We were first attracted to this oil because of its packaging. So when we tried this product we started out with great expectations. Take a blood orange, an organic California grown one at that, stone-crush it along with handpicked California olives and you've got blood orange olive oil.
Blood oranges on their own are pretty interesting.
They're tart-sweet, and range in color from orange tinged with red to a deep crimson color. The darker-colored examples even seem to have a faint hint of raspberry. Because this oil is not an infusion, and because the whole fruit is crushed along with the olives, it lends its sweet, tart flavor to the oil without overpowering it. Finally we put it to the test. We poured the oil into a shallow white bowl to see its color.