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

 

Cyprus extra virgin olive oil packaged in the pet bottle and to the right in dark glass presentation bottle

  

 Welcome to planetmem.com

producers of cyprus extra virgin olive oil and olives

watch this video clip on you tube regarding my olive oil  

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LdzvoBkVWC4

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

click on the links below to see what the times online, hello magazine, tiscali, dos hermanos and the new york magazine have said about my olive oil 

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/real_food/article5200663.ece

 

http://majbros.blogspot.com/2007/06/embassy-electrical-supplies.html

 

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/fooddrink/simon-says/food-heros.html  

 

http://nymag.com/travel/spring/2006/london/index4.html  

 

http://www.hellomagazine.com/cuisine/20081205907/christmas/gifts/foodies/1/

 

you can purchase any of my products from my shop in Clerkenwell, London, or from white cross street market every friday or by email, or for full details please visit my shopping cart


 

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 

   

another everyday scene
 from the village of lurugina / louroujina
 
sucuk hung out to dry

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

 

the village muhtar (barbaros)


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