In the purest sense, an “infusion” involves a solvent — such as alcohol, oil, or water. Here, we’re using olive oil. The infusion of the other flavors occurs after pressing occurs.
Once the oil is extracted from the olives and made into olive oil, then essential oils from a fruit, vegetable, herb, or plant are blended in. Makers use fresh extra-virgin olive oil and infuse it with essential oils and other botanical extracts of herbs and/or other products after it’s been pressed. Infusion is a much more relaxed process because makers can infuse olive oil at any time. In fact, you can even do it yourself at home.
Infused olive oil is great for making beauty products such as lotions, creams, and other scented products like perfumes. This is a wonderful ingredient for bath scrubs or soaps as well.
There are many health benefits, each unique to the ingredients used. The longer the ingredients sit in the container together, the stronger the infusion.
