Croatian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
From Istria
—Intense & Grassy—
Loved by Gordon Ramsay, this high-quality and sustainable variety made the top 10 globally for small-batch oils.
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About this product
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Meet the producers
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Taste & pair
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Health & nutrition
Customer Reviews
The Customer Service it was amazing and the croatia oil delicious very tasty 😋.
Really apparent lovely flavour
A lovely oil to drink with a peppery note at the back of the throat. I have stopped taking pain killers for my chronic back pain since starting extra virgin olive oil. Having tried various oils I will be continuing with this brand.
I am a HUGE fan of Citizens of Soil. The olive oil in the olive oil club is amazing and has literally changed the taste of all the food I eat, I can’t get enough of it. The Tuscan Extra Rare olive oil however is a little bitter for me and not quite as sweet as the other oils which is a shame. Otherwise I can’t recommend this company enough!!
While bitter is considered a very positive attribute in olive oil (and we hear from some people in the community they'd like more bitter oils from us as that attribute represents more of the antioxidant quality, along with pepperiness)—we get it is not a flavour that everyone enjoys.
In case there's an oil that has got too strong of a flavour, cooking with it does the trick. The strong, green flavours soften while heated. This Tuscna oil pairs well with bold flavours, try it on tuna steak or chargrilled vegetables.
I have stared into the abyss… and the abyss tasted faintly of peppered grass and sunlit stone fruit. Citizens of Soil’s Croatian Extra Virgin Olive Oil is not merely an oil — it is a portal. A shimmering conduit to something older, purer… braver. I drizzled it, with trembling hand, over vanilla ice cream — a pairing so sublime it almost tore a hole in space-time.
This is no supermarket slick. This is alchemy. Rich, potent, unholy in its depth. The kind of oil that speaks in tongues and dreams of the Adriatic. You don’t use this olive oil. You summon it.
If you’re not ready for enlightenment via emulsion, look away now.
But if you are… pour. Pour and believe.
Taste profile
Fruity
Peppery
Bitter
FAQs
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Is this oil organic?
Our producers all farm organically to the EU standard without any synthetics or chemical "cides". However, as we only work with small farms, some have not yet been certified—which is why we cannot legally label them as “organic”, unless they have the certification.
Many of them, however, are well on their way in the conversion and audit process (it takes a few years), so we hope to share more soon.This year, our core Greek and Spanish EVOO and our Italian Extra Rare are all certified organic, as well as Soil Association certified.
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Is this cold-pressed?
In short, yes. No heat or chemicals are used to extract our extra virgin olive oils. And we have third-party lab reports open for each oil to showcase that.
However, the term “cold-pressed” is really just a marketing buzzword (particularly when used by other non-olive oils).By legal definition in the EU, extra virgin olive oil must be extracted without any heat or chemicals and only comes from the “first pressing” (more like crushing) of the olives—which is exactly how we make our EVOOs.