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The Harvesting and Milling of Olive Oil

Posted in Migas, Tesoros on Mar 3rd, 2010

This two part video is an excellent presentation prepared by my friend Han de Roos who provides La Tienda with Can Solivera Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Wild Olive Oil by Can Solivera and the exquisite Can Solivera Extra Virgin Olive Oil Soap.

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One of the Last Antique Olive Oil Mills

Posted in Reflections on Spain on Oct 14th, 2008

A young man is replicating the antique tradition of olive pressing, by using essentially the same processes that his ancestors had employed hundreds of years before. Olive oil production has always been central to the life of the people of Tarragona, but nowadays the noise of the whirring blades and spinning centrifuges of modern production have replaced the simplicity of an earlier time.

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