Olive Oil Mistakes We Made & How to Fix Them – Lessons from Home Production

In this video, we’re diving into the biggest mistakes we made while making olive oil at home and, more importantly, how we plan to fix them for next time. If you watched our first video, "Making Olive Oil at Home from Start to Finish", you saw the full process—now it’s time to talk about what went wrong! Our homemade olive oil had issues with flavor, aroma, and overall quality, and we’ve identified two key problems: ✔️ Pressing Mats – Natural fiber mats may have leached unwanted flavors into the oil. We discuss how to properly clean or replace them. ✔️ The Press Itself – Paint from the press may have affected the taste. We share our plan to switch to food-grade stainless steel for better results. If you’re interested in home olive oil production, this video will help you avoid the common mistakes beginners make and improve the quality of your own oil. We also answer your top questions from our previous video, covering topics like the best grinder for olives, whether olive seeds should be milled, and if there’s a use for olive water waste. Want to follow our journey and see our next batch of olive oil? Subscribe and hit the 🔔 to stay updated! 📌 Watch our first video on making olive oil: https://youtu.be/sQHtd1TMvRw https://youtu.be/sQHtd1TMvRw ► BUY A WET & DRY MILL FROM AMAZON *affiliate links Electric Grain Mill Grinder, 3000W Wet & Dry Corn Mill Grinders ⚒️ https://amzn.to/3IxcUF9 ► SUPPORT GREENTHUMBS GARDEN I love to make fun and engaging educational content that I hope finds great value in those of you that tune in. Making content takes me many hours from planning to research, writing, filming then finally editing, uploading, creating a catchy thumbnail and description. Its a huge amount of work that requires a lot of energy and time. If you would like to support the channel and the work that I do by a small donation that would be very much appreciated and helps cover a little of the cost of running the channel. You can find the link below. ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/alexfritz There are other ways though that you can support my channel which I will appreciate just as much and will not cost you a penny. That's by sharing my content with your friends and social media channels helping bring exposure to the channel. ▼ ▽ CONNECT WITH GREENTHUMB Twitter: Alex__Fritz Website: https://greenthumbsgarden.net 🎍 JOIN OUR DISCORD SERVER https://discord.gg/vDdutNtTv6 Tags: #OliveOil #HomeProduction #DIYOliveOil