This post is about the olive harvest at Finca la Capellania with D’Olive Branche
Olive Harvesting
When is it best to harvest olives? These arbequina olives are in the veraison stage and are at their optimum ripeness for picking. It is at this stage we harvest our olives at Finca La Capellania. The resulting olive oil at this point if all else is goes well, is simply the best you’ll ever get. The oil generally has […]
Olive Harvesting Methods
Well, there are different ways to harvest olives. On Finca La Capellania, we do it mainly by hand and electric fingers. The electric fingers is a device that whips the olives off the branches onto a net placed around the tree. It’s what the guys in the picture on the left are using. You can find more about this topic […]