Finally, after two bad years, we have had a half-good harvest. The late rains in September and October have meant that the size of the olives has been good, but at the same time, the fat yield is lower than usual. This fact has also made oil extraction much more complicated. By making a first extraction at a temperature of 25 degrees and with only 15 minutes of beating, we have had to work at an average of 2 thousand kg / hour when our capacity is 4 thousand kg / hour.

Organic EVOO production has been good thanks to the rains that fell during the last few months before harvesting.

We have been encouraging our suppliers to harvest early for 7 years now; this means that practically all the olives we receive are healthy and undamaged by the low temperatures. When the low temperatures arrive by the end of the year, we are already finishing the harvest.

 

Improvements in oil extraction

This harvest, for the first cold extraction, we have incorporated a new mill and malaxing machines:

- Hammer mill with the possibility of cooling in case the mass temperature rises more than desired.
- Two 800 kg airtight mixers and automatic control of dough temperature and malaxing time.

The consequence of these two changes of machinery, have made that the % of peroxides of our oils is even lower. The result of the analyses that we have done, gives us a result of 3.2% when the maximum for an EVOO is 8%. This means that our oils have a superior margin until they become rancid over time.

We will continue improving always to offer our clients the best quality.