Katz Farm Frantoio Grove Meyer Lemon Olive Oil

325 ml tin - Suisun Valley, California

100% Taggiasca olives and Meyer lemons milled together. 

Sometimes all you need is a little pasta and a good olive oil.

This Lemon olive oil is one of those oils.

There's nothing friendly about this oil. It smells good, you can smell the Meyer lemon right away and then with one sip, it punches you in the face.

It is a full, freshly pressed olive oil, surrounded by the sweet Meyer lemon. It has the crisp, vibrant edge of a great olive oil and, if you take a big enough swig, it will race to the back of your throat and you will have nice a cough.

Will you love this oil at first bite? I don't know. I do know you will feel compelled to taste again to find out. What did you miss? Or, is your memory correct?

The second and third sips are different. Is it because your mouth has acclimated to the punch? Or, was it a one off thing? I do not know.

No matter how you face it, this olive oil has personality.

You will have to decide if you like them (not it) or not.

To the nose, there is this wonderful sweet smell of Meyer lemons and a touch of Olive.

To the tip of the tongue, it is this well defined olive that is rounded out with citrus.

The finish is a tickle once your throat gets used to it. It's nice and the bitterness is gone as you acclimate. The finish is a wash with hints of bitter on the edges of the tongue describing a freshly pressed olive oil and concludes with a vapor aroma of a combination of olives and lemon.

Interestingly, even though the lemon feels predominant, it truly is an olive oil that is paired with lemon. Unlike the Cassini Rossa, one of our favorites, which really ultimately is more like a lemon olive oil.

This is an olive oil with lemon.

The olive oil is a main ingredient, celebrate it, relish it, use it as an olive oil. Use it with abandon, but be sure to use it as a main character.

Extremely limited supply and don’t let the diminutive look of the can fool your brain. This is 325ml. The equivalent of the smaller glass bottle of Olive Oil, just without the mass of glass.

It has been many years since we last saw this oil from Katz Farm. Is it the same, in many ways yes, is it different, yes for sure. And that is a good thing. It tells you that there are people making this!