ETEOKRITO
Honey from Sitia Crete

ETEOKRITE honey is produced and marketed by the Moutakis family. The passion, patience and love for bees improves its quality year after year and ranks it as one of the top products. The quality mark of the Sitia Geopark, the quality and taste awards as well as the organic certification from the ΔΗΩ:GR-BIO-01 organization testify to its uniqueness and nutritional value. It is packaged under strict conditions to preserve its special characteristics with as little processing as possible, in its purest form.

The quantities available vary from year to year and depend on the weather conditions that will prevail and the honey that nature will provide effortlessly. We do not mix different types of honey, we do not spoil the quality of our honey to have quantity and we respect bees and nature. We do this for reasons of conscience and philosophy for life.

Eteokritos thyme honey is collected in the wider area of the Sitia Geopark. The dry-thermal climate and the endemic vegetation of the area produce one of nature's most precious gifts.

Eteocretan honey "true Cretan", from ἐτεός, meaning "true + Cretan" got its name from the area where it is collected, since Eteocretans are considered the native-genuine Cretans. From their name, it can be concluded that the Eteocretans were descendants of the Minoans, i.e. the ancient inhabitants of Crete.

After the invasion and occupation of Crete by the Dorians (around 1100 BC), the Eteocretans will leave the central area of the mega-island and take refuge in the eastern part (today's province of Sitia) centered on Praisos.

The Eteocretans would continue to speak their language and maintain their identity until the late classical years, as evidenced by the epigraphic evidence we know. Famous are the inscriptions of Praisos in the "Eteocretian" - apparently Minoan - language, which has not yet been deciphered. The label of our honey is inspired by symbols and letters of such inscriptions of ancient Praissus.