Family harvest from Serres, Greece

ku kuchie

κουκούτσι · the kernel, the heart of the fruit

Raw almond kernels from our family's orchards in Dimitritsi, Serres, northern Greece. Ferragnès or Texas, £15 per kg.

Reserve almonds
A clear bag of raw ku kuchie almonds with a black and orange label

Reservation list

Reserve your almonds

£15 PER KG · FERRAGNÈS OR TEXAS, SAME PRICE

This is a reservation list, not a shop. Choose what you would like and send it. Nothing is charged here. We will contact you to confirm your reservation and arrange payment by bank transfer.

Pick a variety and an amount. Want both? Add another bag. Each variety comes in its own bag, they are not mixed.

Your almonds
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Why "ku kuchie"?

The name

In Greek, κουκούτσι (ku-KOO-tsee) is the kernel. The seed at the very centre of the fruit.

An almond is a fruit with a stone, and what we sell is what sits inside it: the heart. Nothing around it, nothing added to it. That is what the name means, and it is the whole product.

Our story: from blossom to your kitchen

Our story

From blossom to your kitchen

One almond, one year in our orchard.

  1. February

    The orchard blooms

    Every February the almond trees in Dimitritsi flower before a single leaf appears, and the whole orchard turns white and pink. This is where each year's harvest begins.

  2. Spring

    Green almonds grow

    Through the spring the fruit swells on the branches, a soft green hull around the shell and the kernel growing inside it.

  3. August

    The harvest falls

    When the hulls split open, the almonds are ready. The branches are shaken and the nuts drop onto nets spread beneath the trees.

  4. September

    Dried and shelled

    The almonds dry in the late-summer sun, then the hard shells are cracked away to leave the kernel, the κουκούτσι, the heart of the fruit.

  5. Packed in Serres

    Sealed and sent to the UK

    The kernels are packed and sealed close to the farm, with nothing added, then travel to the UK for you.

  6. Nothing added

    Just the almond

    No roasting, no salt, no oil, no preservatives. Only the raw kernel, exactly as it came out of the shell.

Ferragnès or Texas?

The almonds

Two varieties, two characters

Ferragnès

A large, long, elegant kernel with a smooth, sweet and mild flavour. Our pick for snacking, and it looks beautiful on a cheese board or in baking.

Kernel: large, elongated · Taste: sweet, delicate

Texas

A smaller, rounder kernel with a fuller, deeper almond taste. Made for the kitchen: roasting, grinding, pastries and Greek amygdalota.

Kernel: medium, rounded · Taste: rich, full