In October, olives started ripening and we harvested them.

We all worked in a team to pick the massive amount of olives off the trees.

We had a good harvest again this year and the olives totaled 123kg!

The olives shown in the picture above are only a part of the whole harvest.

We began to extract oil immediately so that the olive fruits may not deteriorate.

First of all, we crushed the olives with a blender.	Then, we wrapped the crushed olives with gauze and then squeezed them.
Collecting the squeezed juice	As we had a lot to do, we all worked hard.
We collected 60 liters of juice (mixture of oil, water and solid) from 123kg of olives. The color was more like Green Tea, far from that of olive oil...	Separating oil with a centrifuge
Before centrifugation	After centrifugation We can see there's oil floating on the surface!
Collecting the oil at the top layer by sucking it with a pipette	By filtering it, we could obtain clear and beautiful oil!

4 liters of olive oil was produced!

It was more than enough for all of us.

We felt a sense of accomplishment thanks to the plentiful olive oil.

We had a great harvest season here at Osato Laboratory Garden.