Mastic — Chios PDO

There is only one place on earth where Pistacia lentiscus trees weep their distinctive crystalline resin: the southern villages of Chios, a Greek island in the Aegean. The mastic (mastiha) produced here has been harvested by the same families for centuries, protected by a PDO designation that acknowledges its total uniqueness, and valued…There is only one place on earth where Pistacia lentiscus trees weep their distinctive crystalline resin: the southern villages of Chios, a Greek island in the Aegean. The mastic (mastiha) produced here has been harvested by the same families for centuries, protected by a PDO designation that acknowledges its total uniqueness, and valued across the Mediterranean and Middle East for its remarkable properties.Mastic has a flavour unlike anything else — piney, faintly sweet, with a subtle eucalyptus note and a pleasant resinous warmth. In Greek and Cypriot cooking it appears in bread (the distinctive Chios mastiha loaf), in sweets and ice cream, in liqueurs, in chewing…Read more