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Originally Posted by findingneema
As a note to my above post: not saying ElD is using cheap oil or anything like that. Just advising those who don't know, with EVOO, you definitely get what you pay for.
When you talk about olive oil, the acidity is not the only factor that determines how good it is and how well it tastes. Some other factors include the type of olives, the extraction method, the location where the olives grow, the time and way the olives were picked, the use of chemicals or not.
Personally I would prefer a 1% acidity olive oil (virgin olive oil) that has been cold extracted over most EVOOs
In my family we produce our own olive oil (we don't sell, we produce just enough for our family and friends). We usually make EVOO or olive oil with just slightly higher acidity. The best olive oil (at least for me) that we have ever produced was not EVOO but was extracted in a monastery using traditional cold extraction method.