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Efe Gold starts with dried grapes processed into unfermented grape juice. Once this is complete the grape juice is fermented and distilled into suma. The suma is then distilled again but this time with anise seeds in traditional copper alembics to produce Efe Gold Raki. Using the core of this distillation can prove to be quite harsh, so the liquid is diluted with mineral-balanced water from natural spring waters in order to produce a softer product.