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NATURE | BLACK GOLD








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 Around 4000 carob
 trees can be found at
 Aphrodite Hills Resort.
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 CAROB – THE BLACK GOLD OF CYPRUS  wilderness, and to this day they are sometimes called “St. John’s Bread”.
 The carob tree is native to the Mediterranean and has been cultivated   It was under a carob tree near Salamis in Cyprus, that the body of St.
 for 4000 years. Its Latin name, “Ceratonia Siliqua”, is derived from the   Barnabas, Patron Saint of the Church in Cyprus was found in AD 477.
 Greek “Keration” meaning horn – as per the shape of the tree’s pod.
 Since ancient times in Greece and Egypt, carob has been used as food  GOLDEN LOCAL FLAVOURS
 and fuel. The seeds from the carob are consistent in size and weight   Carob powder is higher in natural sugars, fibre and iron content than
 and are believed to have been the original gauge for the “carat” used by   cocoa and has become a popular chocolate substitute. Carob syrup is
 jewellers. Carobs were known as the “black gold of Cyprus” and used   used as sweetener in cakes and biscuits and may be blended with milk
 to be a major agricultural export product. Around 4000 carob trees can   or ice cream to give flavour. Carob syrup helps improve the function
 be found at Aphrodite Hills Resort.  of the stomach. Farmers dissolved carob syrup in water as a refreshing
 energy drink as well.
 BACK IN TIME
 Cyprus Carob trees have been grown in Cyprus and countries bordering  TRY PASTELLI
 the Mediterranean since biblical times. It is said that they were the   A Cyprus delight and healthy snack made with peanuts, carob syrup
 main source of food for St. John the Baptist during his forty days in the   and sesame seeds.
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