At the end of the 19th century, in the thriving city of Komotini — known as Koumoutzina during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods — two dynamic families join forces. In a city where the native Greeks dominate the economic life, Alkiviadis Nestoros and the well-traveled Captain Spyros Mousouris bring treasures of flavors and aromas from the ports of Constantinople, Imbros, and Tenedos, crafting a secret recipe that would leave an everlasting mark on the Thracian tradition of ouzo. Their story begins in 1893... and lives on to this day.