‘Thassos food’

Thassos Tsipouro: The Island’s Traditional Spirit

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Thassos Tsipouro: The Island's Traditional Spirit

Thassos tsipouro is the island’s traditional distilled spirit, a clear and potent drink pulled from the grape pomace left after the wine harvest. Distillers across Thassos heat that pomace in a copper still each autumn, turning what most regions discard into a prized shot of village hospitality. The local Georgina grape lends the tsipouro a … Read more

Thassos Food and Local Cuisine

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Thassos Food and Local Cuisine

Thassos food draws its character from the island’s olive groves, honey, harbours and mountain pastures. The kitchen here leans on a handful of honest ingredients rather than elaborate technique. Cold-pressed olive oil dresses almost every plate, while wrinkled throumba olives and pine honey carry the island’s name across Greece. Fishermen land sardines, octopus and calamari … Read more