Why Mastic Tree Resin Is So Expensive | So Expensive

Greece is famous for the production of mastiha, or mastic, a tree resin collected from mastic trees that flourish in the distinct climate of Chios. Just 1 kilogram can retail for about $350. Today, it's known as "white gold" for its presumed health benefits and various uses in gum, cosmetics, and food. But harvesting this resin isn't simple. It requires farmers to first hurt the trees with as many as 600 cuts into each one's bark. It's only after each droplet has been collected by hand that the resin can be turned into products used around the world. So, what exactly is mastic resin used for? And why is it so expensive?
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Why Mastic Tree Resin Is So Expensive | So Expensive

[@brendancundy7682]

If I reincarnate into a tree... Please not this one.

[@99names16]

Lol I don’t man.. beats being chopped down for paper .. ;)

[@brendancundy7682]

@@99names16 being cut over 600 times to harvest my blood seems a bit rough tho too lol

[@qazwersfdxcv]

@@brendancundy7682 being made into toilet paper and kiss people XXXXX seems very uncomfortable too lol

[@dstyd]

@@qazwersfdxcv Then become a tree that no one want or can use that can age well and long.

[@eventerminator1382]

Become a machineel tree. Nothing messes with them

[@b_bogg]

Can I take an educated guess and say it’s rare and very labor intensive?

[@johnl.7754]

and done in Greece

[@RobertFletcherOBE]

i see you've played knifey spooney before

[@Carolus_Tsang]

Its other name tears of Chios is quite apt, the labor required really would make the uninitiated shed tears.

[@thesilentone4024]

Only in Greece well give me 5 to 7 years and good old America will have it too.

[@selectionn]

well done, you have solved literally every single one of thier "Why so expensive" videos. Its either manufactured scarcity, or hard to produce.

[@kevinwettengel4653]

What a labor intensive process. Hats off to these folks

[@Ammeo]

This looks incredible hard work. Probably one of the hardest i've seen on the channel so far

[@xondeez757]

doesnt look that intensive too me. it just takes a lot of patience to do this kind of work

[@Kuato]

@@Ammeo”like incredibly “

[@Kuato]

@@xondeez757”to me”

[@samsaraslight8377]

You can put 2 drops of this stuff in any food and the smell alone will take you to heaven. This stuff is crazy delicious in desserts and the elasticity impact it has on the texture makes it even more appealing. Try it in ice cream for example.

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

it looks like crack it sounds addictive like crack is this stuff crack?

[@yre6154]

Sounds like crack

[@vulcrums]

my God.. your explanations made me want to lick your comment...

[@zhiend7779]

@@vulcrums you made my day

[@jimsmith3715]

Cool info I'll have to try

[@erikad0511]

I never heard of this mastic resin...so I wasn't expecting people to be eating it! Makes me wonder who the first brave person was to stick tree ooze in their mouth?

[@vysharra]

Somebody was probably trying to get it off their hands.

[@ClioMako]

It actually has a very refreshing taste, which is indescribable, as I have encountered nothing like it.

[@sertankacar8594]

I am Turkish, and in İzmir, Turkey which is only a few kms away from Island of Chios, mastic trees grow, and they have a special place in Turkish cusine. We love drinking it in Turkish coffee, mastic gum flavored coffee, we love eating it as an icecream flavor, and we add it in many different desserts.

[@ongzijun3910]

Just like how people discovered maple syrup

[@Ian-oh1nq]

Imagine the first person that consumed milk

[@03stmlax]

You'd think after thousands of years of doing this, they'd figure out a better way to catch the resin, rather than just letting it fall to the ground, picking it it up with a bunch of leaves and dirt, and having to sift through all of it to separate the resin from the debris

[@user-ps2sg8qr2k]

The dirt is what make it collectable, and they can't contain it in container, since the tree heal wound so fast, make it useless to contain

[@draguta8995]

@@user-ps2sg8qr2k I think they meant scraping it off into a bucket or onto a drop sheet.

[@Oleannablack]

I was thinking that, a tarp around the tree base?

[@kalashydra9016]

they could perhaps tap it like maple trees. but since the tree heals fast it would also need some kind of *bite* or *grind* device at the tap location perhaps and would need to be easily move-able as well to not strain one part of the tree too much...

[@thanosthanatos8666]

They know what their doing man!!!

[@ImadMahdi]

This tree grows almost anywhere in the Northern Iraq Kurdistan region. We use a different method to collect the resin. After cutting the tree, the farmer will make a small cup shape out of clay and stick it to the tree beneath the cut, the clay cup will slowly fill up after a few days, and the farmer will get a clean small cup full of resin. We use it mostly in Traditional Kurdish gums, and it tastes quite earthy and fragrant, and it's believed to aid with digestion and increasing appetite.

[@RelaxingMusic-zq8ut]

I think its a different Kind of tree because many trees produce gum like substance

[@user-ll4zh5dh7l]

@Baby Hunn ok that was kinda out of nowhere

[@tyrannosauruschicken4308]

@@user-ll4zh5dh7l yea that escalated quickly 🤔

[@swayback7375]

@Baby Hunn extremist and bigots suck. You are a bigot and an extremist. Go worship your sky daddy in peace and silence and let others do the same. Otherwise you’re inviting rational people to look at you with as much disdain and disgust that you seem to view others.

[@Jazzinthedark84]

@Baby Hunn He didn't even mention Islam, but you show your enormous ignorance by saying such things and not realising how much that part of the world has contributed to humanity and the progress of science and technology. Kindly take your rudeness, intolerance and bigotry elsewhere.

[@jabberwockyiq]

Use of mastic is prevalent in other nearby areas such as Lebanon and Turkey as well. Mastic favored gum from Lebanon has a unique flavor and is exported to north America as well

[@Carolus_Tsang]

And also the Turkish ice cream Dondurma, that uses mastic as well.

[@furkandogru8344]

We also use it in Turkish coffee.

[@ahmadqubo]

Also in nabulsi cheese the most consumed cheese in Palestine and Jordan

[@user-K8T]

It kinda tastes like carrots

[@TheWhatShallIDo]

@@Carolus_Tsang d

[@eluning4]

Why not just lay down a tarp to collect the resin droplets instead of sifting through the dirt?

[@snowshadow77]

finally, after 100+ years,,,, this guy came up with a brilliant idea!

[@28russ]

My thoughts exactly mate. If it's more valuable clean you'd think they'd do something other than just scrape the wet sticky resin into the bloody dirt 🤷‍♂🤦‍♂

[@youtubecomments5951]

People who thinks it brilliant without thinking it through or trying it out. If you put a tarp under it. Guess what. It’s may block the water going to the roots and you lose the tree. Yeah not brilliant

[@28russ]

@@youtubecomments5951 Ya wouldn't leave it there all year round. Just while you were scraping the resin. It's really not that hard of a concept to grasp 🤦‍♂

[@youtubecomments5951]

@@28russ they don’t just scrape it. It also drips before they scrape and a lot of it goes on floor daily.

[@Hito856]

Thousands of years of tradition. Antibacterial, aromatic, anti inflammatory and used in a multitude of applications. Yes a type of mastic tree grows in other parts of the world but not the same species or with the unique features of the Chios variety.

[@Kuato]

Boyd gweavis horm

[@therealforestelf]

I am currently chewing on this - was a great gum fan but they only use plastic in chewing gum, so this is a natural alternative and the taste devides humanity. I personally love it! it is expensive, yes, but you need way less of this product to consume in a day!

[@McPilot_W3DDS]

My family is from the island of Chios. They make a form of Ouzo called Mastiha Ouzo that is flavored with mastiha. They immigrants from Chios brough this to the USA in the early 20th century and it became quite popular in western Pennsylvania. I still use Mastiha to flavor vodka or ouzo... Brings back many memories

[@RudyGold]

Lier

[@McPilot_W3DDS]

@@RudyGold can you spell? What is your point you g fellow?

[@RudyGold]

@@McPilot_W3DDS your a liar

[@McPilot_W3DDS]

@@RudyGold lol. Troll.

[@RudyGold]

@@McPilot_W3DDS 😂

[@leovids9353]

Imagine if that tree were in Japan? The price would be 10 times that.

[@markusishere]

And it would take 3 generations of training to become a Mastiha-des master, missing one day of picking due to illness would bring eternal shame, and they would only pick the largest, brightest lumps of a certain shape and shade disregarding all the others and it would have claimed health benefits beyond comprehension (including male sexual performance, obv)

[@leovids9353]

@@markusishere Yeah. The Japanese got no chill😁

[@adr2567]

Read my mind. Not to mention they’re be a traditional way of doing it and the product would be sold in auction. In addition it would be near excitation due to over harvesting.

[@sakurashogun]

It would take over 69 years to even learn how to properly hold the scrapper...

[@faherzain]

@@markusishere Lol spot on!

[@trailerwookie]

In English, another word for chew is "masticate." Masticate comes from the Late Latin masticāre, meaning “to chew,” from the Greek mastikhan, “to grind the teeth.” The English word mastic derives from the same Greek word and refers to a type of tree and the resin from it that's used to make rubber and chewing gum! In other words, it all comes back to this tree.

[@educationforblind6362]

Not really

[@andrew2477]

@@educationforblind6362 yes really.

[@educationforblind6362]

@@andrew2477 Its details are inaccurate.

[@saraodling1482]

Interesting 🙂

[@AthrihosPithekos]

@@educationforblind6362 Nonsense.

[@mariaPapagi]

As Greek I’m so thankful that I can eat μαστίχα. I love the taste so much and I wish I can visit Χίος one day.

[@miviz9731]

u dont have to flex ur greekish keyboard just say mastiha

[@mariaPapagi]

@@miviz9731 Μπατ μαστίχα ιζ δε ορίτζιναλ νέιμ

[@eldiantre7346]

@@mariaPapagi But you are speaking english to other english speakers on an english speaking channel.

[@mariaPapagi]

@@eldiantre7346 οκέι μπουμερ

[@twqzjsidIsndusiakdixisqjeksixi]

@@mariaPapagi beleza geração z

[@morrisonmeister]

I wonder if they could use an air blower to separate a high percentage of the dust/ leaves from those mesh sorting trays.

[@sergiothegrower]

I wonder if they harvest with the moon cycle to get more liquid/sap?

[@OkNoBigDeal]

Some people like to toil.

[@miltiadissarantinidis5005]

they use air blowing, yes

[@arthurias7693]

Why not just put a layer of plastic over the leaves and soil so the resin falls on that? Then you wouldn't have to separate all the leaves from the resin.

[@davidarundel6187]

Good idea though it maybe to costly for the farmers to purchase and run .

[@urbanhistoria1991]

So many luxury products come from trees.

[@Xarmutinha]

Trees ARE luxury products.....they are millions and billion times rarer than diamonds in our galaxy. Hell! They keep us alive.

[@skyhappy]

@@Xarmutinha Dumb statement, trees are plentiful and easy to harvest ya nut, unlike, you know, DIAMONDS

[@Xarmutinha]

@@skyhappy here is a free coupon for three brain cells

[@Xarmutinha]

@@skyhappy if the limit is the earth, true, however you cant go beyond that apparently. U can even find planets made of diamonds, but....trees? When u find one comment back at me.

[@tusharp_panwar]

Great work goes behind the scene. Really appreciate your video.

[@Ammeo]

This looks incredible hard work

[@joshuabaughn3734]

I know it's nowhere near as expensive but in North America you can find what's colloquially called, Pitch Pines and if you make one incision into the tree with your knife it'll release a pitch like sap which can be used as fuel for fire starting, for sealing an open wound, waterproofing canoes and kayaks, in torches or as the name suggests, Pitch. It also can be used to extract pine tar for its fragrance.

[@elnewbie2611]

The benefits of mastic gum make this resine a miracle tree for GI problems related such as ulcers, acid reflux and of course the H pyloris ah it's a good ph balancer as well.

[@leader7418]

I was going to buy some Mastic Gum and I found this video. Thanks for showing us the process I will have a greater appreciation from now on.

[@shaneintegra]

Love these types of videos... Mankind needs to help keep these older traditions alive. It's what made us who we are today

[@ClioMako]

What a coincidence! Just before this video appeared in my feed, I was just checking the mastiha and frankincense infused skin oil I am making. It smells divine! I also chewed on some mastiha earlier during the day.

[@qwertyasf]

How are you making the infusion? I love the combination 😍

[@ClioMako]

@@qwertyasf I crush the resin in a mortar, the more powdery the better. I place it in a jar, and then pour sweet almond oil on top. I prefer it over other oils, because it doesn't have a strong scent, so it will not cover the scent of the resin. I also shake the jar once a day, and leave it to infuse for at least 2 weeks. It makes a great skin oil for the whole body.

[@zimbafashion]

Do you have any videos teaching the process of making oils? I would love to learn.

[@ClioMako]

@@zimbafashion I sadly don't use recipes, I tend to use intuition and experiment. I do know that resins, dried flowers/herbs and some spices can be used individually or as a combination, and some methods rely on heating the oil to extract the scents easier, but I just do it the lazy way. I would type "skin oil infusion", and start from there. :)

[@citius5]

Whenever I watch documentary like this , it amazes me the knowledge of the ancient civilisations.

[@spaci1010]

A month back I discovered this gum while doing some online research for my h pylori problem. Which is not improving by 3 antibiotic course. So I Ordered 30 gm ~ 12 usd in India. I can see considerable relief in pain and other symptoms.

[@etyopiawit]

I have the same issue can you tell me where you got it?

[@TheCloudpiercer]

Mastica is the best for killing H Pylori. It's the only thing that works. It works best to take 500mg twice a day for 4 weeks. Then you should be H Pylori free.

[@leenak6604]

@@TheCloudpiercer Which brand of mastic gum u ordered , from Amazon or any other platform ,u r from which place India, in how many days it gave u relief from h.pylori 🙏 please guide , I need help to cure & gain my weight back

[@thanosthanatos8666]

I wish you the best friend!!😎🇬🇷

[@LatoriaMartin]

@@etyopiawit you can get it from an Indian store or a Greek store if you didn't want to buy online.

[@mattumodi]

I love this series very informative and enjoyable to watch .

[@woocheongan1437]

It's a very good work. I have to sigh the wisdom of ancient people. After reading it, I feel amazing. I hope that more traditional crafts can be known to future generations and can be well protected and inherited.

[@susmit1093]

I have a doubt. Before scraping the resin why not cover the bottom(ground) of the tree with a plastic so that the resin is easier to collect 🤔

[@codgamer1332]

Glad I'm not the only one irritated by this it would make the job so much easier

[@susmit1093]

@GoldenBadger they did say that it was sticky but that sticky resin will also fall on the leafs when they collect it. In due time that sticky resin will eventually solidify right

[@morrisonmeister]

@GoldenBadger is it easier to separate it from plastic or from all the fine dirt on the ground?

[@zorbcck]

I imagine because the resin falls to the ground inbetween harvesting/scraping. They cannot have the pastic out all the time as it wouldn't make any difference then. Plus wouldn't allow for the limited amount of rain to soak in. The above comments mention the stickiness as well which the inert calcium carbonate powder helps with the handling of the very sticky resin.

[@susmit1093]

@@zorbcck I didn't mean all the time, the plastic sheet should be put during the time of scrapping. I don't know about the powder but it looks like they are sweeping the entire soil( powder, leaves,sand), so as the resin is sticky won't it stick to the sand and the leaf, so won't it create more work to remove resin from the impurities( sand and leaf)

[@beebeeq1514]

Mastic is a wonderful remedy for the intestines. The Greek resin has some unique characteristics that can only be found in this island and is being used in medicine, skincare and culinary recipes.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

it's also a standard ingredient for oldschool violin varnishes and used to varnish oil paintings.

[@LDuke-pc7kq]

The old ways are still the best lin seed oil is still used in the USA

[@estebancorral5151]

Having been forced to take violin lessons, I know that you are wrong. The rosin used to keep the bow strands lubricated comes from pine tree resin. The mastic tree is different.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

@@estebancorral5151 I'm a violin maker. I didn't say rosin, I said varnish. yes, rosin is conifer resin (fir or larch), it's what's left over when you distill off turpentine from the fresh resin. and rosin is not for lubrication, it does the opposite of lubrication, it increases friction between the string and the bow hair in a pronounced stick-and-slip cycle. if you try to bow a violin without rosin, it produces practically no identifiable rones, just a very quiet sort of white noise.

[@estebancorral5151]

@@Ass_of_Amalek what wood do use for the bridge and frets?

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

@@estebancorral5151 violins have no frets, the fretless fingerboard is made of african ebony, and the bridge, like most of the violin, is made of maple (but unlike the rest of the maple, it's supposed to be non-figured and very fine-grained). and btw. you're supposed to straighten the bridge on your violin as it gets bent by tuning, and I know you're not doing it. 😒

[@vsznry]

Legend has it Achilles was practicing his sword skills on a tree. He came back, after a war somewhere, to his training tree & saw it's "tears". Thinking he had offended a goddess, he tried to wipe the tears away. After tasting a bit of residue from his fingers, he found it was sweet & branded it for Amazon.

[@Ammeo]

This looks incredible hard work. Probably one of the hardest i've seen on the channel so far

[@animerabbitden884]

not at all are you blind

[@senpaiguyofficial7568]

POV You are looking for Luffy's true devil fruit

[@simonmolina8827]

Love learning bout tree sapp

[@liammalone6304]

This Gives a whole new definition to Branch Manager 👌

[@KitConnor512]

This was so interesting! thank you!

[@laloleon8443]

I love hard work like this hopefully they get paid top dollar for their work

[@Ammeo]

This looks incredible hard work. Probably one of the hardest i've seen on the channel so far

[@chrisiak5720]

It is rural Greece so you get payed just enough to get by. The older people in the villages that partake in the trade don't have many expenses either way

[@codgamer1332]

So you're telling me all of the stuff I had eaten in my childhood I could have been a millionaire by now🥴

[@AbbaChristos]

I have wasted and consumed enough mastiha in my day to buy a small mansion in the east of Xios.

[@maureenkidd6629]

@@AbbaChristosI'm in Australia, just paid $100 for 120 capsules from iHerb in USA. Hopefully, will heal the H.Pylori that I have. 3 different antibiotics didn't work.

[@wawe2819]

I grew up eating this resin straight from the tree. Taste nice and sweet

[@nooralmalaka.k.amonasarrai5995]

Thank you 🙏 for this interesting documentary

[@elluisito000]

Interesting non solicited fact: in Spanish the equivalent for to chew is "masticar" :D

[@es9382]

Columbus lived in Chios as a youngster. He then came to Spain.

[@trailerwookie]

And in English, another word for chew is "masticate." Masticate comes from the Late Latin masticāre, meaning “to chew,” from the Greek mastikhan, “to grind the teeth.” The English word mastic derives from the same Greek word and refers to a type of tree and the resin from it that's used to make rubber and chewing gum! In other words, the word "masticate" comes from the Greek word for this tree.

[@xINVISIGOTHx]

[watches him make the resin drip onto the filthy ground] "are they stupid? why dont they put plastic on the ground? Maybe they have a good reason" [listens to them say how hard it is to clean the resin and it takes months] "........................"

[@CookKar]

Magic Raisins.. Wow 😍

[@anthonykontos7931]

The drink is so delicious, bravo my fellow Greeks .

[@Alex-bi5rz]

Notice how those sorters are grannys and slowly but steadily the production seems to decline which also seems to fester a rise in pricing

[@russofamerica]

02:59 - Being such a labor intensive process, the one thing I really wish to understand is why they don't collect the mastic on tarps, instead of having to sift out all the dirt and leaves.

[@gxlorp]

It looks like they have a smarter barrier. Looks like concrete or ceramic.

[@justlee....3369]

My mother use mastic to smoke the glass cup’s at our home during ramadan , its makes water taste so good and delicious

[@razony]

I learned something new this day.

[@rougewillow]

There are other places where mastiha can be grown. I spend all my childhood Summers in South Russia. There are lots of greek people living there. And they grow these trees and also olive trees. But ofcourse not in such numbers. And most of it is consumed locally.

[@geoffreycharles6330]

Olive trees in Russia? Even in the South?

[@rougewillow]

@@geoffreycharles6330 YES. South Russia aka KUBAN is a big agricultural state. They grow everything there. Wheat, corn, grapes, tomatoes, olives, black cherries, watermelons, honey melons and even tabaco... There's also palm trees in coast of Sochi area.

[@conk6379]

That's another species

[@educationforblind6362]

@@rougewillow so what about northern russia? And is there many greek expats in russia?

[@rougewillow]

@@educationforblind6362 Greeks live mostly in Southern states. But invidualy all over Russia. There are many famous greek actors and comedians.

[@nelsongao6487]

My idea is a big reverse cone at the base of the tree so as they scrape the bark the resin will be collected at one location by the the base and keep it's purity.

[@Razgar74]

The resin is dripping all the time they would have to leave it there for months..it would be impractical and might hurt the tree. the scraping is to collect the smaller pieces

[@maxpulido4268]

@@Razgar74 he means once solidified

[@nikeaddict55]

@@maxpulido4268 It drips to the ground too. It's a liquid so it just falls randomly

[@Shaheen_Hassan]

Chewing gums and ice cream with Mastic flavour are the best.

[@JonathanSamuel1991]

Cool I have a hole bunch of these on my property . I will try now ☺️

[@samueltheweber]

It might be good to plant in a place such as Oklahoma, where there are both wet and dry seasons, and the altitude is almost to sea level in some areas.

[@dnkal2875]

It doesn't work. Many people have try it and even the Chinese. The tree may grow but it won't produce mastiha

[@ToloGF]

@@dnkal2875 it works in Spain.

[@dinmadix1]

@@dnkal2875 Actually the Greeks that used to live in Cesme tried to grow it and succeed. However, the pretty much left it after they left Cesme (Perhaps they were afraid it won't thrive there.), but the Turks living here today gradually try to revive it. I believe that in a few years or so, Chios will face a competitor. (Though I doubt it would be legal to import it.). People tend to confuse the lentisk tree (Pistacia Lentiscus) with the mastic tree (Pistacia Varchia.), they are completely different, pretty much like comparing a dog with a wolf. Through such trees exist almost everywhere in Mediterranean, only the Chian variety produces the notorious resin. I don't think it's about the location (plants don't know geography, do they?), it's more about the climate. Obviously, if you live in Crete, you can't just scratch a local tree and wait for it to release its resin. And taking a cutting from Chios won't work either, because both islands have completely different climates. You see, Chios has and dry hot summers and rainy winters like Crete, but temperatures (including where mastika grows) reaches as low as -4 celcius!!! This is not a Mediterranean climate, but rather a hybrid Mediterranean-Continental climate, which itself is extemely rare, in fact the only city in the USA which has such a climate is Salt Lake!! Also I understand the Chinese trying and failing, I doubt China has a such climate, anywhere on its territory.

[@phuckyoutube5927]

I used to eat the pine version when I was little 😂

[@itsOnlyPIYUSH]

Oohhh..!! The Candy " Orbit " made from this.... 😉 😊

[@llc1976]

The trees are beautiful!

[@zoeka7324]

In general any tree has this sticky liquid coming out from the cut. In my childhood we would eat it :)

[@shreku7865]

Ate money

[@kamogelomosweu1869]

Us too, i think its also good for the joints

[@SI-ln6tc]

Do one for dragons blood, pinon pine, copal, gum Arabic, ...

[@karunyapatra]

Great Video

[@abaronofchivalry5176]

These are now my favorite trees

[@dylandyer2426]

So its basically edible tree scabs?

[@eyerealeyezd9238]

Bruh, NAILED IT , new name for this definitely Edible Tree Scabs!

[@arduinomaster7334]

I lived in chios 11 years now and apart from its amazing products, i can only tell you that people there are a bit bitchy but it is great for vacation. Chios island Greece 🇬🇷

[@qwertyasf]

😂

[@remek_ember]

I could tell you lived in Chios lol

[@leenak6604]

Can u please give me some tips for getting pure Mastic gum brand

[@arduinomaster7334]

@@leenak6604 well you can get some delivered to you by someone here, there are two or three Brands here who sell pure mastic but last time i checked it was about 5g for 4€ and 10g for 5€ or something like that, after it has been extracted, as far as i know, there are not many impurities that can be added for flavor and stuff so if you manage to find jt anywhere near you, it will be ok, if it is on its final form (hardened drops) and not in a drink or anything

[@arduinomaster7334]

@@remek_ember why 😂?

[@panathaninf]

Mastic ice cream is my favorite ice cream! Thank God I can find it lately in Germany except from Greece

[@deeq9668]

Love the background music

[@Ben_Dover1934]

I'd like to trie some

[@allanregista4422]

U mean threesome? Yeah that felt real good.. 😅

[@tsarnicholasii419]

Tree-some?

[@nas9038]

Very nice work👍 These trees are also found in Oman 🇴🇲 and play a big role in their culture

[@g30official48]

هذا لبان

[@columbyan]

صح ده مش لبان يا اخوي. بس كمان بيجي من شجر

[@caomouse8829]

Mastic tree: Maniacal laughing "DO YoU WAnNa KNoW HoW I GOt THESE SCARS ?"

[@brokencage9723]

this stuff is a godsend.

[@chesanducharika]

I have never heard about this tree. I will take 2 trees to go.

[@melanatedwoman45]

Where can I buy pure mastic gum in the US?

[@ianbrowning2204]

Neptune Gum. I'm chewing some right now it's very enjoyable

[@ehtashamhakeem4057]

I am a herbalist in Pakistan and know the value of mastic gum greetings from Pakistan to farmers and team of business insider.

[@mohammeddilshanka9255]

Incredible

[@timbohouston]

I am wondering if I can grow this tree where I live!

[@dnkal2875]

Probably not, and even if it grows it won't produce mastiha. Only on this island can produce not even on the rest of islands of Greece. People have try even the Chinese try but didn't work

[@liquidschwartz38]

I've had ice cream with this in it and it's pretty good

[@anitaboodram5660]

Beautiful💕

[@barryg1965]

A lot of plants and trees do this.Grape Vines have this same type jelly substance when it's cut into.

[@_Pyroon_]

I would chew this to build jaw muscles and it worked quite well. It's very tough for a gum substance. The nice part is you can take it out of your mouth and let it harden and just use it the next day. It lasts really long if you do this

[@videodimensiondeog7488]

Hey question about youre comment because im considering buying IT for the same reasons. Do u do something to clean IT if you are gonna re use it? And how many days do u reuse it?

[@_Pyroon_]

@@videodimensiondeog7488 I don't truly clean it, sometimes I'll dry it after I stop chewing as well as rinse it. It hardens very fast when not exposed to something warm and will shatter which can make it easier to rinse. It would be hard to legitimately clean due to how fast it hardens (basically meaning you'll only be able to clean the outer surface). Also, it seems like it lasts an extremely long time, I've never actually went through a chunk by chewing it, rather I'd throw it away or lose it.

[@erdvilla]

I think I've seen people in Mexico harvesting sap like that, and they are called Mastique, I think they might be from the same genus but maybe not the same species. They traditionally have been making chewing gum from it as well for over 800 years.

[@wingusdingus9447]

Interesting and unique. Two words I see a lot in a gum selling sites reviews. They were obviously all fake. I'm seeing similar comments here and they had this video on the page.

[@gautambatwar7231]

Good info...

[@willn8664]

I shop at places like Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and Family Dollar. I highly doubt I have encountered this in any product I purchase.,

[@Trathaal]

I was ready to be disappointed about the tree’s health after seeing how frankincense is made, but I’m glad the trees don’t seem to suffer from the harvest

[@Trathaal]

@@paul-gs4be I didn’t mean it in a mental health way lol, physically trees can get infection and stop reproducing if under enough stress. Suffer means to be hurt or to undergo something unpleasant, and while trees and plants might not be sentient, they still undergo stress which affects their health

[@Annatomova7]

I’ve tried Mastiha before…. It’s interesting. 😂

[@mitchkusek]

Did I miss an explanation of the leaves being in the sifters? It seemed intentional to have the leaves mixed in.

[@jordo409]

Here cuz of luffy!!

[@Djellowman]

Ok but what is it used for?

[@jred7]

I have some Turkish delight in this flavor. It is absolutely delicious.

[@Grass_blo]

I love this so much me family also says it like (mastica)

[@brandslang100]

Why do I think you can separate the leaves from the resin by just putting it in water?

[@Razgar74]

The resin would get sticky again and stick to the leaves and dirt

[@SudaNIm103]

They don’t “hurt” the trees; Trees don’t feel pain. They cut, score, gouge, slice, incise, but they don’t hurt.

[@monie2514]

I would love to know what they smell like to see how would it fair for skin products and soaps and body washes.

[@heavenaimol1988]

Get ready for tree symphatizers to say they are hurting the tree and that we should imagine how painful it would be to be cut like that all over.

[@StrangerHappened]

*"Hurting" trees is a loaded framing that makes no sense.* No less pointless than saying that you have to "hurt" the trees to make a stool or a wooden house or a piece of paper. Or that you have to "hurt" fruits, vegetables and grain first when you harvest them and then when you "kill" them for good by putting them in your mouth.

[@physics77guy]

It's a technical term

[@StrangerHappened]

@@physics77guy The phrase "incisions on the bark" is much more technical and not nonsensical even the slightest bit.

[@physics77guy]

@@StrangerHappened thanks for correction. I was not able to recall the word incision. Yes you are correct

[@OkNoBigDeal]

The sap is a response to an injury, hurt is almost synonymous with injure in our modern language. It makes sense, you just put too much emotional connotation into the word.

[@PushyPawn]

@@physics77guy I am going to add: Score / Cut / Scratch / Gouge / Slit / Mark / Carve a TREE.

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[@mga9153]

Amazing

[@ozdemura]

Too sad that a proper fact check was not made. While the mastic plant and mastic gum production are the symbols of Chios with the highest number of mastic plants per square kilometer in the small island, this plant also grows and mastic gum production is also done in other locations in the Mediterranean region, including but not limited to Western and Southern Anatolia. Male plants for the mastic gum can also be bought in nurseries in the region.

[@dezmonasg6708]

Different types with different flavours and benefits.

[@Panagiotis_P]

Yeah this specific tree that produces chios mastic is only produced in chios though the specific tree existis elsewhere it doesn't produce any mastic

[@sertankacar8594]

Mastic tree does not grow only in Chios. Izmir, a Turkish province a few km away from Chios, is also a center of mastic gum production. They grow in Turkey, too because geographically they are extremely close, so the climate is the same. Another fact is that in Turkish, we call mastic gum as ''damla sakızı, or just sakız''. And in Turkish, the Island of Chios is called ''Sakız Adası'' meaning ''Island of Mastic Gum'', so what the young farmer says is quite true, but not totally.

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Sana ay gumamit sila ng pansahod upang hindi na madumihan ang kinukuha nila sa sinusugatang Puno.

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