Greek coffee Loumidis Papagalos product card

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The most recognizable Greek ground coffee with an intense, rich aroma and a mild, unique taste. Loumidis coffee is the most popular brand, associated with the Greeks with the highest quality of the product. It is characterized by an intense and pleasant aroma, as well as an incomparable, slightly acidic taste. It presents a classic that is one of the symbols of Greek cuisine and culture.

 The price for 200g is  PLN 20.

It is sold in airtight packaging that allows you to maintain the unique aroma of coffee. Store the product in a cool and dry place, away from products with an intense smell.

 

 

COMPOSITION AND ENERGY VALUE

Ingredients: finely ground coffee 100%

Nutritional value per 100g:

  • energy value 200kJ/60kcal fat,
  • including saturated fatty acids 2.0g / 0g
  • carbohydrates including sugars 4g/ 2.0g
  • protein 2g
  • sodium 0g
  • cholesterol 0g
  • vegetable fibers 4g

METHODS OF BREWING

The culture of brewing coffee in Greek style – cooking in a pot (Briki):
 
  1. Pour the coffee into the crucible. Add sugar and pour cold water. The proportion of 2 teaspoons of coffee per 1 small cup.

  2. Bring the coffee to a boil, stirring gently, being careful not to boil over the coffee. This is the hardest part of the operation.
  3. Take it off the fire for a while and then bring it back to a boil. You can collect the resulting foam with a spoon or repeat the action – after about the fifth boiling, the foam disappears.
  4. Bring to the boil again and slowly pour the rest of the coffee down the side of the cup.
  5. Wait a moment for the ground grains to sink to the bottom.
  6. Serve with a small glass of water and a sweet addition.

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SWEET COFFEE LEVEL

  • SKIETOS (sugar free)
  • ME OLIGI (half a teaspoon of sugar)
  • METRIOS (one teaspoon of sugar)
  • GHLIKOS (two teaspoons of sugar)

PROPERTIES

It has been shown that Greek coffee, rich in:

  • chlorogenic acid,
  • polyphenols,
  • fat-soluble substance.

 

Health properties:

  • protects the arteries
  • reduces the risk of developing diabetes
  • improves the condition of the immune system.

PRODUCT HISTORY

Greece was under Turkish occupation for 400 years. It was also then that the Turks taught the Greeks to drink coffee. The Greeks became so fond of Turkish coffee that they were the first to sell ready-made ground coffee to prepare at home. It was the idea of the Loumidis brothers, whose brand Λουμίδης Παπαγάλος (Loumidis Papagalos) is still associated with good coffee and their slogan is known even to small children.

 „Ο καθένας είναι καλός στον τομέα του και ο Λουμίδης στον καφέ.”/”Everyone is good in their field and Loumidis is good in coffee.”

THE STORY OF LOUMIDIS​

Loumidis was founded in the 1920s in Piraeus as a family business founded by the three Papagalos brothers. At first, it sold coffee, gradually transformed into a roasting shop. In 1932, cafes were opened in the center of Athens and Thessaloniki, and in 1938 also the famous cafe on Stadiou Street, which soon became a meeting place for intellectuals and artists.
 
 

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CURIOSITIES

Fortune telling from coffee grounds
When you finish your coffee, you turn the cup upside down for a few seconds and let the coffee fall from the cup into place, then a wise person from Greece could read your future by taking the cup off and looking at the Greek coffee.
 
Amount of coffee drinking In Greece
Coffee is drunk at any time of the day or even at night, be it breakfast, lunch or even dinner. For Greeks, there is simply no bad time for coffee. A classic breakfast here is coffee and a cigarette.
 
The perfect wife
It used to be said that if a girl could brew Greek coffee properly, she was perfect wife material.
 
 

Πάμε για καφέ?

/Pame gia kafe?/Are we going for coffee?

 
 
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