Tsikoudia (aka Raki) for BTC

Up for sale homemade tsikoudia

100ml = $2.50 | (2.10 euros)
200ml = $4.80 | (4.15 euros)

Shipping preferably inside E.U. - I can ship outside the E.U. but will have to check about regulations.

You don't know what TSIKOUDIA is???

TSIKOUDIA (also known as "Raki")

Is an alcoholic beverage, a fragrant, grape-based pomace brandy of Cretan (Crete - Greece) origin that contains 40%–65% alcohol by volume.

Tsikoudia is on the whole homemade by individual families for their own consumption on Crete. Many families have their own Still or share a distillery with their often large extended families. The Raki is made in the Autumn after the grape harvest when the vines have been pruned.

Tsikoudia is made by distilling of pomace, i.e., the pieces of grapes (sometimes including the stems and seeds) that were pressed for the winemaking process. The pomace is kept for about six weeks after the grapes have been pressed, in a tightly-sealed barrel, and then the fermented mush is distilled.

The distillation process often taking 3 hours or so and becomes a celebration in which family and friends bring food and sample the drink as it is being made.

Some Tsikoudia makers will add wild herbs such as Thyme or Rosemary, others will sweeten the clear liquid with honey making it a rich golden colour. This sweetened, very palatable blend of Tsikoudia and honey is known as "Rakomelo".

Known by visitors as firewater, moonshine or loopy juice, Tsikoudia should be drunk sensibly

It is served cold from a bottle kept in a freezer in small small shot glass. It is always served with food, often in the form of titbits of Feta cheese, tomatoes, olives, cucumbers or cooked beans or rice dishes on small plates. This is commonly offered as an after dinner digestif and in most tavernas in Crete it is offered as a complimentary aperitif with fruits and sweets after the meal.

more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsikoudia & http://www.we-love-crete.com/tsikoudia.html

Thanks for checking! - Cheers! (Yamas!)