Our First Olive Pressing

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The only one of our trees that still had greenish olives in December.
Harvesting the olives with a 'comb'.
Costas prunes the trees after harvest.
Pruning and harvesting the last olives.
Olives on the matt.
Ela, Costas and Stathi carefully pick over the olives discarding leaves and rotten fruit.
The olive press is carefully unloaded.
The technician presses the first olives.
Costas feeds the olive press.
Tossing the olives as they slowly fall into the grinder.
Tossing the olives as they slowly fall into the grinder.
Looking at the pulb to decide if it is ready for the centrifugal.
Looking at the pulb to decide if it is ready for the centrifugal.
The first olive oil emerges.
Toasted bread drizzled with our first olive oil.
Shredded cabbage salad dressed with lemon and our first olive oil.