| They then diluted the mass of fruit with raki, or peach brandy, and struggled home or to sleep as best they could. |
| A locally famous drink is the anise seed based raki, and brandy sour is another favorite with the Turkish Cypriots. |
| Meals for guests or for ceremonial occasions such as weddings usually involve copious amounts of meat, washed down with Albanian raki, an alcoholic beverage. |
| However, Mr Ash, who likes to sip aniseed-flavoured raki instead of absinthe, rejects the comparison. |
| Dinner ended with ouzo, or more commonly raki, the Greek version of white lightning. |
| Glass thimbles of home-distilled raki were raised and clinked. |
