Mastiha, pronounced mas-ti-ka, is a Greek liquor seasoned with mastic resin from the island of Chios. You’ve probably never heard of Mastiha; few have unless you have Greek ethnicity ...

Everything You Need to Know About Mastiha Liqueur, Greece’s Herbal Aperitif Mastiha is made from the sap that’s collected from the mastic tree, an evergreen shrub native to the Greek island of ...

Pine-smelling resin hardens into small stones that are collected after falling ... to make a spiced drink. Traces of mastiha can be found in the writings of 5th-century Greek Herodotus.

On the island of Chios, Greeks strategically cut the bark of trees to expose a gummy, sticky sap. The aromatic resin from the mastic tree has become closely linked with the island. Mastic is distilled ...