Olives on its tree branch - Aegean sea regions for the olive harvest that has just begun ..

Olives are a high-fat fruit and they are full of beneficial compounds. With a deep mythological history, they were so the story goes a gift to humankind from the Greek goddess Athena.

 

Olive Tree

If you have travelled along the Aegean coast of Turkey, you will have seen scores and scores of gnarled silvery-leafed olive trees clinging to hillsides and lining every little country road. Everywhere you look you see olive groves. In our area every village family owns at least some olive trees and their living depends partly on the success of the harvest that year. Unfortunately this year despite a promising start, it hasn’t been good due to the excessive heat in August. This income is supplemented by owning sheep, cattle, and by doing other manual jobs –basically whatever they can get.

Olive Branches

The olive picking season which started at the end of October is almost over and what a backbreaking business it is

Turkey is a great country to experience olive and olive oil culture because it has one of the most important olive growing countries in the world. If you want to taste delicious olive oils you should visit especially the southern Turkey.

 

Anatolia is actually the motherland of olive trees, also where the olive oil is born. Also olive oil is an important player in Turkish cuisine, especially in the Aegean and Mediterranean diet. It is already famous for its health benefits.

 

TURKISH OLIVE OILS

Turkey is the 4th biggest olive oil producer in the world. Turkish olive oils are extremely smooth and have a more gentle taste. The best olive oils are not easy to find, and if you are like most people. Once you have tasted a high quality Turkish olive oil, your life will never be the same.

 

 

 

TYPES OF OLIVE OIL

Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Extra virgin is the highest quality and most expensive olive oil classification. Extra virgin olive oil is made simply by crushing olives and extracting the juice. Good extra virgin olive oil is fruity, bitter and pungent.

 

Early Harvest Olive Oil: Early harvest oils, with their bitter taste, low acidity, and higher antioxidant content are worth paying a little extra for.

 

Other Olive Oils: Virgin Olive Oil, Ordinary Virgin Olive Oil, Refined Olive Oil, Riviera Olive Oil.

 

OLIVE OIL PRODUCERS

Olive oils are produced by traditional and modern methods. In Turkey, there are hundreds of various olive oil producers to discover, each with individual qualities that make them even more excellent. Many of these olive oils are the winners of the world's most prestigious olive oil competitions.

 

Turkey is rapidly becoming one the of largest olive oil producing countries in the world. In spite of wildfires that destroyed olive trees in western Turkey, its production increased by 62 percent in the 2017/18 harvest season.

 

 

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