Olive Harvest 🌿

If you don't have olive trees around your surroundings have you ever wondered how does a fresh and juicy olive tastes like straight from the tree? Yummy, right? 🤤

Not really... We tried our first one in Malta a few years back and it was... well... terrible 😂 Olives contain a very bitter thing named oleutopein to protect them from munching creatures. To become edible, they have to be cured in salty water for a long time 💦

Last autumn we harvested olives and made our own cold pressed oil for the first time 🌿 It was a quite longer and exhausting process than we expected, but it feels wonderful and empowering to have the chance to get such goodies straight from the garden 🌱 We're truly grateful for what the land gives and eager to share the treasures 🙏 🧝‍♂️

Here's some harvesting moments Hope some of you will have the chance to taste the oil when visiting ☀

👐 Many thanks to @2hearts4wheels and @t0niic for the extra hands 🙏