About Oliviada | Kalamata Olive Oil | Greece
ABOUT OLIVIADA
– A Healthy Outside Starts From Inside –
OUR STORY
Oliviada is a Greek family Kalamata olive oil business, rooted in three generations of know-how and care.
Our olive groves lie in Kalamata, on the beautiful Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, a region certified as PDO (Protected Designation of Origin).
Each year, from December to January, our family hand-harvests small green Koroneiki olives to produce nutrient-rich, pure, unfiltered Kalamata Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Driven by a passion to share this heritage, we’re committed to educating people about the finest, most nutritious products grown along the Mediterranean coast.
Built on quality, reliability, and respect for our customers, the Oliviada Olive Tree Adoption program supports the production and delivery of premium Kalamata Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Oliviada’s Olive Tree Adoption program is for people who value authenticity, high-quality products, and wellness.
OLIVIADA SYMBOLISM
Oliviada name has an association with Olimpiada which means Olympics in Greek.
Oliviada symbol is the olive wreath also known as kotinos (Greek: κότινος), was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games.
As well, Oliviada name is made of Olive + λáδι [la:thi] which means olive oil in Greek.
How Oliviada Olive Oil is Made?
- Oliviada OLIVES GROW on a hill in Kalamata, Greece. These olives are monovarietal Koroneiki olives considered superior olives perfect for quality olive oil.
- Olives are HARVESTED by a local Greek family while picking them by hand and by using vibrating rakes
- Collected olives in sacks are TRANSPORTED to the oil mill within 8 hours
- Olives are CLEANED & WASHED at the mill: all foreign matter such as leaves or debris is removed
- The clean olives then pass into a GRINDER where olives are CRUSHED & MILLED into a paste
- MALAXING & MIXING the paste for up to 45 minutes allows small oil droplets to combine into bigger ones
- With a help of CENTRIFUGES,the oil is SEPARATED from the rest of the olive components
- Then unfiltered & unrefined Oliviada olive oil is STORED in temperature-controlled steel tanks under safe and controlled conditions
- Oliviada olive oil is ANALYZED in a specific food laboratory in order to determine the quality (if it is premium extra virgin olive oil), acidity level, and oil properties
- Oliviada olive oil is BOTTLED and LABELLED with appropriate indications
- Olive oil bottles are kept away from light and warm temperatures until they are DISTRIBUTED to retailers and SOLD to customers
Using only Koroneiki olives and cold pressure technology, Oliviada olive oil is the most natural and best premium quality product from Kalamata, Greece. The olive oil chemical characteristics are proven by the authorized local labs.
How Oliviada Olive Oil Taste?
Oliviada olive oil is a beautiful intense limpid golden yellow color with delicate green hues. Its aroma is ample and rotund, rich in fruity hints of medium ripe tomato, white apple and banana, together with aromatic notes of basil, mint and parsley.
Its taste is complex and vegetal, with a flavor of lettuce, celery and chicory. Bitterness is distinct and pungency is present and harmonic.
