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Recipe for homemade tsikoudia

We can make tsikoudia in our house as long as there is appetite and passion for creation!

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We need

Grapes ripe and clean, the more sweet grapes the more tsikoudia will give.

Plastic containers, open from top and closed with lid.

Ambuka, retriever (we can find a shop with agricultural supplies but we can also make ourselves with an old pressure cooker).

Alcohol  measurement  track.

And we begin:

 Step 1

We clean the grapes from any rotten

 Step 2

We push the grapes to the same degree that the berries break and put them in the pot.

Allow 20-30 cm of vacuum from the top to avoid overflowing with boiling.

Lay up clean and washed blocks and clean them with clean and washed stones or marbles. (no metals)

Cover the container without storing it for the boil fumes to escape.

We check it every day.

 Step 3

After 20-30 days of boiling, the sugars have been converted into alcohol, we set the retort.

 Put the grapes in the retort mixed with the juice, seal it and boil it on medium heat.

Once boiled, lower the heat to make distillation slowly.

We check the container with the water that passes the spiral with the steam, always be cold and refresh it to make the liquefaction complete.

We start collecting raki that is 25-28-30 degrees. This depends on how sweet the grapes were, raki will start with high points.

As the distillation progresses, the grades are lowered, they will go down to 15-14-13 until ‘’water’’ runs. So we put the raki together in a pot and we measure it at intervals and when we see that it has around 18-19 degrees we stop distilling.

Tsikoudia-Mann

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Haraki by Patsakis

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Raki or tsikoudia

Raki or tsikoudia it is an alcocholic drink, that is a distillate produced from marc Crete strafyla from nipples. Cretan tsikoudia is different drink from Turkish raki, since this is as ouzo. It  has anise and double distillation while tsikoudia not.

Tsikoudia, is the queen of beverages, because it treats and it is pure. No pigments and industrial alcohol (alcohol derived from potatoes or sugar beet, etc.) and secondly provides anxiolytic and relaxing properties therefore gladdens our hearts and minds, to dismiss us from the obsessive thoughts, so we can relax, stimulate appetite, digestion and the warmth of our bodies. Raki warm, even if it is mixed with honey  or cinnamon helps to keep warm while raki cold to cool off. And all this is pure enough to be drunk in moderation and properly. (ie with friends, moderation and good meze).

How made raki – tsikoudia

The cauldron inside throwing  these materials boiling become steam. Passing the horizontal pipe and then refrigerate water and raki-tsikoudia is going out.

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