Traditionally served cold from the freezer as a digestif,. Search results You searched for: tsikoudia. Displaying results of Haraki Cretan Tsikoudia Grappa ml smooth and bursting with sweet flavors and aromas reminiscent of the grapes used for distillation. Shipping info for Luekens Liquors. Kretaraki Tsikoudia Brandies - Imported It is made by combining raki or Tsipouro with honey and several spices, such as cinnamon, cardamom, or other regional herbs.
More Info: Kretaraki Tsikoudia. Shipping info for Shoprite Liquors - Lincoln Park. Kretaraki Tsikoudia ML. Shipping info for Malden Center Fine Wines. Shipping info for Ball Square Fine Wines. More Info: Varvaki Tsikoudia. More Info: Haraki - Tsikoudia ml. Haraki - Tsikoudia ml. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. Tsikoudia and Ouzo are the traditional drinks which can be found in every household in Crete.
Almost every family with vineyards produce their own homemade tsikoudia and is usually offered to welcome guests, serve it before a meal accompanying starters or after dinner, as an aperitif, with fruit or dessert. In my Cretangoods you will find authentic Cretan tsikoudia , aged tsikoudia and other tsikoudia spirits as well as the traditional Rakomelo made with high quality Cretan tsikoudia, thyme honey and cinnamon cloves.
An ideal spirit to enjoy hot in the winter or cold in the summer. Items 1 to 40 of 40 total. The strafylo are placed in the pot, on top of a layer of thyme branches, to prevent scorching, the lid placed on top and the tapered tube sealed with flour dough - zymi.
As the fire heats the grape mash, it produces steam which is funnelled to the tank and cooled by the water, becomes liquid again, a very special alcoholic liquid, tsidoudia or raki.
This mixture can be anywhere between percent alcohol. The hardest job of all is taking the steaming hot used grapeskins back out of the copper pot in the middle of the night. The only compensation is good fresh tsikoudia , a warm fire, a few snacks and great parea. In our photos here, you can see the hot steaming left-over mash being scooped from the kazani onto a crude metal slide under the full moon, the waste grapes are then collected into a big rotting pile which grows and grows over the days of the kazani.
Gradually, however, even this is used as fertiliser, completing the cycle of grape harvest. Friends come from villages near and far to sit and take up the important role of watching and waiting at the kazani. Each brew takes at least 2 hours. The hard workers must rest and take down a few sfinakia of their newly created tsikoudia before leaping up again and getting hot and sweaty digging out the hot grapes and putting in new grapes. The visitors' job is to concentrate on taking even amounts of tsikoudia so as not to rush it, admiring the brew, enjoying the mezedakia , and generally giving great parea — company — to all and sundry.
Don't forget to eat as you go, and don't mix your drinks, and you will experience the crystal clear results of a night with sweet tsikoudia. Don't forget its medicinal uses. Our yiayia swears by it for many remedies, and it is very very warming on a cold night.
Commercial tsikoudia - raki is available all over Kriti, a good place for visitors in a rush to find it is in the street market at Heraklion. Quality, strength and taste vary greatly. Find your bottle of local raki or tsikoudia in the laiki agora local markets such as the Chania Municipal Market, the Market in Heraklion, or indeed through your favourite taverna.
You can look out for a rakokazano - raki boiler or distiller, or a Raki Distillery in many parts of Crete. You can find organic raki, rakomelo which has honey, as well as many other traditional and not-so-traditional varieties of tsikoudia.
Organic raki infused with strawberry, orange, almond and coffee are available to try.
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