{"id":5169,"date":"2018-02-26T17:58:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apostagmakriton.gr\/tsikoudia-raki\/"},"modified":"2018-03-14T22:46:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T20:46:27","slug":"tsikoudia-raki","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apostagmakriton.gr\/en\/tsikoudia-raki\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsikoudia \u2013 Raki"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;stretch&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1519598819172{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column margin_bottom=&#8221;0px&#8221;]<style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69f260206d17d{font-size:32px;font-weight:400;}<\/style><h2 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-text-center vc_custom_1521060381850 vcex_69f260206d17d\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Tsikoudia \u2013 Raki<\/span><\/h2>[vc_zigzag color=&#8221;custom&#8221; el_width=&#8221;10&#8243; custom_color=&#8221;#d7b46a&#8221;][vc_column_text text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;300&#8243; font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1521060365118{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Every autumn, after the grape harvest, a variety of wine celebrations start all over Greece. Then, the manufacturing of the tsikoudia begins. The custom of \u201crakokazano\u201d was instituted by Eleftherios Venizelos in 1920, in which case special licenses were granted to farmers in order to financially support them through the production of tsikoudia. As the raw material in the \u201crakokazano\u201d, the chikouda or grape marcs (pulp grapes), remnants of grape pressing to get the must out. \u00a0As the cauldron begins to boil, a drop of droplet begins to flow the first body of the distillate, the protoraki (first tsikoudia), very strong raki, pure alcohol. As long as the distillation continues, tsikoudia gets the right proportions and grades. Usually the cauldron \u201ccloses\u201d about 40 alcoholic degrees. The fragrant tsikoudia, still scarce, gives the slogan for a great feast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The modern way of manufacturing tsikoudia from industrial units is carried out by the fractional distillation method &#8211; discontinuous distillation mainly- where high-quality steam turbines are used, fully electronic, adjustable and controlled. This allows the production of a high quality, multi-distilled product and purity, reducing the undesirable substances of distillation to a minimum and allowing the producer to split the heads and tails and keeping only the heart of the distillate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Good tsikoudia is the queen of drinks, because apart from enjoyment, on the one hand it is pure, that is to say, it has no dyes and industrial alcohols (alcohol produced from potatoes or sugar beet, etc.) and on the other hand it has anxiolytic and relaxing properties with the result that our heart and spirit will be glad, to let us out of torturous thoughts, so help us to relax, to stimulate appetite, digestion and the warmth of our body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Served in small glasses and consumed purely or with ice, but usually accompanied by nuts, sweets and snacks of fish or meat and always with good company.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;0px&#8221; remove_bottom_col_margin=&#8221;true&#8221; tablet_fullwidth_cols=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"vcex-image-grid-wrap wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-module vcex-image-grid grid-style-default wpex-row wpex-clr wpex-lightbox-group\"><div class=\"id-5223 vcex-image-grid-entry vcex-grid-item textcenter span_1_of_2 col col-1\"><figure class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-figure wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-img entry-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apostagmakriton.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DSC_2141-e1519674841181.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-link wpex-lightbox-group-item\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apostagmakriton.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DSC_2141-e1519674841181-931x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"700\"><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"id-5221 vcex-image-grid-entry vcex-grid-item textcenter span_1_of_2 col col-2\"><figure class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-figure wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><div class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-img entry-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apostagmakriton.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DSC_2139-e1519674827403.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-grid-entry-link wpex-lightbox-group-item\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apostagmakriton.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DSC_2139-e1519674827403-931x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"700\"><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;stretch&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1519598819172{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column margin_bottom=&#8221;0px&#8221;][vc_zigzag color=&#8221;custom&#8221; el_width=&#8221;10&#8243; custom_color=&#8221;#d7b46a&#8221;][vc_column_text text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;300&#8243; font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1521060365118{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;] Every autumn, after the grape harvest, a variety of wine celebrations start all over Greece. Then, the manufacturing of the tsikoudia begins. 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