Tsipouro is a strong distilled spirit containing approximately 37 per cent alcohol per volume and is produced from the must-residue of the wine-press. The name tsipouro is used throughout the country, except for Crete, where the same spirit with a stronger aroma is known as tsikoudia. Also the Oriental name raki is used, from which the term "rakizio" is derived, used to refer to the drink's distillation process, which usually turns into a huge celebration among family, friends and neighbors.

Some tips about drinking raki: 

Never mix raki with another drink. Once you start to drink raki, continue with raki, and do not change to wine or beer after. This will make you very drunk and experience a severe hangover after.

Raki is claimed to be a medicine for cold. In Naxos people make "rakomelo" (raki with honey) when they are cold (to prepare rakomelo just boil a cup of raki and when it boils add a spoon of honey, stir and drink it hot). Raki with honey and spices (in this case is called "psimeni" meaning "cooked or roasted" ) apart from homemade production, the recent years is also bottled by the local distilleries and has became a very popular spirit.