Acid gives a strong punchy taste and isn’t easy to swallow compared to a smoother texture of an olive oil grown in a lower acid soil such as on the Doukas plantation.Īs time passed Tom Doukas imported his high quality buttery textured olive oils into Connecticut where Ariston had their central distribution center. Tom said the lighter the color of green, closer to a yellowish green is the indicator that, the olive oil has a higher concentration of acid. He said first look for the color of the oil in the bottle, don’t be fooled by companies selling their olive oils in green tinted bottles giving their oil a rich olive color like it should look. Tom indicated a few thing which everyone should know when purchasing olive oil. ![]() I learned speaking with Tom Doukas son and current business owner, that it was the low acidity factor in their family’s soil which always lead to the Doukas family producing the regions finest olive oils. As the story goes the Doukas family harvested their olives and this was their family’s main source of income. ![]() Ariston Specialties is tucked away in the Kalamata region of Greece lies an 8,800 acre olive plantation and olive oil processing facility owned and operated by the Doukas family for the past 200 years.
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