The Picholine is best known as a cocktail olive. Connoisseurs of olives often describe the flavour of the Green Picholine olive as being somewhat reminiscent of pistachios. Most widely noted for its typical usage, the Green Picholine is medium-green with a shiny skin and firm flesh. It is a fine, general purpose olive for eating, cooking or in larger scale quantities for the extraction of olive oil. Keep refrigerated after opening.