The olive tree is known since ancient times, and probably comes
from the eastern Mediterranean. According to ancient Greek tradition, home of
the olive is Athens and the first olive tree planted by Athena on the
Acropolis!!
The Greeks were the first people who cultivated the olive tree in the European Mediterranean area.
The Greeks were the first people who cultivated the olive tree in the European Mediterranean area.
The olive tree deeply rooted around the Mediterranean has
dominated the landscape for thousands of years, brightening the area with its
characteristic unrivalled grey-green color, inspiring artists from antiquity to
the present day. Its branches and leaves, scenes from the gathering of its
fruit, have decorated uniquely works of art such as ancient amphorae. They have
been imprinted on the walls of ancient palaces, and were also the subject of
famous paintings and engravings of earlier Greek and foreign artists.
The olive oil offers an everyday healthy and full of flavor food. Studies taken place
in seven countries, revealed that Mediterranean diet, rich in vegetables,
legumes, fruits, cereals, poor in meats and with olive oil as the only source
of fat, is a factor of health and longevity!!
Late autumn, the harvest begins.. In the old times, the harvest of the
olives was done manually, while since the early 20th century sticks
started to be used, with which they hit the olive tree branches and shake the
olives down on pieces of fabric laid on the ground.
The production
of olive oil, one of the most difficult processes in the whole history of technology,
consists of three stages:
· the milling (pulping) of the
olives
· the pressing of the olive pulp for the extraction of olive oil
·
and the filtering of olive oil from water
and solid residues.
See how produced olive oil in Mirthios Rethymno
Crete Greece:
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