Kalimera
The evenings here on Ikaria are slowly becoming longer again.
The air has turned soft.
You can hear voices drifting through the small village streets.
Somewhere, glasses are clinking.
And over many tables, there is this slow feeling that is almost impossible to describe.
Not loud.
Not carefully staged.
More like an old rhythm that people here never completely lost.
In two weeks, we will continue on to Germany. For a few weeks, we will be taking care of the shipping of our products ourselves.
Then we will be standing between storage shelves, boxes, olive oil, honey, herbs and all the parcels that will make their way to you.
Sometimes we think: what a long journey it has been.
From our first longing for Greece.
To our life on Ikaria.
To Alexandro in Northern Greece.
And all the way to each parcel that is packed in Germany and arrives at your door.
And yet, it all belongs together.
Because for us, following a dream does not mean arriving somewhere and everything staying the same forever.
It means carrying that dream into everyday life.
With decisions.
With work.
With family.
With hands that get things done.
With paths we walk again and again.
AVRAMIDIS grew from exactly this.
From our love for Ikaria.
From our deep connection to Greece.
From the people who still make food with care, experience and patience.
And from the wish to pass on something of this life: its taste, its calm, its originality and the connection to the people behind it.
Over the coming weeks, we will take you with us a little.
To Northern Greece.
Into our warehouse in Germany.
And, of course, always back to Ikaria.
Because behind every jar of honey, every bottle of olive oil and every parcel, there is more than a product.
There is a place.
A person.
A story.
And a path we are grateful to share with you.
With love,
Anna & Niko
P.S. Since we will be taking care of the shipping ourselves over the coming weeks, every parcel that leaves Germany on its way to you will feel especially close to us.