Learn how raki or tsikoudia, the famous Cretan dessert, is created!

The remains of the pressed grapes have been sealed in the barrels and after the completion of the fermentation they are ready for distillation. 

 In all villages there are special cauldrons in which the remains of the grapes and the liquid of the barrels are placed, sealed airtight and boiled until the temperature is proper for the distillation to start. From the cover of the cauldron begins a pipe which is usually cooled externally with water so that the steam produced becomes liquid and then comes out as raki.