GreekFoodTv☼ Citrus season at a Greek farmers market

Greek Citrus Fruits at the Market are a feast for the senses.
Greece is a major producer of citrus fruits and exports globally. Most citrus fruits are grown in the Peloponnese and in Crete. One of the most beautiful sights of the temperate Greek winter is to be had driving south along the sea, near Epidavros, on the Old National Road, toward Nafplion. Snow-capped mountains frame the backdrop and bright orange, lemon and tangerine trees perfume the air. Sometimes there is a surplus and you can even see goats munching on the fruits. While oranges, in many varieites, and lemons make up the bulk of the Greek citrus production, the country also grows kumquats, mainly in Corfu, and bergamots, a gangly, oily-skinned thick fruit that gives Earl Grey tea its characteristic flavor and makes for one of the loveliest spoon sweets.
About one-third of the Greek orange crop ends up in vitamin-C starved Germany, where it is processed into juice (and often sold back to the Greeks. God Bless food efficiency!! Austria, Poland, and the Czech Republic are also important markets for Greek citrus fruits.
Many older varieties have been lost as the citrus-farming industry standardizes varieties, shapes, sizes, and color in the fruit that is produced.

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[Bebba37]

Awww I miss this!!

[xandrios]

Poly kala glika simera! Very good and sweet today!