A ligo of olive oil
Daily, I drink about 60ml of Extra Virgin Olive Oil. When pouring I tend to pour either in competition-grade evoo glasses (depicted in the video below) or a wine glass. And I always try and pour about 10ml. (This appears to be about the perfect amount for one sitting) Because this is premium or world-class olive oil being poured for sipping, it has never felt quite right to call this amount “about a tablespoon” or something like that. So, instead, last year, I began calling this portion of olive oil a Ligo. In Greek, Ligo / Λίγο means “Little” or “A little”. So the idea is to pour a ligo of olive oil when preparing to sip. In the video below you can see me pouring ligos of Extra Virgin Olive Oil at a past EVOO Meet-up in Alicante, Spain.
Andrew Schiestel is a Canadian-born publisher & writer who explores and documents the Mediterranean Basin.
Andrew Schiestel is a Canadian-born publisher & writer who explores and documents the Mediterranean Basin.