Sunday 27 December 2009

How olive oil is made

If you want to make olive oil and get good results and high quality oil, you should try following these steps.in the beginning, the olives are harvested and picked by hand or a stick.

Then the olives are collected in nets and baskets. After that, the leaves and stones are removed from the olives and goes I a washer to be cleaned and ready to be smashed and crushed. Within two to three days the olives are crushed by granite millstones. Then they are obtained and layered o a mat and pressure is added to it by screw or hydraulic. The liquid which comes from it is the being put in a centrifugal separator to separate the water and impurities from the oil.

Finally, after centrifugation, the oil is obtained.
Good quality of olive oil is known by its smell and color. The less acids it contains the better quality it has.

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