Carapelli Olive Oil: Taste Testing Isn't Just for Wine

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Carapelli Olive Oil. All opinions are 100% mine.

Think all olive oil is the same?  If your  answer is, yes, that's what I thought, too.  That is until I was offered the opportunity to do my own taste-test of three distinct olive oils made by Carapelli.  You may recognize the Carapelli name.  They were the first olive oil producer to promote bottle extra virgin olive oil in Italy and it's ranked #1 there.

Carapelli Olive Oil is the real deal. Their headquarters is located just outside Florence and their olive oil is made solely from the first cold pressing of olives from the finest Mediterranean olive growers.

I started using olive oil years ago when I read about all the health benefits of olive oil vs other types of oil. Of course, the fact it adds so much flavor to foods doesn't hurt either. I use olive oil in salad dressings, for dipping and for adding flavor to the foods I cook out on the grill. I especially love it on grilled asparagus. Yum!

Ironically, though I've tried various brands of olive oil over the years, the last olive oil I purchased a couple of months ago and is currently in my cupboard, is the Carapelli brand. That's the bottle I already had there on the right.

The other three bottles are the ones I received  for the taste-test.  They came in this neat box.

When I opened the box, here's how it looked inside.  The little bowls on the lower right are for dipping.  I wouldn't need them for the taste-testing, but the small blue glass was to play an important role.

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