Olives Throumba

The fruit is of medium size with a weight of 2.5-5 grams and is considered a dual-purpose variety. The fruit if harvested gives 28-30% oil, or if left on the tree gives the edible olives known as "THROUMPES". The fruit, with high humidity and relatively high temperature at the end of autumn, undergoes (due to the action of the fungus phoma oleae) a natural fermentation and loses its bitterness while still on the tree. As long as they are harvested a little earlier, ripening - fermentation is achieved using dry salt and, with appropriate care, they acquire a mild or strongly spicy character depending on how they are handled.