How olive oil is made

Producing olive oil is a fairly long and difficult process but if you follow these steps you should produce an excellent quality.

First, the olives are harvested by hand or with sticks and rakes in amid of September and December. Second they are collected on nets beneath the trees. Next, leaves and small stones are removed and the olives are run through a washer to remove any impurities before crushing. After that, within 24-36 hours of picking, the olives are crushed by granite millstones. Then, the olive paste obtained is layered on mats which are put under pressure from a screw or hydraulic press. After that, the liquid produced is collected and put through a centrifugal separator to separate the water and impurities from the oil. Finally, after centrifugation, the oil is obtained.

As you see making olive oil is really long and difficult procedure, but if follow the above steps very carefully you will produce perfect high-quality olive oil.


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