Immersion of the olives in water to remove dirt, or to remove excess alkali when the olives have undergone prior lye treatment.

Operations to remove any extraneous material from the olives: stones, twigs, branches, leaves, etc.

Process where moisture is removed from the fruit flesh by the addition of solid salt or exposure to sunlight or hot air.

Way of expressing the sodium hydroxide content of the lye solution used for lye treatment of the olives. When the solution is fresh, it is related to the per cent concentration.

Way of expressing the sodium hydroxide content of the lye solution used for the lye treatment of olives. When the solution is fresh, it is related to degrees Baume.

Tank where the olives undergo lye treatment and lye removal. They are normally aboveground to make it easier to move the fruit and solutions to the fermentation vats.

Lye treatment where the lye has not penetrated far enough into the flesh of the fruit.

Lye treatment where the lye is allowed to penetrate through to the stone.