Cahit Palamutçu's olive grove in Kuşadası

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Built by hand, tree by tree.

In Kuşadası, on his family's land, Cahit Palamutçu built this grove tree by tree — and he's still the one tending it.

Cahit Palamutçu checking olives on one of the grove's trees — Cahit checking the olives for ripeness — deciding when they're ready to come off the tree.

Cahit Palamutçu beside the oldest olive tree on the property — Cahit beside the oldest tree on the property — believed to be around 500 years old.

Cahit Palamutçu started this business roughly 25 years ago, on a piece of his family's land in Kuşadası, Türkiye. A handful of trees were already there, some of them centuries old — but it wasn't a mature grove he inherited ready-made. He led the work of planting most of the trees himself, and has tended them all ever since.

Like any real harvest, the oil isn't identical year to year — a wetter spring or a hotter summer changes what ends up in the bottle, so each year's batch carries its own subtle character.

What drives Cahit is simple — quality, and family. He leads every part of it personally: every bottle reflects decisions he's made, from which trees to plant to how the olives are pressed.

From Grove to Bottle

Picked by Hand

Every olive is picked by hand, at peak ripeness — no mechanical shaking.

Freshly picked olives gathered after harvest

Fresh Off the Tree

Freshly picked and gathered, ready to move to the press.

Ready for the Press

Sorted and cleaned, then pressed the same day they're picked.

Cold-Pressed

The oil flows straight from the press — no shortcuts, no delay.