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By Annie Bennett; Telegraph; February 24 2012

Emerald green oil was dripping off the huge slab of toast and drizzling down my chin, but I didn’t care.

When you are having breakfast at a pavement café in the city of Jaén, with the winter sun on your face, enjoying the moment is more important than minding your manners. The peppery aroma tickled my nostrils, while flavours reminiscent of grass, apple and tomato hit my tastebuds.

The province of Jaén has the greatest concentration of olive trees in the world - more than 60 million - and produces almost half of Spain’s olive oil.

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