1st Time Tasting Olive Oil with Elk

About this episode

The episode explores the intricacies of tasting olive oil with insights from Yossi Polak, CEO of Meshik Achiya.

Send a Text Message to The Kosher Terroir We sat down with our friend Elk and Yossi Polak, CEO of Meshik Achiya, to explore how Shiloh’s ancient limestone hills shape extra virgin olive oil just as clearly as terroir shapes wine. With a tasting flight on the table, we learned the craft from the inside out—why you warm a blue cup in your palm, how stripaggio unlocks aroma, and what that peppery cough really means about polyphenols, freshness, and quality. Yossi walked us through five distinct...

People in this episode

Host: Solomon Simon Jacob

Guests: Elk, Yossi Polak

Topics covered

• olive oil
• tasting
• terroir
• food
• craftsmanship

Keywords

• olive oil
• extra virgin
• tasting flight
• polyphenols
• freshness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meshik Achiya

Places: Shiloh, ancient limestone hills

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