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Ipovrihio

Ipovrihio: A summer treat, sugar paste with vanilla or mastic flavor, enjoyed by submerging a spoonful in a glass of ice water.

sweet spoon with ‘Ipovrihio’ meaning submarine into the glass with water from above

Ipovrihio meaning submarine

This is a classic summer sweet made from white sugar paste (sugar, water, honey, vanilla extract or mastic, and lemon juice), with a vanilla or a mastic flavor. Stuck on a spoon and submerged in a glass of cold water and ice cubes, it is eaten like a lollipop.

According to tradition, this sweet was first made in Istanbul, in the area of Galatas, by confectioners from the island of Chios. Later, these confectioners, when they returned to their island as refugees, added the scented mastic to the sugar paste.

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