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Kopanisti cheese
Kopanisti is a spicy, soft, spreadable cheese with EU PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) status, made across the Cycladic islands—chiefly Mykonos, Tinos, Syros, Andros, and Naxos—since its registration in 1996. Its name comes from the Greek word for 'pounded,' referring to the way curds are hand-kneaded over the first 12-24 hours of fermentation before being wrapped in cloth under a weighting stone for about a week and aged in earthenware. The mold that develops during aging (from the Penicillium roqueforti family, the same genus behind Roquefort) gives it a sharp, peppery tang and strong aroma. It is typically served as a meze with ouzo, or as 'mostra'—a barley rusk topped with kopanisti, tomato, and olive oil.
Where to Eat
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- No photoEat & DrinkSantiago
Santiago is a restaurant and taverna at Plateia Agiou Georgiou in Chora, Tinos. Its menu includes Kopanisti cheese. The website is currently an opening-soon page with no further details about the business available.
Claim this businessPlateia Agiou Georgiou, Chora, Tinos
+30 694 277 9855
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Village square, Komi, Tinos
+30 22830 51830
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Claim this business - No photoEat & DrinkTo Maereio
16 Kalogera, Mykonos Town 846 00
+30 22890 28825
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Claim this business - No photoEat & DrinkTriantaraki
Triantaros village (upper part), Tinos
+30 22830 41371
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Where to Buy
- No photoBusinessAgrotikos Synetairismos Tinou (Agricultural Cooperative of Tinos)
The Agricultural Cooperative of Tinos is the collective body of the island's farmers, operating a retail shop in Chora near the port. Its dairy produces cow's-milk items including graviera, Petroma, Kariki, Tyraki Tinako, fresh milk, and butter; the cooperative holds PDO certification for Kopanisti production (2023–26).
Leof. Megalocharis 22, Chora Tinou
+30 22830 23289
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Claim this business - No photoBusinessiPiperoriza
iPiperoriza is a shop in Agia Varvara offering spices, salts, herbs, teas, oils, and specialty foods. Its catalog includes items such as capers, honey-based snacks, and chocolate wafers. Located at Eleftheriou Venizelou 146, with more information available at ipiperoriza.gr.
Claim this businessEleftheriou Venizelou 146, Agia Varvara
+30 21 0569 1701
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Chones, 845 02 Andros (Korthi)
+30 22827 70046
BusinessMe tin oka kai me to dramiTraditional grocery store in Acharnes, Greece, with an online shop. Website categories include cheeses, cold cuts, dairy, yogurt, herbs, spices, sweets, honey, preserves, delicacies, pasta, legumes, beverages, dried fruit, eggs, and frozen goods, as well as curated gift selections.
Filadelfeias 55, Acharnes 136 71
+30 210 2477787
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BusinessMiran (MiranDeli)Miran (MiranDeli) is a delicatessen at Evripidou 45, Athens, established in 2015. It offers traditional Greek and Middle Eastern flavors, including items such as beef pastrami and itzli kefte. The store also has a meze area and an online shop with delivery through Wolt and eFood.
Claim this businessEvripidou 45, Athens
BusinessTo DiktamoTo Diktamo (Karaoli & Dimitriou 63, Vyronas) is a family-run food shop founded in 1999. It sells natural Greek products without added chemicals or preservatives, built around traditional varieties from Greek producers. Offerings include pies with Mavragani flour, tomato sauce, jams, low-gluten sugar-free delicacies, and stuffed vine leaves.
Claim this businessKaraoli & Dimitriou 63, Vyronas
+30 210 7658530
- No photoBusinessTyrokomeio Mykonou (Koukas family dairy)
Tyrokomeio Mykonou is a dairy in Paliokastro, Ano Mera, Mykonos. Products include Kopanisti, Tyrovolia, Xinotyro, and yogurt, made from fresh milk using traditional methods and modern safety standards.
Paliokastro, Ano Mera, 846 00 Mykonos
+30 22890 71813
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Marmaro, Ano Manna, 841 00 Syros
+30 22810 75454
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Ethnikis Antistaseos 18, Chalandri
+30 210 6837758
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Claim this business - No photoBusinessTyrokomia Naxou - Emm. V. Koufopoulos
Tyromia Naxou - Emm. V. Koufopoulos is a producer of traditional cheeses and dairy products based in Galanado, Naxos. Products include hard cheeses such as Agios Isidoros and graviera aged 2 and 5 years, plus cow's and goat's milk. Retail shop in Chora.
Agios Isidoros, Galanado, Naxos; retail shop at Papavasileiou, Chora Naxos 843 00
+30 22850 26018
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Articles
- Kopanisti: Why Tinos, Not Mykonos, Is Where You Actually Eat It
A verified survey of 15 currently operating Greek businesses found that Tinos, not Mykonos, is where kopanisti most often appears as a restaurant dish: three of the five confirmed tavernas serving it are on Tinos, against one on Mykonos. The retail side traces the cheese’s wider PDO island map, with Athens-area shops selling it as packaged island product.
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