Produits Locaux
Chios is an island that has been blessed with fertile soil and an excellent Mediterranean climate which favours the production of a variety of quality products.
The journeys and experiences of its seamen facilitated the promotion of Chian products to other lands from early on in time, assisting in the exchange of knowledge and the introduction of new ideas (production, processing, and packaging) from all over the world. Mastic obviously played the lead role!
Everyone knows that this unique product, with its amazing properties and numerous uses, is solely produced on this island.
Make sure you stock up with mastic products, according to your needs and tastes, before you leave the island.
Chewing gum, ouzo, liqueur, candy, many varieties of sweets, personal care products, fragrances, cosmetics & make-up, natural aromatic soap and candles and whatever else you can think of all with the intoxicating, therapeutic aroma and magical properties.
Chios has a long-standing tradition in distillation. Nowadays, many family businesses, that pass down the tradition from generation to generation, produce excellent ouzo, aromatic liqueur and strong souma (a variety of tsipouro that is distilled from figs).
It also produces excellent wine, usually red, as well as the renowned "Ariousio wine" that dates back to ancient times.
Given the dominating role of the olive cultivations, Chios also produces pure, virgin, olive oil.
An amazing variety of citrus fruits that are still produced in its fields, which were once exported to the rest of the world, are made into spoon sweets with the Chian mandarin playing the lead role.
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