5. Honey-beeswax candles
Honey is a popular natural product
because of the rich greek flora with
a high nutricious value- μέλι
Natural beeswax is ideal for
making candles - κερί
6. Mastic tree-mastic products
Mastic is an exclusive product of
Chios,a greek island.It is the resin of
the tree and its droplets are collected
and used for sweets,gums ,cosmetics
and medicine-μαστίχα
Vanilla or Mastic Submarine is a nugget of
vanilla or mastic flavoured sugar paste
dipped in a glass of cold water- γλυκό
υποβρύχιο
7. Krokos Kozanis-Greek saffron
Krokos Kozanis is a variety of saffron
cultivated in the area called Kozani It is a
purple flower and we use the red strings it
has-κρόκος
Κrokos is used as a spice for the
aroma and the golden colour that
adds to food-κρόκος
8. Greek natural sponge
The natural soft bath sponge belong to
animal kingdom and lives deep into the
bottom of the sea of Kalymnos,a Greek
island.
The living tissue is dried,washed and it
becomes a soft,smooth,flexible sponge.In
the old days people were diving into the
sea wearing heavy metallic costumes to
collect these sponges-σφουγγάρι
11. Spoon sweets,jams,loukoumi
We have a great variety of spoon sweets
made of fruit.They are served in a spoon
as a gesture of hospitality in Greece
Loukoumi is a jelly-like sweet usually cut
into cubes and covered with icing sugar