From holiday homes on our olive and citrus groves in Koycegiz, Turkey to our first cold pressed extra virgin olive oil produced to organic standards from my family's groves surrounding the village of Lurugina / louroujina in central Cyprus described as "England's best olive oil" by the New York Magazine.
![]() my brother in law seperating leaves from olives |
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Welcome to planetmem.com
producers of cyprus extra virgin olive oil and olives
you are welcome to browse through our site, you will see our citrus and olive groves at chateau carman in koycegiz Turkey, where we produce quality citrus fruits as well as our superb table olives and extra virgin olive oil.
we have now completed a number of holiday homes at chateau carman ideal for family bookings or for a group of friends looking for an out of the way holiday, in fact chateau carman would be ideal for companies that wish to take their staff away for a deserved break
or you can visit our olive groves surrounding the village of Lurugina / Louroujina in central Cyprus
This is where i was born and spent the first five years of my life, and where my family produce one of the best extra virgin olive oils available
You are welcome to come and sample this superb fresh aromatic extra virgin olive oil produced by my family to organic standards
| 250ml of our Cyprus extra virgin olive oil in pet bottles |
250ml of our Cyprus extra virgin olive oil in a glass presentation bottle |
| 500ml of our Cyprus extra virgin olive oil in pet bottles |
500ml of our Cyprus extra virgin olive oil in a glass presentation bottle |
| one liter of our Cyprus extra virgin olive oil in a pet bottle |
2.5 or 5 liters of our Cyprus extra virgin olive oil in a plastic container |
| 500ml of our Turkish extra virgin olive oil in a pet bottle |
500ml of our Turkish extra virgin olive oil in a glass presentation bottle |
| one liter of our Turkish extra virgin olive oil in a pet bottle |
or from our Cyprus dry cured black olives to our large Turkish brine cured olives |
| to our dried olive leaves |
frankincese tears packed in 50 gms |
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mandarin infused olive oil 500ml of our Turkish extra virgin olive oil infused at the press with our freshly picked mandarins |
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green queen olives cured in brine and citric acid |
far left my late father in law
centre left my late father murat du carta
centre right my late mother in law
and far right my mother
Where my family also produce dry cured black olives for the table, exactly as they have been prepared for centuries, where we produce chakistes from green olives, these are cracked and left in water which is changed daily for a week or so and then marinated with cracked dry corriander seeds,crushed cloves of garlic and small slices of lemon and then served with olive oil
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where we produce sucuk, made from the juice of white grapes heated up over a log fire with flour and aniseed, and then strings of dried almonds are dipped into it on numerous occasions until it builds up to the diamater of a sausage and then it is hung to dry (as per this picture)
Where my family also produce zivania from our own white grapes, this is very similar to grappa and it is only used for medicinal purposes? as well as for family get togethers, we would normally serve it with dried fruits, sliced sucuk and nuts and raisins
beautiful

a very old ruin in the village of Louroujina

I have produced this website in order that people can log in and see the olive groves etc where one of the worlds best olive oil is produced as well as the people that look after the trees and produce the extra virgin olive oil and olives
please note that everything we produce whether it be in Cyprus or in Turkey is strictly produced to organic standards, although due to cost we do not have certification we do have a certificate issued by the company that supplies us stating that everything we use and have used to treat the trees and fruit, ever since i took over is to organic standards i have put my name on it
i hope you enjoy
kind regards mem
Cyprus extra virgin olive oil and olives are labeled murat du carta
Turkish extra virgin olive oil and olives are labeled chateau carman