The pressing of olives to make olive oil which has existed in Binibona for centuries is still alive in Ca'n Beneït in the most traditional way. Here our visitors can see all the steps needed to make the finest virgin olive oil and of course taste it!
The harvest of the olives takes place at the end of November and you will get to see how we first crush the olives using the stone mill in the picture below and fill bags of fibers called capachos with the crushed olives.
How we then stack these capachos one on top of the other and run hot water on them to rinse the olive paste before placing the stack of bags in the press.

You will see our 1939 piston activated press in action as it extracts the oil which runs into vats where it separates from the water. You will see how we waste nothing and how the remnants of the pressed olives are used as combustible for the press's oven.
And before we scoop the oil out of the vats to place it in jars, you will be able to dip your pieces of bread that we have previously cooked in our wood oven for a memorable culinary experience.