Just a quickie. Checked my email at the end of a long day, to find the lab report for our olive oil sample. It was like opening exam results. Nervewracking! But … we passed the quality parameters, so our oil is indeed Extra Virgin!! It’s hard to explain exactly how exciting this is. EVOO has to have a free fatty acid level equal to or less than 0.8%. And ours is 0.3% 🙂 Other things get measured too, but I’ll tell you about them another time. Now I better sort out some bottles and labels… FFx
Picual olives, just about to be picked!
Freshfield Grove 
August 7, 2014 at 7:05 am
MERVAIGLIOSO ! – complimenti a tutti e due !!!!
Can hardly wait for business to open, and will be absolutely sure to tell the Oz bloggers, all of whom give me the impression of being the kinds of people who would LOVE to support your venture, Fi.
You must be SO CHUFFED … 😀
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August 7, 2014 at 7:05 am
I spelled one of my favourite Italian words wrong. Must be still only half awake …
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August 7, 2014 at 1:26 pm
I’m afraid I didn’t notice the spelling mistake! I’m not an Italian speaker, but rather rusty schoolgirl Latin allows me to get the gist without resorting to Google translate. Thanks very much for your enthusiasm M-R. We are indeed chuffed, and it’s awesome to be able to share the excitement with others 🙂
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August 7, 2014 at 12:48 pm
Congratulations! Would love to try some!
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August 7, 2014 at 1:38 pm
Thanks Hilda. Can’t wait until we manage to get it into bottles! We’re really keen to get some feedback on it. F
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August 8, 2014 at 10:34 am
Those olives look fabulous! You should be very proud 🙂
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August 9, 2014 at 5:49 pm
Thank you – we are! Although the fabulousness of the olives in that pic is due entirely to the photographic skill of a friend 😉
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