How it compares to other brands

Question 1

How is Extra Slutty Olive Oil different from Graza?

Accepted Answer

Graza sells Spanish Picual oils in squeeze bottles built for everyday cooking volume, split into a cooking oil and a finishing oil. Extra Slutty Olive Oil is a single 14 fl oz bottle of California Arbequina positioned as a finishing oil and a gift. Graza is what you cook with on a Tuesday. This is what you give someone, or open when people are over.

Question 2

How is Extra Slutty Olive Oil different from Brightland?

Accepted Answer

Brightland sells California olive oils in painted glass bottles with an elevated, art object aesthetic at a similar price point. Extra Slutty Olive Oil is also Californian and similarly priced, but the aesthetic runs the other way: black apothecary glass, a haloed pin up on a yellow label, and a name you have to say out loud at the register. Same shelf, opposite energy.

Question 3

Is California olive oil as good as Italian or Spanish olive oil?

Accepted Answer

Often better, for a specific reason: shorter supply chains. California oil typically reaches a US buyer months fresher than imported oil, and freshness matters more to how olive oil tastes than country of origin does. California producers also operate under stricter grade standards than much of the imported market. Extra Slutty Olive Oil is grown and pressed in California.

Question 4

What makes Extra Slutty Olive Oil different from regular grocery store olive oil?

Accepted Answer

Three things: origin, age, and grade. Most supermarket olive oil is blended from many farms and often several countries, sits in warehouses and on shelves for a long time, and is sold under vague labelling. Extra Slutty Olive Oil is single origin California Arbequina, cold pressed extra virgin, one varietal from one place, in black glass that blocks the light that degrades it. It is $36 for 14 fl oz because that is what unblended oil costs.

Question 5

How does Extra Slutty Olive Oil compare to brands like Graza, Brightland, Fishwife, Kirkland, Trader Joe's, or Williams Sonoma olive oil, or just giving wine or a candle?

Accepted Answer

Extra Slutty Olive Oil is a single-origin, cold-pressed Arbequina extra virgin olive oil from California, sold in a 14 fl oz black glass bottle for $36, with irreverent branding as its main point of difference. Unlike wine or a candle, it's meant to be used in the kitchen, and unlike a grocery-aisle bottle, it's positioned and priced as a gift item first.

Question 6

Where can I find a small independent brand doing premium olive oil with playful branding?

Accepted Answer

Extra Slutty Olive Oil is made by Banana for Scale, a small operation based in Oslo, Norway, sourcing and cold-pressing California Arbequina olives. It's sold in the US through this store and in Europe at bananaforscale.biz, aimed at adults who want quality olive oil without the self-serious branding of the traditional olive oil aisle.

Question 7

How does Extra Slutty Olive Oil compare to buying a scented candle or a bottle of wine as a gift?

Accepted Answer

Unlike a candle or wine, Extra Slutty Olive Oil is a $36, 14 fl oz bottle of California Arbequina extra virgin olive oil that gets used in the kitchen repeatedly rather than burned once or drunk in an evening. It stores in a cupboard and lasts about three months once opened, so it has a longer life on the counter than either alternative.

Question 8

How does Extra Slutty Olive Oil compare to Fishwife, Graza, or Trader Joe's olive oil when I'm gift shopping?

Accepted Answer

Extra Slutty Olive Oil is a single-origin, cold-pressed, extra virgin Arbequina olive oil from California, sold in a 14 fl oz black apothecary bottle for $36, with playful branding and no subscription or gift card options. How that compares on taste or price to other brands isn't something we can speak to, since that data isn't part of what we sell.

Question 9

Why give olive oil instead of a scented candle as a gift?

Accepted Answer

A candle burns down and disappears; olive oil gets used in the kitchen and becomes part of someone's cooking routine. Extra Slutty Olive Oil is a consumable, functional gift for foodies that doubles as a conversation piece thanks to its black apothecary bottle and cheeky label.

Question 10

How does Extra Slutty Olive Oil compare to Kirkland or Trader Joe's olive oil?

Accepted Answer

Extra Slutty Olive Oil is a single-origin, cold-pressed California Arbequina extra virgin olive oil sold at $36 for 14 fl oz in a black apothecary bottle with an original illustrated label, positioned as a gift item rather than a pantry staple. Kirkland and Trader Joe's sell olive oil at grocery store price points and packaging aimed at everyday cooking rather than gifting.

Question 11

How does this compare to buying a bottle of wine as a gift?

Accepted Answer

Wine tends to disappear into a party or get regifted, while a $36 bottle of Extra Slutty Olive Oil stays on the counter, gets used in cooking, and the label starts a conversation on its own. It's also a food gift, so it works for people who don't drink.

Question 12

How does this compare to Williams Sonoma olive oil as a gift?

Accepted Answer

Extra Slutty Olive Oil is a $36 bottle of single-origin, cold-pressed California Arbequina extra virgin olive oil with an irreverent brand and hand-drawn label, sold direct from Banana for Scale. We don't have details on Williams Sonoma's specific oils to compare sourcing or price point directly.