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NAXOS
NAXOS//
DAY 7, 8 & 9
Explore the Portata, Temple to Apollo
NAXOS//
DAY 10 & 11
I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair.
And her daughter [Persephone] too. The one with the delicate ankles, whom Hadês[1]
seized. She was given away by Zeus, the loud-thunderer, the one who sees far and wide.
Demeter did not take part in this, she of the golden double-axe, she who glories in the harvest.
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NAXOS//
DAY 15 & 16
How to make kitron
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"The production process starts with the collection of citron leaves when they are fully fragrant –that is, from September and possibly throughout the winter."
"After careful selection to exclude dry and diseased leaves, they are bathed in alcohol in a traditional pot still."
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"The essential oils of the leaves are dissolved in the alcohol and the distillate gives three basic spirit types: white at 33 degrees, green at 30 degrees and yellow at 36 degrees."
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