In the pre-modern world - when you couldn't just go to the store to buy flour and there wasn't an oven in every home - going to the mill became an all-day event and it thus became a lively social hub. The building housing the old flour mill in Nazareth was built by the Templars in the late Ottoman period. When they left, it was acquired by Kanaza, the grandfather of Jarjura and Tony, who imported the best that modernity had to offer: a colossal steam engine and the latest machines for grinding spices. The incredible old machines are displayed here, along with a sensory-dazzling array of spices, now ground by newer machines, but with the same care and the same traditional methods that have been handed down for generations.
Every day, they still grind flour here from whole wheat berries, as well as bulgur wheat, paprika, hyssop, lentils and a vast assortment of legumes, spices and coffee. You'll also find a selection of essences and oils produced from some of these items.
El-Babour, the Mill of the Galilee, Annunciation Street, 04-6455596
