Kalamata

Variety of Olive · Olea europaea

World-famous dark-purple Greek table olive – plump, meaty and PDO-protected.

Also known as: Kalamon, Calamata

🇬🇷 Greece 1800

Taste & characteristics

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Large, almond-shaped, dark-purple to black fruit with firm flesh.

Vigorous, moderate yield; not self-fertile, needs a pollinizer.

Used exclusively as a table olive; typically cured ripe in brine and vinegar.

PDO 'Elia Kalamatas'; also oil-suitable but economically more valuable as a table olive.

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