Traditional Olive Mill

Our traditional Olive Mill

The olive mill has been operating since the Ottoman era, from 1765. There, the first bey of Mani, Tzanetos Koutifaris, produced his oil, where the Turkish tax collector, Mavrikos, would come from the tower of the neighboring hill to collect the 'tithe tax,' weighing the products with the scale, which still exists today. Since then, its operation has continued uninterrupted.

It is perhaps the only traditional olive mill still in operation in Greece, where the olive fruit is processed with millstones – stones – and a square press (a natural material pulp press).

Initially, the olive mill was manual. Later, it became horse-powered, meaning horses replaced humans, and today it is motorized, though the processing method essentially remains the same, using exclusively mechanical methods.