HOW OLIVE OIL IS MADE & HOW MUCH DID WE MAKE?

[@Helenemonblogdefille]

Seing the way olives are processed into oil was so interesting ! Thanks a lot Nicki !

[@sharongibson1161]

Omygosh !!❤❤❤❤ How exciting , your VERY OWN olive oil🎉 !!😊 Thank you for showing g us the process as , very interesting indeed!!

[@tchotchkegirl8880]

Our boy dog Buster who is a Jack Russel just Loves Holly. He watches your video with me and when he sees Holly he gets so excited. He jumps up and dances around barking. It is so darn cute. Some times I hold the video so he can see her longer. It is so amazing that he knows the music at the intro of your video and comes to watch. Dogs are so darn smart. Thanks for sharing your sweet Holly with us. Buster sure Loves her. By the way he doesn't do this for any other TV dog. God Bless

[@Miss_Toots]

Love this, thank you for sharing, from Yorkshire, England x

[@kerryharding5587]

🥹😊😊 adorable- Buster has very good taste indeed 💗

[@chavonnerodriguez6237]

God Bless Buster. He sounds like he has a crush on Holly ❤

[@poponachtschnecke]

JRTs are so incredibly smart!

[@bbcarbo9251]

Holly is the ⭐

[@marjoriefinlay3303]

I could see the excitement on both you and Carlo's faces during the weighing and seeing your liquid gold run into your containers. Congrats on a great harvest

[@abqresident4461]

I will never again use olive oil without giving tribute to the hardworking people who made it possible. In America (and other places, I'm sure) we are so separated from the processes that bring edibles to our tables that we forget the humanity and the hard work involved in feeding us. Thanks for connecting us to our agrarian roots. Giving thanks, hugs, and love to you from me in New Mexico USA.

[@headinclouds6733]

Dear Nicki and Carlo. Thank you so much for bringing us into your lives. Love your house in Tuscany, you've done so very much and it looks wonderful. Lovely couple and your beautiful dogs. I look forward every week to both your video channels. They bring warmth to my heart and life. Merry Christmas to all.

[@CherylAnderson0]

Living in Florida I cannot imagine how fresh olive oil must taste. I’m so happy for y’all. It all looks amazing.

[@cassiebanks]

Same (Gulf side). When I have money for food, I go through olive oil pretty fast. I just bought a 25.4 oz bottle last month and it's already half gone. SMH. Being able to have your own source of olive oil must be fantastic!

[@IamMae72]

Wow! Watching the entire process from harvesting to the final product was so very interesting. Now I see why (pure) Olive Oil is so expensive in the States. I love how your community comes together in Italy with neighbors/ friends/family volunteering to help each other. I've never experienced that in my life where I live. I wish I could live in Italy where friendship is abundant. 🥰

[@glendahughes6797]

Wonderful to see the olive oil process, you Italians know exactly what you are doing, been so for centuries Carlo Bravo .You have the Italian way friends + working together. Custodians, product of age old trees,🌳💚🙏

[@Cori-se9ww]

You guys have done such an amazing job on the house. It looks so much better since you first purchased it. Thanks for sharing the olive harvest. Amazing process and you get to enjoy the hard work by eating and sharing the oil. Life is so much different in Italy compared to the US . People helping each other. It use to be that way here. Now every one is out for themselves.

[@Susan.I]

Your olive oil looks fantastic!!

[@Susan.I]

It is a beautiful chair! Love the fabric!

[@MARY-l7l7m]

Just watched Sara & Luca harvesting their olives. Now, I'm watching your harvesting & processing, from Brooklyn, NY USA. Wish i was there.

[@yawenliu6648]

I am in Brooklyn too :)

[@pjt759]

You look so pretty with your hair off of your face. You're sitting in the car with your sunglasses holding your hair back. You don't even have any wrinkles. I think you're lovely

[@ciaobella8963]

Congratulations on an excellent olive harvest.

[@moody7843]

Yes, ditto! Congratulations on a good harvest of olive oil!!

[@rosalyngoodwin7282]

That was so interesting seeing the process take place. Congratulations!!

[@chspring68]

What can’t you do? You and Carlo make such a great team. Italy should be proud of how you represent their country. Sending love from 🇺🇸❤Carrie

[@63Littlemouse]

You must be delighted with your harvest & the amount of oil pressed. The liquid gold looked so pure & delicious 🫒😋

[@CW008]

Oh my word that shop is full - what a great shop!

[@ShelleySailz]

A little over 1 1/4 ton of olives!! WOW!! Loving these olive harvest episodes! 🥰

[@normabarnes4930]

Well done Nicki and Carlo, 120 litres of liquid gold was well worth the effort you all put into your very first olive harvest😅!! Hope you have had a good rest, and look forward to your next video😊xx

[@SHYsArt]

I and some of your 224k subbies will come in 2026 for the 3rd harvest. So sweet that you are giving away to family and friends. thank you, hugs.

[@Brassica_Periviridis]

Will work for food!

[@brensearsjohnston4411]

Very interesting about the olive harvest and processing. Thanks for the explanation and for showing us how the presses work. And thanks to your neighbors and the press company who allowed you to film and share. Buongiorno from Oklahoma!

[@kathif8598]

LOVED this video! How did I not know when you bought this house that you were also buying an olive grove???? This was so interesting! You did a great job of explaining the process of making olive oil, Nicki. Thank you!

[@thelittleredtina]

Can’t wait to learn more about the olive harvest process in Tuscany. Thank you for taking us along!

[@Griffith1990]

Wow 60 liters is allot. I bet it sells amazing. I am so glad you both have 2 videos on 2 channels a week to watch. It brightened my week

[@sandradalessandro2935]

This. Was. Fascinating. To. See olives go from the tree to the bottle. Really cool. Talk about local n pure sourced olive oil. Has to taste amazing as well. Thank you for sharing with us!! Sending. Blessings. N luv 🌹🌹♥️♥️✝️✝️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@maryanntownsend2889]

Sarah,Luca,Lucan,Carlo and Nikki.What a glorious world❤️

[@arianahoule7223]

Sending loving and peace-filled thoughts to everyone.

[@johnwilliamtuckey2796]

Oh Nicki! I'm not delusional in thinking that this is an easy job; but couldn't help myself when watching you crack the olives with the beach stone and seeing and the scenery behind you to think oh WHAT an idyllic life it is. Oh how I do thank you and appreciate your vedios to take me away from the horrific politics of my country at this moment. I know my life must go on for all those I love in my family; but my only reprive from our American politics has been you and Carlo. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I send my love and thanks for allowing me into your life and would never underestimate the greater impact you have in our life's. Love you guy's! ❤ P.S. the armchair and the fabric is stunning!

[@woodkirk_37]

Thank you for another lovely video Carlo and Nicki . How satisfied you must feel after everyones hard work to harvest your first olive crop. What a facinating process to watch, up close. Nothing is wasted ! I can see how olive oil is so expensive in the uk at present ,the price has soared and that is for the factory produced oil ! Not artisan oil , like yours ! What an acheivement . Be proud of yourselves ❤ love from the uk x

[@lelareynolds6052]

Congratulations and well done on your first harvest in Tuscany!

[@annduffy1356]

Fascinating, thank you for taking us along on your olive harvesting journey! When we visited Italy we brought many bottles home but alas, they are gone! Time for another visit!

[@darlene9154]

In Canada, that’s what they do when we bring household recycle like mattresses, furniture etc. they weigh your vehicle before and after. It is more efficient.

[@spacecoastaesthetics6990]

Your doggies are so chill just playing amongst the piled up furniture on the front porch. They travel well, too. And are always so happy 😊

[@mariarocco1706]

Che bello! The oil looks amazing. A big piece if Italian bread and you can go to to town with it. yummy 😊. My grandmother would have said, God bless.

[@maureenmurphy7817]

Agree. This is LIVING. I feel that in the U.S., we are so isolated and distrustful of one another. Sigh.

[@margotjones7168]

You've made your house in Tuscany such a war, cozy, inviting home. It's incredibly beautiful ❤️ Thank you for allowing us in to your home and your lives!

[@basakka]

Hi Nicki! We do the green olives same way in Turkey, the only difference is we just slightly crack the olives and keep the seeds inside. They say, that way the cured olives can stay firm up to 2 years in salt water without getting mushy.

[@davidfreeman4766]

What a wonderful insight into olive harvesting - well worth the hard work 😊 - all hands on board that's the best way - can't wait fir my next slice of tuscan life next week - Booked to go to Ravello in may ❤❤❤ can't wait - it's snowing here in Ballater Scotland 😮xx

[@dianerichardson3061]

Lovely to see the process from harvest to final product. Thank you for taking us along. Well done on your 1st harvest!

[@loveautumnbreeze]

Thank you for taking us along 🤍 See you guys on the next video 🥰

[@arlenehalpenny9472]

Enjoyed my Sunday morning Tuscany visit... The olive pressing process was priceless. Thank you for the adventure. Love you all.❤️

[@sindysimms4001]

That was really cool Nicki and Carlo. I bet it taste incredible. Good for you too.

[@debragonser745]

The color of the olive oil coming out looks amazing!

[@kemikemi]

YAY! Happy! Sunday our darlings are back. It's a blessing Nicki that you have such good people, family and neighbors around to help with this and that and definitely! having Carlo is the cherry on top. I adore your channel. Thank you! for always bringing us along.

[@suzannes5888]

I love that "spremitura a freddo" (which, for non-Italians, translates to "cold pressing" of the new olive oil.) Every time I'm in Italy and have a car I load it up with this olive oil, cheeses, Italian tomoato sauce, and the traditional bronze-die cut pastas...SO delicious! Great video Nicki and Carlo!!

[@qxotic1]

Hello everywhere!! My favorite thing about Sundays!! Thank you for sharing your lives with us. ♥️

[@ariareddy730]

Thank you for making my early morning Sundays so pleasant! I enjoy your videos with my morning tea each week.

[@kellyh8347]

Seeing the look of pride on Carlos face in the store-PRICELESS!!! Great job guys!!!

[@rsoubiea]

Wow that shop reminds me of the little store by my parents cabin near Donner Lake CA. It made me chuckle. It’s great you gave some of your first harvest as gifts. ❤

[@Ambers_Team]

Olive season 2025 sounds like so much fun!

[@bartonone2005]

Hello, Nicki & Carlo!! This episode was so interesting!! Thank you for bringing us along!! I already knew olives from the tree were not pleasant to eat. Years ago, I had a native Italian friend who knew someone that would sell him some raw olives. He would cure them, a lengthy process, and produce the best tasting olives I ever had the pleasure to eat. I grew up with olive oil being used as a condiment. Still love EVOO to this day!!

[@Miss_Toots]

Nicky, you get better and better with these videos, thank you so much x

[@sandradalessandro2935]

Luv. Luv. Sundays!!♥️♥️♥️. Can not wait to see what you guys are up to each week!! Professional. Video. Drone shots. N. Lots. Of luv ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏🏻

[@mariadegan1029]

Fantastic Harvest👍👍Great job😊

[@Haupialani]

Well, that answered all of my questions re black/green olives, people helping with the harvest, selling olive oil. I guess that counts me out on helping next year or getting a small container of your olive oil. Also, I guess after your first press it's called cold press or extra virgin olive oil. Fascinating process. Good job!

[@darlene9154]

That shop is amazing! That processing was very interesting.❤

[@KatA-xt5jy]

Congratulations on your olive oil!!! Thank you for sharing the whole process with us.

[@Tofog22000]

How rewarding to see the fruits of your labor! This was educational and entertaining! Happy Holidays from New Jersey.

[@cheriedoughan5583]

Wonder what happens to the pits. I guess they get mushed into that paste. I wonder if the paste is used for anything.

[@kemikemi]

@@cheriedoughan5583 I googled possible uses. Very interesting.

[@Ucongold]

I rarely comment, but wanted to thank you for the very interesting videos you have produced about Olive harvesting. It's completely foreign to me and I had no idea how laborious it was! Love your channel. You show us the most interesting things..

[@aleta5873]

Wow ! The whole process is amazing. Thank you for all your hardworking effort Carlo and Nicki...

[@TheQuébecCityDiaries]

Can’t believe you harvested that much olive oil! Liquid gold indeed. Thanks for taking us through the process! So interesting. 😊

[@marafarnham595]

Beautiful 😊 nothing like having your own olive 🫒 oil from your trees! Thank you for sharing about the olive harvest and the process. Much love to you and Carlo 🤗❤️😊

[@espoenid]

Hello Nicki & Carlo, Always love going on the adventures with you both.

[@christineevans8998]

Oooooh! This week’s video is AWESOME! I never imagined the process like this. Absolutely fascinating! I made olives from a tree we had some years ago, but it was a very fussy process, involving slitting the olives, soaking in water with ashes for some days, then rinsing and soaking in brine after that. After that one experience I decided it was easier to just buy olives in the future! All the best for the coming week. 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱❤️❤️❤️

[@charlenecundy1690]

Thanks for taking us along ❤

[@AnneB_]

The olive oil is pretty. Beautiful color.

[@Keith-kk6dq]

My goodness, both of your homes are set in landscape paintings.The beauty of the Tuscan countryside, and Positano's seaside landscape are the stuff of dreams. I know life is what you make it, but you're ahead of the curve! Good for you both!

[@christineadkins4058]

Congratulations on your first olive harvest!

[@89Caroline9]

Nicki and Carlo it’s fascinating seeing the olives being harvested and then made into olive oil. Congrats on a great first harvest and thank you for taking us along was wonderful watching from a chilly UK 😀

[@daguth1]

The image of the landscape you titled "the next morning" looked like a painting...so beautiful. ❤

[@wishlock5695]

I didn't know that green black olives come from the same tree. I definitely learnt along from these videos. Thank you for sharing. It is alot of hard work. I hope that you all get to enjoy the fruits (oil) of your all of your labour 😊

[@bloomjoy]

Love the chandelier! Hidden treasures!

[@sassyfrass4295]

yes - spotted that too!

[@eleonoragiordano443]

Carissimi vi seguo da febbraio, personalmente vorrei sentire le vostre voci. Grazie ❤

[@silmarasteindorff2002]

Anche io, preferirei sentire loro, e é un peccato che non riesco ...

[@susangauci3278]

Very nice footage of olive oil making.You must be so proud of your 1st harvest.May you be blessed with fruitful seasons every time ❤❤❤

[@JadenSterling8888]

My wife and I LOVE your channel and have been watching for years. This is our favourite episode! Thanks VERY much for walking us through the process from olive to liquid gold, awesome!

[@Lynn-dy5im]

very cool. thanks for sharing. love from British Columbia Canada, Hello Everywhere! ☺♥

[@sherrydaut4910]

Thanks for the video! It was very interesting to watch the process of making Olive Oil. I just love your beautiful home and property. You are blessed.🥰

[@yamirkaibarra5415]

Impressive how much oil came out of the harvest ❤I love your taste for find things in the second hand stores. You are art Nicki

[@elfriedeschmidt4033]

How satisfying it must be to see your very first olive oil pouring into your containers. It certainly was satisfying to watch! Congratulations on this new adventure…Tuscany seems to be suiting you and Carlo very well.

[@SharonWalker-q2s]

Congratulations on your fabulous harvest. Well done. Definitely liquid gold and the way to a healthy life ❤

[@sberry4356]

Hi Nikki. I’ve been watching you since Covid days and your videos are continually improving and are engrossing. Your dad must be so proud.

[@suzyq6767]

Your olive harvesting/processing is much more interesting than our alfalfa harvesting/baling. Thank you for sharing your adventure. God bless!

[@aileensteele7298]

Congratulations on a successful harvest. Please put me on the wait list to purchase next year. Impressed with how your energy holds up. I’m guessing your enthusiasm and zest for life spurs you on. ❤️🌸🌺🥭

[@kellysherrill4224]

What a dream it would be to come help with the harvest next year!!!

[@lrogers707]

beautiful landscape views, interesting olive [oil] process...the large cans are so cool - thank you for sharing this slice of a wonderful life!

[@marisagallardo6254]

I am so happy to learn and see about the olive harvest in Tuscany. Thank you Nikki and Carlo. Enjoy your liquid Gold😊

[@priscillacummings4780]

Wow! What a process! Congrats on your first haul!! We installed a split unit a/c/heater in our bedroom & we love it!!!!

[@SavingMissGrace]

I really enjoyed this week’s episode. Thanks once again for sharing this experience with us. Fascinating watching the whole process. So clever with the weighing of the cars with the olives and without too.

[@The7AcreWood]

Wow, and congratulations on your first olive harvest!!! I bet you are over the moon! It is an interesting process to watch. Thank you for sharing. That chair is totally you! I love it. I just bought a home in Abruzzo, so maybe after renovations are done, I can join in on your olive harvest in 2026. Thank you again for this channel. It is the highlight of my weekend ❤🎉❤

[@stevehaire6181]

Hi! Another great video! This week we helped harvest a days worth of trees above Lucca. In return we brought home 4 litres of EVO yum!!

[@McCarran-m9j]

Ooh! I like how you showed driving down the country road more of that YES!! We are a fan of anything you guys put up because it is is always feel good content ❤❤

[@joycemajor2555]

Fresh pressed must be amazing. Love your new happy chair. That was a fun video!❤

[@moody7843]

Found you both just when you were in the process of buying the Tuscany home. Really love both places you call home. I’ve been watching all the back videos.😁 I have to say your 20 min.plus videos go soooo fast, and thank you for adding the one in the mid.week.. I think the videos are so interesting that you could go longer and it would just fly by! Very beautiful areas of Italy, thanks so much for sharing. I can’t get enough of both of you fixing and changing the new home in Tuscany. My home is Alaska USA. I could do with your winters that’s for sure. 17 F here today. Soon it will be -20 F.

[@barbarad.9497]

Thank you so much for showing us the process. I have seen the process where they press, press and press the olives on a wheel/drum. This was totally different, more inclusive and interesting to see. Thank you so much. Sounds like a great enclave next year for you all. Maybe you need to get your chef friend to cater during the harvest time. Would save you trouble and effort. How lovely it all is. Gosh you will have so much next year. I had wondered how much you had left of your neighbor's oil. Thanks for telling us. You have had quite the year with all of the move, improvements and all. Wow. I feel so close to you and probably will never meet you. Thank you for sharing your lives with us all 💜💜😍💜💜

[@rachellaufer3114]

I managed our olive grove for 10 years in California. I loved seeing your whole harvesting process from tree to cup, same as ours! Watching the Pieralisi machines work their magic brought back wonderful memories. Taking the first sip was always anticipated - would it be a 1, 2 or 3 cough year? Pouring the new oil over ice cream is the best - a “cold fire in mouth” experience!

[@needbooks234]

Watching the harvest, watching the olives being processed and then being bottled was fascinating. Thank you for sharing!

[@rawilson7768]

Congratulations on your first wonderful olive harvest!

[@parisdellas6709]

Thank you for sharing. I looked forward to your videos every week. I’ve always wanted to see how they picked the olives n made them oil. In Greece my family has olive trees but I’ve never had the privilege of seeing it done since I’m in America. You have given me the pleasure to see it. Thank you

[@EvelineUK]

Well done on your first harvest. Looks amazing. And thank you for showing the whole process. Who knew producing olive oil was so labour intensive. Very impressive. Enjoy your own olive oil! I'm sure everyone lucky to receive your first oil for Christmas will enjoy it very much.

[@randypayne8000]

Great video. My wife and I look forward to Sunday and Wednesday. So nice to see good people doing good things. I was fascinated with the olive oil process. Best Wishes.

[@phylliscimino2963]

So interesting..that color of the oil just amazing ❤️

[@sjt609]

Dear Nicki and Carlo, your home radiates warmth and elegance! Truly *EXCEPTIONAL* my sweet friends😍. Your relentless drive has yielded astonishing results - every aspect is impeccable. Reflecting on your progress from 6 or 7 years ago to now, owning homes in Tuscany and Positano, is a true testament to your resilience and perseverance. 🎉Congratulations on crafting your own olive oil - a wonderful Christmas gift indeed! Thanks for sharing your life in this captivating video. ❤💞❤With much love, hugs, and abundant blessings, Susan Thornton, (🇨🇦) xoxo

[@NickiPositano]

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[@springflorals7717]

That was so informative and so much fun to see the olive oil making process. Thank you for taking us along.