Reis Raki

Reis Raki

Regular price $80.00
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Reis is the one your grandfather approved of. Aniseed, tradition, and a rare talent for turning water cloudy — and evenings long.

This is the spirit that doesn't apologise.

Reis Raki arrives with the swagger of a thousand family dinners, the kind that turn neighbours into philosophers and strangers into old friends. One sip and you'll understand why it's been the unofficial ambassador of good times for generations. Fair warning: this bottle has a reputation for making even the quietest evenings unforgettable.

  • 700ml
  • 45% Alcohol
  • Approx 25 Standard Drinks

Suma (Grape Spirit distilled with Aniseed), Filtered Water, Refined Sugar.
  • Sweet
    3 out of 5
  • Salty
    0 out of 5
  • Sour
    1 out of 5
  • Bitter
    2 out of 5
  • Umami
    0 out of 5

  • Made in Melbourne

  •

    Small-Batch Distilled

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    Vegan Friendly

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    Gluten Free

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    No Additives

It's pronounced rah-kuh, and it's been expecting you.
Meet The Raki
  • Raki has presided over Turkish tables for five hundred years. It has settled arguments, started better ones, and never once been rushed. Add water and it blooms cloudy white — the Turks call it aslan sütü. Lion's milk.
  • Grapes, distilled twice, the second time over aniseed. That's the whole recipe. It has resisted improvement for centuries, mostly because nobody at the table has ever finished the sentence "you know what would make this better."
  • "Raki isn't drunk to get somewhere. It's drunk to stay a while." — Reis
  • The cloud is chemistry, but nobody at the table cares. Anise oil dissolves in spirit, not in water — add one to the other and a thousand tiny droplets catch the light. The Ottomans didn't have the word "emulsion." They had "miracle," which is close enough.
  • Reis drinks it slowly, with food, among friends. He suggests you do the same. Now distilled the traditional way, half a world from home — the raki has emigrated, and it's doing very well.
  • There are rules. You never fill your own glass — someone at the table does it for you, and you return the favour. The toast is şerefe: not "cheers," but "to honour." A raki table without conversation is considered a technical failure.
THE RITUAL
Pour one part of Reis Raki into a chilled glass. Add one part ice cold water and watch the Lion's milk bloom. Add ice cubes last to preserve the essence.
  • ★★★★★
    “Distinctive, smooth and beautifully traditional. Reis Raki opens with rich aniseed character, softens elegantly with chilled water and finishes clean."
    Can Erkan

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