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Limoncello Mania!

Over the centuries, thousands of lemon trees were planted
on terraces carved into the mountainsides that plunge
down to the cobalt blue waters of the Mediterranean.
Amalfi lemons – known in Italian as “sfusati” - are big,
knobbly and prized for their strong perfume and sweet flesh.
You can eat the whole thing, the skin is so sweet. The
custodians of this World Heritage-listed landscape, are
aging. The slopes are too steep for roads to be built, and
even mules struggle to access most of the handkerchief-
sized terraces. The men labour from 7am until late
afternoon, sometimes doing 20 or 30 runs up and down the
mountain. A very good reason to convert: now the farmers
dedicated more time to produce “limoncello” – the sweet
liqueur made from lemon rind, pure alcohol, sugar and
water. Let’s visit where the real thing comes from !!