Olive Branch Olive Oil
Fairly-Traded Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Palestine
Fairly-Traded Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Palestine
How is the Oil Produced?
Picking
Olives are carefully picked by hand. Once the olives have been harvested, they are placed in plastic containers which are open and ventilated and taken directly to the olive press.
Newer technology has replaced the ancient stone mills and grindstones once used to press the olives.
The temperature of the press is carefully maintained at 28-30 degrees celsius. After the olives have been pressed, the oil is poured into mobile stainless steel tanks (optimal for storage) and taken to a storage station for the first round of tests.
Stone olive press, circa 1920
Bottling
After testing, the mobile storage tanks are taken to the bottling facility at Al-Ram, where they are transferred to larger stainless steel tanks. Additional tests are administered and the oil is filtered, bottled, and labeled for transport.
After testing, the mobile storage tanks are taken to the bottling facility at Al-Ram, where they are transferred to larger stainless steel tanks. Additional tests are administered and the oil is filtered, bottled, and labeled for transport.
PARC's state-of-the-art bottling facility
