throúbi

Summer savory, a cousin of thyme and oregano that blooms between June and September in the rocky hills of Greece. Its medicinal uses, as a stimulant, antiseptic and digestion aid, were described by the ‘Father of Botany’ Theophrastos in the 4th century BC.

The ancients Greeks made a wine flavoured with it, and they still use it to clean out their wine barrels and flavour vinegars The Romans considered it an aphrodisac—as the French still do today.