apples or fresh bread would be refreshing while sipping in the oil.
