“Here is the good pasteli! You can buy it for three groshia” The Cyprus pound was divided into 20 shillings. Each shilling was divided into 9 grosha/piasters , Pastellarides (pasteli street sellers) would hawk back in the old times. This may not be the case now, yet pasteli, is still produced in Anogyra village following the old procedure. Pasteli is traditional sweet made from carob syrup and Anogyra has been one of the main carob-growing areas in Cyprus. Hence, their local festival celebrates the carob harvest and carob products.
