Extra virgin? More like extra bland.
There's nothing special about this extra virgin olive oil at all, and it's rather expensive compared to better olive oil you could get in a grocery store. The bottle design is awful - the plastic packaging is unremarkable, and pouring oil directly out of the bottle ALWAYS causes dripping onto the top of the bottle. And the oil itself is so flavorless that it could essentially be a neutral oil, not extra virgin olive oil. Considering the price, there's absolutely no reason to buy this oil since you can get better (and cheaper) at a regular store.<br /><br />To characterize flavor, I compared it to another common brand of olive oil as a reference (photo shows GreenIVe on the left, other oil on the right). The GreenIVe olive oil is a shade lighter in color and considerably thinner/less viscous. Flavor-wise, the GreenIVe oil has no particular distinguishing flavors rather than notes of plastic and maybe a hint of olive. No aftertaste - it essentially goes away with no lingering flavor. It really does taste like almost nothing. Comparatively, the oil I compared it to was robust, flavorful, and had a spicy aftertaste. There's basically no reason to use the GreenIVe olive oil to make something taste good, i.e. making a salad dressing or finishing a dish. Its best use is coating a pan for light sauteeing, where it's essentially a thin neutral oil.
Rating: 2 stars