Recent content by quinta do veloso

In my experience, there are definitely differences in soap using different EVOOs (never mind differences between pomace and EVOO etc.), but my experience is kind of unusual maybe. We have a traditional old olive grove and make our own organic EVOO. We only sell the most recent harvest's oil, but...

I pre-mix a master batch of lye water at 40% lye, and so long as I don't add sugar or the like, my soap never gels. (I use 95% olive oil—extra virgin, from our own olive trees—and 5% castor.) I always insulate the soap, and often oven process or, in the summer, leave outside in the sun, and...