Olive oil is healthy and tasty — great for brushing on a crusty baguette or using for a quick sauté — but as a food, it’s more akin to fresh-squeezed orange juice than to a pantry staple that sits for months on a kitchen shelf.

橄榄油既健康又美味-非常适合抹在硬壳面包上，或者在快炒时使用-但作为一种食物，它更像是新鲜挤压的橙汁，而不是放在厨房架子上储存几个月的食物。

Olives are a fruit, and extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) comes from crushing the fresh fruit and extracting the oil. The flavor should be fruity and often a bit bitter, with a pungency that imparts a spicy or peppery sensation, said Dan Flynn, the executive director of the UC Davis Olive Center.

橄榄是一种水果，优质初榨橄榄油(EVOO)来自鲜榨水果中提取的油份。加州大学戴维斯分校橄榄中心(UC Davis Olive Center)的执行主任丹·弗林(Dan Flynn)说，这种味道往往是水果味中带点苦，有辛辣或刺激的感觉。

To ensure you’re getting the best, freshest flavor, buy EVOO in the year of its harvest and in quantities that you can use in a month or two. Look for containers that minimize exposure to light and store the oil somewhere cool and dark.

为了确保你得到最好最新鲜的口感，在收获年购买一定量的EVOO，并在一两个月内食用。装入合适的容器，尽量减少将其暴露在阳光下，并储存在阴凉背光的地方。

“Those bitter and pungent compounds are related to antioxidants in the oil that are good for you,” Flynn said. When used in cooking, they also add depth and complexity to the dish: think of the bitter notes that give nuance to chocolate, for example.

弗林说：“这些苦辛味的化合物与油脂中对你有益的抗氧化剂有关。”烹饪时，它们也增加了菜肴味觉上的深度和复杂性：如同那些给巧克力带来细微差别的苦味。

Like wine, the flavor of olive oil is highly variable depending on the type of olives that are used to make it.

和葡萄酒一样，橄榄油的味道也因制作原料种类不同而不同。

“Part of the fun is learning all the flavors out there. People should try new stuff, seek out new flavors,” Flynn said.

“其中的乐趣之一是学习其包含的所有口味。人们应该尝试新的东西，寻找新的口味，”弗林说。

The UC Davis Olive Center conducts research at two different olive orchards and bottles its own high-quality EVOO from the 30 different varieties of olive trees that grow on campus.

加州大学戴维斯分校橄榄中心在两个不同的橄榄园里进行研究，所生产的瓶装高质量EVOO来自生长在校园里的30种不同品种的橄榄树。

Most commercial olive oil is made with a blend of different olives, but this fall, for the first time, the Olive Center will bottle six kinds of single-variety olive oils — a great way for people to taste the different flavor profiles.

大多数商业橄榄油都是用不同的橄榄混合制作而成，但今年秋天，橄榄中心将首次推出六种单一品种的瓶装橄榄油-这是人们品尝不同口味的最佳方式。

Beginning in November, consumers will be able buy it at UC Davis stores or online, with all proceeds going to support the Olive Center and its research.

从11月开始，消费者将可以在UC Davis商店或网上购买，所有收益都将用于支持橄榄中心及其研究。

“It will be our highest quality olive oil yet,” said Flynn.

弗林说：“这将是我们目前最优质的橄榄油。”