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Over the recent years we have made an effort to educate consumers on the olive oil industry fraud. It is what Tom Mueller has well documented in his book “Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil. The fraud not only hurts small family businesses like ours, but more importantly it deceives consumers and […]

Olea hits NYC: get “A Taste of New York” at Limani Restaurant! We met with Limani’s executive chef MJ Alam and tasted his creations, octopus salad and Greek salad. Chef Alam used the Olea olive oil for the octopus and the Olea Gold for the Greek salad. We found both dishes incredibly tasty and complemented very well with […]

We came to love our grandfather’s olive grove through the stories our father told us. They were stories of a time when the olive harvest was a joyful celebration, when lads and lasses flirted coyly and their furtive glances made the blessed fruit seem even sweeter. We came to know anxiety over what would become […]

We would like to inform you that the new harvest has reached the US and has passed customs and on its way to our warehouses. The 3 lt tins preorders will start shipping this coming Monday (07/14/14). Again we apologize for the delay, but as we explained in our previous post we didn’t want to […]

To our friends that have already preordered and the rest that enjoy Olea Estates products I want to give you some details about our olive oil. We store the first cold press olive oil in our own steel containers. The containers have a conical bottom used to collect the pulp, which is later used for […]

The word oregano has Greek roots as it comes from the Greek words oros (gr. mountain) and ganos (gr. joy). Oregano has been used for centuries in culinary recipes, but has several important medicinal properties According to Stephanie Tourles “Wild oregano is definitely NOT the same as the type found in grocery stores – it’s amazingly fresh […]

We would like to introduce to you the Olea Gold. To learn more about this certified organic, unfiltered, early harvest extra virgin olive oil click here.

“Saying that olive oil has more saturated fat than a seed oil, and is therefore healthier, is simplistic and simply not true. Olive oil is high in monounsaturated fats and low in the polyunsaturated fats associated with inflammation that Americans and other westernized nations are already getting too much of in processed foods.” read more about olive […]

The health benefits of olive oil are well documented. Here is an article that summarizes all its benefits.

“Evidence regarding olive oil and whole grains increase the beneficial effects of such dietary pattern against cancer”. A recent article on BMC surgery about mediterranean diet and cancer, suggests that olive oil, one of the main componets of the diet, could prevent cancer.

In a recent article about olive oil on Mother Earth News Magazine, America’s leading magazine about sustainable, self-reliant living, Olea Estates is featured as one of “straight-from-the-source operations to buy true extra-virgin olive oil”.Read more about on “Mother Earth News”

Watch an interview of Nicholas Chronis by our distributor, Karl Burgart! Find out a lot of useful information on how our olive oil is produced, how our products would not have been possible, if it were not for the USA and how Olea Estates differs from other olive oil companies.