IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ŠAVRINKE

Prva torkla – the old olive mill

“Listen carefully: once, you would have heard stone, wood, and the footsteps of a donkey here.”

Krkavče once had four torkle—olive oil mills; one of the oldest stood right at this spot. Olives were crushed using heavy millstones driven by a donkey, and the resulting paste was then pressed in a wooden press. Imagine the very first trickle of oil—Istria’s liquid “gold.”