Editor's Review · Wellness Ritual

I Tried Korea's Favorite "Olive Oil Shot" Every Morning for a Month — Here's My Honest Take

A closer look at BB LAB's Organic Olive & Lemon Dual Shot, the stick-pack ritual that's quietly become an Amazon's Choice pick.

★ 4.8 / 5  ·  Amazon's Choice

If you've spent any time on Korean wellness TikTok, you've probably seen it: someone twisting open a small foil stick, tipping their head back, and drinking straight olive oil like it's an espresso shot. The trend looked a little extreme to me at first — until I actually tried BB LAB's version, which pairs the oil with lemon juice so it reads less like a dare and more like a tiny, tart ritual.

What's Actually in the Stick

Each 16g packet is a 50:50 blend of cold-pressed extra virgin Picual olive oil from Spain and NFC (not-from-concentrate) lemon juice. No added sugar, no fillers, no refrigeration needed — just two ingredients sealed into a packet small enough to toss in a bag. That simplicity is really the whole point: it's the Mediterranean-diet staple everyone talks about, minus the measuring spoon and the mess.

"It tastes brighter than I expected — the lemon cuts right through the oil, so it never feels heavy. I keep a box at my desk and one in my gym bag."

How I Actually Used It

Mornings, I drank it straight, right after water and before coffee — a 10-second habit that was easy to stick with precisely because it required zero prep. On days I wanted to dress it up, I poured one stick over a salad instead of bottled dressing, which worked surprisingly well since the lemon already does half the seasoning job for you.

Why It's Become an Amazon's Choice Pick

What won me over wasn't a dramatic before-and-after — it's that a month in, I was still actually doing it. A lot of "healthy habits" quietly die because they're inconvenient; this one survived because it takes ten seconds and tastes like something I'd choose on its own.