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    Harvesting Olives 7 - Bottling the olive oil
    Katja
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Harvesting Olives 7 - Bottling the olive oil

    After about three hours the oil eventually makes its way to large tanks where gravity helps filter the sediment. The oil is then poured...
    2,467 views
    Harvesting Olives 6 - Oil quality and centrifugation
    Katja
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Harvesting Olives 6 - Oil quality and centrifugation

    We've popped into the office to check the paperwork and then we're off for a coffee while the olives get churned. . People often ask...
    1,615 views
    Harvesting Olives 5 - Grinding the olives
    Katja
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Harvesting Olives 5 - Grinding the olives

    The first step in making the oil is to crush the fruit. This is what used to be called 'pressed'. Once the fruits have been crushed, the...
    1,827 views
    Harvesting Olives 4 - Off to the mill
    Katja
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Harvesting Olives 4 - Off to the mill

    As we harvest the olives, we place them in crates which we load up onto our Ford truck. Once we have a full load, we take the olives to...
    3,190 views
    Harvesting Olives 3 - The tools we use
    Katja
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Harvesting Olives 3 - The tools we use

    Unlike the magnificently large olive farms around Jaen, Seville and Cordoba which use a fleet of tractors with pincers to shake entire...
    3,171 views
    Harvesting Olives 2 - The Nets
    Katja
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Harvesting Olives 2 - The Nets

    First off, we place nets on the ground to catch the fruit as it falls. It's difficult to see from the photos, but there's actually a net...
    879 views
    Olive Oil Harvest - Part 1
    Katja
    • Jan 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Olive Oil Harvest - Part 1

    Let's start with a bit of background info. The olive tree (Olea europaea) is an evergreen tree that belongs to the genus Olea. The oldest...
    1,110 views
    Processing this year's olive crop
    Katja
    • Nov 17, 2017
    • 2 min

    Processing this year's olive crop

    Gone are the days when olive oil was made by a donkey pulling stones around and around to grind the olives. Today, olive oil sold...
    880 views
    The olive harvest has begun!
    Katja
    • Nov 11, 2017
    • 1 min

    The olive harvest has begun!

    Over the next few days we will pick all the green and black olives off the trees by hitting and shaking the branches until the fruit...
    665 views

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