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Tsipouro

clear pomace spirit drunk with small plates of meze

Greece Wine & spirit

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Distilled by monks on Mount Athos from the fourteenth century; the tsipouradika of Volos serve it with a succession of meze.

Frequently asked questions

What is Tsipouro?

Tsipouro is a wine & spirit from Greece: clear pomace spirit drunk with small plates of meze. Distilled by monks on Mount Athos from the fourteenth century; the tsipouradika of Volos serve it with a succession of meze.

Made with

grapes

Cooked

distilled

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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