Our Story – How It All Began

We are a family of Mediterranean origin who have lived in Germany for years. We know both worlds: life here, with all its demands for quality and reliability – and the cuisines from which we come, where good olive oil, genuine salça, or pure natural honey are not specialties but everyday staples.

What bothered us? That these very products – which are naturally found on tables back home – are either hard to find in Germany, overpriced, or of inferior quality.

So, we founded Elea Minon. Not as a large trading company, but as a family project with a clear goal: to bring the best products from Crete and Anatolia directly to people who know and appreciate them – and to everyone else who wants to discover them.

Two Regions of Origin, One Promise

Our assortment comes from two of the most aromatic regions of the Mediterranean and the Orient.

Crete – the home of our olive oil

Crete is one of the most important olive oil regions in the world. The Mediterranean climate with over 300 sunny days a year, the ancient olive tree culture, and traditional craftsmanship produce an unparalleled oil: cold-pressed at a maximum of 27 °C, unfiltered, without additives – from the fresh harvest of 2024/2025.

Our olive oil is not just any bottled product. It is the result of a meticulous process that preserves the character of the Cretan olive: fruity, slightly bitter, with a long finish – just as it should be.

Anatolia – the home of our olives & delicacies

Anatolia is one of the oldest cultural landscapes in the world. Olive trees have grown here for millennia, tomatoes and peppers are cooked down to salça, sesame is ground into tahini in stone mills, and honey is harvested from ancient forests.

Our Anatolian delicacies come from where tradition is not marketing, but lived practice: Antep Salça from Gaziantep, Bozkır Tahin from Konya, Ezine Peyniri from Çanakkale, chestnut honey from Turkish forests, Medjool dates and Mabroom dates from Palestine and Medina.