This allows us to avoid washing the olives. Washing the olives harms the oil that will be obtained for several reasons: the olive swells with water, the water harms the phenols in the oil, there may be microorganisms that pass through the water to the olives and the oxidation process is accelerated.
It cannot be forgotten that in the autumn, unlike most farmers, we no longer throw chemicals on the tree, in fact, we only throw copper in the spring. Therefore, since the olive appears on the tree, no chemicals are thrown on it. If anyone is afraid that the olives, if not washed, could carry any dirt, they should bear in mind that at the end of the oil extraction process the paste is centrifuged at many revolutions and thus the oil is separated from any impurities that may be present. After harvesting the olives with the vibrator, the olives are transferred to a trailer that has a grid with small holes to sift the olives and remove any small branches and some leaves that may be present.
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Next we move on to the mill. Here the first step is to separate the olives from the leaves that have remained.
This is done with a blower that makes the leaves fly away and the olives, being heavier, fall. This process is a little dirtier and for this reason we do it in the reception area outside, in front of the mill.
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Then the olives are taken to the mill. There the first step is to pour them into a knife grinder. This grinds everything and turns it into a paste.
This allows us to avoid washing the olives. Washing the olives harms the oil that will be obtained for several reasons: the olive swells with water, the water harms the phenols in the oil, there may be microorganisms that pass through the water to the olives and the oxidation process is accelerated.
It cannot be forgotten that in the autumn, unlike most farmers, we no longer throw chemicals on the tree, in fact, we only throw copper in the spring. Therefore, since the olive appears on the tree, no chemical products are thrown on it. If anyone is afraid that the olives, if not washed, could carry any dirt, they should bear in mind that at the end of the oil extraction process the paste is centrifuged at many revolutions and thus the oil is separated from any impurities that may be present. After harvesting the olives with the vibrator, the olives are passed to a trailer that has a grid with small holes to sift the olives and remove the small branches and some leaves that may be present.
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Then we move on to the mill. Here the first step is to separate the olives from any leaves that may be left.
This is done with a blower that makes the leaves fly and the olives, being heavier, fall. This process is a little dirtier and for this reason we do it in the reception area outside, in front of the mill.
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Then the olives are taken to the mill. There the first step is to pour them into a knife grinder. This grinds everything and turns it into a paste.
Who we are
​Our Oils
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First-pressed extra virgin olive oil
and cold-pressed, 100% Arbequina olives.
Who we are
ORGANIC AND BIODYNAMIC EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
SHIPMENTS TO ALL EUROPE
History
​We are a small family business that in a small valley, away from human influence, tries to create a unique and high-quality product. We dedicate ourselves only to olive trees, which is what we know in depth. We do not want an intensive monoculture that wipes out all other forms of life, the objective is not to maximize profits but to maximize quality. That is why all our olive trees are arranged in extensive (each one spaced between 6 and 8 meters), we do not have anything in intensive or super-intensive. We do not have irrigation, we are in dry land and this fact is reflected in the flavor and properties of our oil. Experts certify that a dry land oil has more flavor and properties than an irrigated oil, or than intensive or super-intensive oils where the trees are stressed. We pamper the estate, only less than half of the surface is cultivated, the other half is nature in its pure state. Throughout the estate we have forest that gives us biodiversity.
Our story begins when we simply sold olives to the cooperative of a neighboring town.
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After a while we decided to create our own brand OLI COMETES and produce our own oil. Then we picked the olives and took them to a mill in the region that made the oil for us.
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Little by little we have increasingly focused on quality and the premium range of oil. We only produce extra virgin olive oil, that is, first pressed and cold pressed. Along the way, after a period of 3 years of conversion, the entire estate became organic. Then we kept the brand “Oli Cometes” to name all of our oils and created the brand LLUNA for conventional oil and the brand ESTELS for organic oil. Our estate is registered with the CCPAE (Catalan Council for Ecological Agricultural Production).
Continuing the search for the highest quality, we started with biodynamic agriculture, which is even more environmentally friendly than organic agriculture.
At that time, we created the COSMOS brand for biodynamic oil. We have this certified as biodynamic by the international biodynamic agriculture certifier DEMETER. Of the thousands of oil producers in the world, only about 50 have the Demeter certification, of which there are about 15 in all of Spain and we are the first in Catalonia.
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To take the quality of the product one step further, we have acquired a mill that works with cutting-edge technology to extract the highest quality and we have located it in the middle of the farm to minimize the time between harvesting and crushing the olives.
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We really like olive trees, not only for the symbolism of peace they have had since ancient times, but also for the sensations they transmit, since they are living beings that can be thousands of years old.
