Rakia
Sign in to saveRakia, rakija, rakiya, rachiu or rikea (), is the collective term for fruit spirits or fruit brandy popular in the Balkans. The alcohol content of rakia is normally 40% ABV, but home-produced rakia can be stronger (typically 50–80%).
Key facts
- Beverage.name
- Rakia
- Beverage.image
- ЕленскаСливова.jpg
- Beverage.type
- Liqueur
- Beverage.abv
- 40+ vol-%
- Beverage.origin
- Bulgaria or Serbia
- Beverage.flavour
- various fruits, incl. grape, plum, peach, apricot
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14 sectionsContents
- Overview
- By country
- Albania
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Greece
- Serbia
- Turkey
- Ritual use
- Types
- Notes
- See also
- References
- External links
Rakia, rakija, rakiya, rachiu or rikea (), is the collective term for fruit spirits or fruit brandy popular in the Balkans. The alcohol content of rakia is normally 40% ABV, but home-produced rakia can be stronger (typically 50–80%).
== Overview == Rakia is produced from fermented and distilled fruits, typically plums and grapes, but also apricots, pears, cherries or raspberries. Other fruits less commonly used are peaches, apples, figs, blackberries, and quince. Common flavours are šljivovica and țuică, produced from plums, kaysieva/kajsija, produced from apricots, or grozdova/lozova in Bulgaria, raki rrushi in Albania, lozovača/komovica in Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina all produced from grapes.