Drinks in the Athens A to Z
16 entries filed under Drink in the Athens A to Z Travel Dictionary. Each name opens the full entry.
F
Fix Hellas
A Greek lager brand with roots in 19th century Athens, revived and widely sold again.
Frappe
A frothy iced instant coffee drink shaken with sugar and a little water; a Greek cafe staple invented at the 1957 Thessaloniki trade fair.
Freddo espresso
Athens' default summer coffee, espresso shaken over ice; the milky version is a freddo cappuccino topped with cold foam (afrogala).
G
Greek coffee (elliniko)
Finely ground coffee boiled in a small briki and served with the grounds settled at the bottom. Order it sketos, metrios or glykos, no sugar, some, or sweet.
H
Hyma (krasi hyma)
House wine drawn from the barrel and sold by weight, ordered by the kilo, half or quarter.
M
Mastiha
A sweet, faintly pine like liqueur made from the resin of the mastic tree, which grows commercially only in southern Chios.
Metaxa
A smooth amber Greek spirit that blends brandy with wine and a touch of botanicals; usually sipped after dinner.
Mythos
A widely sold modern Greek lager, found on almost every taverna list.
O
Ouzo
The anise flavoured spirit that turns cloudy with water or ice, traditionally sipped with meze.
P
Portokalada and lemonada
Bottled orange and lemon sodas, the default soft drinks in a kafeneio.
How to make Portokalada and lemonada homemade orange and lemon cordial
R
Rakomelo
Raki or tsipouro warmed with honey, spices and sometimes cinnamon or cloves, drunk in winter as a short warming glass.
Retsina
The resin flavoured white wine of Attica, an acquired but characterful match for meze.
S
Savatiano
The white grape of Attica, historically the base of retsina and now increasingly bottled unresinated on its own.
T
Tsai tou vounou
Greek mountain tea, an infusion of dried sideritis flowers, served plain or with honey and widely drunk for colds.
Tsipouro
A clear spirit distilled from grape pomace, from northern and central Greece, drunk in small glasses alongside meze.
V
Visinada
A sour cherry cordial diluted with cold water, a traditional nonalcoholic summer drink also served over the spoon sweet it comes from.