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We had our olive oil pressed and bottled in December. It is definitely the best we’ve made so far 😇.
We take a good care of our trees, fertilise, trim and prune them at the right time.
This time we collected olives at a perfect time (can be tricky difficult to do so), only from the branches, none from the floor. We took them to the press within 2 days of collecting them. This step is very important because the longer olives sit in the sacks, the worse they get - they can get wet, rotten or soft from sitting in the sun. Commercially pressed olive oil producers cannot move so fast because of large quantities. Also they use higher temperatures to extract more oil per kilogram of olives. Below 27 C is legitimately considered cold pressed, however…. We’ve learned that truly cold pressed olive oil means that olive paste stays below 23 degrees Celsius.
Boutique high-quality premium extra-careful producers aim at pressing at this temperature. Ours was pressed at around 22 C😊💪🏻
Why premium?
There are many reasons: when the temperature is lower you get less oil extracted making it more expensive (less yield higher quality), more polyphenols and antioxidants get intact in the oil, shelf life extends, and of course - complex flavour!
It is also organic as we don’t spay our trees with any pesticides etc.
We produce olive oil for sensory quality and health, not volume.
All who come for a retreat at Harmony Home Wellness, enjoy olive oil in limitless quantities 😊 and 100% of our cooking is done with our olive oil, an important health benefit.
It is a pleasure to share the labor of our love with our guests 😊💕

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We welcomed the New Year at Harmony Home Wellness Retreat surrounded by sunshine, warmth, and deep relaxation. Our days flowed with daily yoga, nourishing stillness, and soothing massages for everyone, allowing body and mind to fully unwind. On New Year’s Eve, we gathered for a special celebratory dinner followed by our cherished spiritual fire ceremony—a Harmony Home Wellness tradition where we wrote down and released into the flames all that we were ready to leave behind in 2025, creating space for renewal and intention.
Some guests come back year after year to celebrate New Years at Harmony Home which is always a treat 🙏🏻❤️

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Very fond memories of Christmas 🎄 @harmonyhomewellness with a wonderful cohort of retreat seekers from all over the world❤️

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Part 2 as promised - how we press olives into olive oil.
This is organic EVO extra virgin cold press.
The 2nd, 3d and more presses the mill keeps for themselves to later sell it as olive oil of a lower grade.
Hope everyone enjoyed the insight 😊 into making olive oil. 👍🏻
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Did you know that Harmony Home Wellness is not only a retreat center but also an olive farm 🫒?
We have 100+ olive trees 😍
We take good care of them all year around and when the time comes, in the winter, we collect the fruit of our labor - the olives - and press them into amazing organic olive oil… unfiltered first mechanical cold press. We and our guests eat it in large quantities 😂 and we cook only with our olive oil. It adds a wonderful flavour to all of our dishes.
Dipping sourdough bread into this olive oil is heaven 😊
Stay tuned for part 2 - olive oil pressing 👍🏻

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