PISTACHIO FROM BRONTE
This variety of pistachio grows on the rugged lands of Bronte and nowhere else in Europe. It is only here that the pistachios acquire such a brilliant emerald green color and such an intense, resinous and full fragrance. Perched on the steep roads between the Etna volcano and the Park of Nebrodi, Bronte's livelihood depends on pistachios: the people of Bronte grow them, sell them and turn them into sweets, creams and sauces. The pistachio tree, produces its nuts one year and rests the following one: it is during the latter period that the farmers remove the few buds that have sprouted on the branches so that the plant can store all its energy and literally explode with fruits during the following season. After a two-year wait, the harvest is a crucial time. Between the end of August and the beginning of September, the town is literally empty: everyone works in the "loci" (the local name for the pistachio orchards): women, children and even the elderly. The operation is almost acrobatic: balanced on blocks of lava and holding onto the branches with one hand, with the other they pick the pistachio nuts one by one, dropping them into a canvas bag tied around their necks.

PISTACHIO FROM SYRIA
When it is not a good year for the production of the Pistachio of Bronte (as in 2007, when the harvest dropped by 70% due to drought), Grom - instead of tricking its consumers and getting caught up by the distortion of a market which, incredibly, sells up to 20 times the quantity of pistachios picked in the splendid Sicilian town of Bronte - prefers to look to the noble land of origin of this very ancient fruit: Syria. The Syrian Pistachio has a slightly less aromatic and "resinous" flavour than the Bronte pistachio, but is definitely punchier.