We decided as we saw the wind and rain associated with storm Victoria forecast to pick our olives on Monday before they got blown off, as can be seen this years crop is large with the bough of the tree almost hitting the floor
The tree felt like it had an instant diet! as the olives were removed
Then in the midst of Victoria pouring rain on us off we went to a very busy mill at Mousatta and the process started by the olives having the light debris (leaves) removed via a fan
into the holding area below
the olives were washed to remove heavier contaminants
Before heading to the press to be crushed and then melaxed
then off to the centrifuge to split the oil, water and paste
and finally we had beautiful green oil arriving in our storage barrel
Then home for bread and the greenest olive oil we have seen since the last time
