Waarom is onze olijfolie zo goed?

Onze olijfbomen groeien in de volle Griekse zon op vruchtbare, water vasthoudende grond. De olijven kunnen lang rijpen omdat het seizoen van onze olijf loopt van maart (bloei) tot november (oogst). We gebruiken geen bestrijdingsmiddelen en geen grondverbeteraars. Hierdoor groeit er gras in onze boomgaarden en bloeien er bloemen, dit is goed voor de biodiversiteit. Onze olie wordt koud geperst, in een centrifuge. Hierdoor gaat geen smaak verloren door te hoge temperaturen. Wij filteren onze olie niet! Daardoor blijft alle smaak bewaard. Ook hebben we in december hierdoor nog olie met vers vruchtvlees, dat is erg lekker. De olie ziet er de eerste maand(en) daardoor nog wel wat troebel uit, maar dat is juist lekker. Onze olie heeft een zuurtegraad van tussen de 0,2 en 0,4 %!!! Olijfolie mag verkocht worden als Extra Virgin wanneer de zuurtegraad gelijk aan of minder dan 1% is. Onze olie is dus veel beter dan de Extra Virgin olie die je in de winkel kan kopen. Die olie is namelijk van mindere kwaliteit en wordt aangelengd met betere olie, zoals de onze, om aan de grens van 1% te voldoen. Zo koop je in de winkel dus nooit zo'n goede olie als Afroditi olijfolie!

Tijdens de oogst van 2022-2023

Olive picking 2021-2022

Olive picking 2020-2021

One of our very old olive trees

 

About 9.30am, coffee break!

All day working with a 'dembla' a long stick with which you can collect the olives

Afroditi collecting this beautiful green olives from a net

This is what fresh olive oil looks like!

In the evening we bring the olives to factory where the oil is substracted from the olives with a centrifuge

Outside the factory more bags with olives are waiting for
the centrifuge

Some very old trees are just huge!

This Kalamata olives are not for oil
but for consumption!

This beautiful landscape with its thousand colors of green!

Some of our fields are also pretty steep!
Challenging!

One tree 'gemato', meaning; completely full with olives!

Cleaning of the olives

 

Our fresh 2019-2020 products

Our new 750mL Olive Oil bottles.
This season we had a fantastic crop! Therefore the quality of the olive oil is superb with an acidity of approximately 0,2%!
This is also due to the short time between crop and pressing the oil. We harvest and press at the very same day!
Our oil is unfiltered and rested two month to become clear, this why our oil is so tasty! Afroditi Olive Oil, pure tradition!

Fresh oil, 2019-2020 crop 

Characteristic deep green color of olive oil
from South-West Greece (Kalamata)

Our Kalamata olives with oregano and laurel
(also our own products!)

Kalamata olives packed in recycled jars

Our Olive oil soap made of Afroditi Olive Oil and Soda

Greek Summer Food: GEMISTÁ

Wash these vegetables properly

Don't forget the big tomatoes. Take one of these extra

Take some fresh mint from your garden

Chop it togther with the garlic

With a spoon you take out the inside of the
 vergetables (not the potatoes).
Chop everything, including the extra tomatoe,
in small pieces.
Add oregan, salt, pepper, mint and garlic.

Add uncooked rice and ofcourse
 Afroditi Prasino Olive oil.
Mix ingredients thorougly

Fill the vegetables with this mixture. Order nicely in a baking dish and add oregan, salt, pepper, olive oil en half a cup of water

After 1,5 - 2 hours in the 150 degrees oven your

 dish is ready and tasty. 

Pour a little bit of the sauce over te vegetables

For even more tast and decoration you can add Mizitra

You will have a very nice and healthy meal on your plate

Accompanied with Feta cheese, Afroditi Kalamata Olives and some bread