Creating The Perfect Oil
Any product which is created by Olea Estate is one which is the production of a single estate. To put it plain and simple, the oil is produced on-site from the olives which are grown at Olea Estate in the clean, green environment which New Zealand is proudly known for.If you have a picked olive in your hand, there's no time to lose. The olives must be pressed as soon as possible so its peroxide content doesn’t climb too high, affecting its flavour. All our olives are pressed within 24 hours of being picked at the estate itself in The Olive Mill, Olea’s press room.
Once the olives are brought to The Olive Mill, they are weighed and sent through the de-leafer, which removes leaves and twigs, and then the washer, which removes dirt and any heavy particles, leaving the washed olives behind.
The olives are then put through a crusher which turns them into paste. The resulting olive paste containing oil, water and the fruit pulp is run through the malaxation process, which means that it is slowly mixed so oil droplets in the mixture begin to adhere to one another.
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