Adopt A Chios Mastiha Tree
Give yourself or your friends a great gift. Participate in an environmental project!
Why to Adopt
A Chios Mastiha Tree?
To create roots connecting you to the unique Chios Mastiha Tree. A tree which offers the gift of the precious healing "tear" uniquely to Southern Chios. The Chios Mastiha! A national P.D.O product.
To strengthen the cultivation of Mastiha. A traditional cultivation, which has been included by UNESCO in the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Chios Mastiha Tree
adoption process
Step 01:
Adopt A Chios Mastiha Tree
Step 02:
Receive Your Certificate
Step 03:
Receive Your Gifts
Step 04:
Taste Chios Mastiha
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who we are
Driven by our love for the island and its precious trees we decided to create our own environmental project…
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where we are
In Chios, a Greek Island of North Aegean! We work in Mesa Didyma, one of the 24 Mastiha villages of South Chios…
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how we work
With the traditional cultivation methods in order to give you a pure healing miracle of nature. Chios Mastiha!…
Chios Mastiha Tree
A Gift Of Life
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Pistacia Lentiscus var Chia
Offers exclusively in South Chios its rare Chios Mastiha
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Evergreen Shrub
With a height of 2 - 5 meters it gives life all year round in our fields
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Development
40-50 years are needed for Lentisk to get its final form
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New Plantations
Grafts, offshoots, or layers give birth to new chicks
Traditional
Chios Mastiha Tree Cultivation
The Chios Mastiha
Recipies
with Chios Mastiha
Mastìcha, il superfood greco dall’isola di Chio. I benefici e le ricette per provarlo
Fa bene allo stomaco, ai denti e alla pelle. E’ antiossidante e conferisce un sapore speciale e rinfrescante a liquori, dolci e piatti di ogni…
The mysterious healing plant that only grows on Greece’s Chios island
John Malathronas, CNN • Updated 30th September 2019 Known as the “painted village,” Pyrgi is undoubtedly one of the most photogenic places in the world. Located on…
The Chios Mastiha At History
Chios mastiha has been known, as an effective ingredient in the treatment of stomach pains, gastric disorders, digestive problems, gastralgia and stomach ulcers since ancient times
Μedical recipes from antiquity and the middle ages, written by medical practitioners, physicians and botanists, recommend Chios mastiha as a beneficial aid in treating conditions and disorders of the gastrointestinal system.
According to Herodotus and Dioscourides, Chios Mastiha is beneficial to oral hygiene, a fact that is without any doubt, owing to its antimicrobial action against many oral pathogens.
Numerous trials have demonstrated the relationship between Chios Mastiha and antiplaque effects, chronic periodontitis, prevention of caries, peridental disorders, treating of oral malodor, gingivitis and gum disease, as well as other relevant conditions.
Videos
about Chios Mastiha
The Tree We Hurt
A movie about the friendship between two young boys during the summertime in 60’s Chios Island.
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Coco Chanel Ad
A movie about Coco Chanel’s Blue Serum perfume that is filled with Chios and Chios Mastiha Trees.
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Sweet Alchemy
A Greek TV show dedicated to Chios, the cultivation, production and recipes of Chios Mastiha Trees.
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Precious Chios Mastiha
News
about Chios Mastiha
Диамантите на Хиос: Как мастиковите дървета сбъдват мечти и обединяват хора от цял свят
Аделина Радева, от БНТ • Updated 14th November 2020 На един от хълмовете в южната част на гръцкия остров Хиос, между камъните в стръмнината, расте…
Mastìcha, il superfood greco dall’isola di Chio. I benefici e le ricette per provarlo
Fa bene allo stomaco, ai denti e alla pelle. E’ antiossidante e conferisce un sapore speciale e rinfrescante a liquori, dolci e piatti di ogni…
This healing plant grows on only one Greek island
MARGARITA GOKUN SILVER, National Geographic • Updated 19th November 2019 WALK PYRGI’S NARROW, medieval streets and you’ll see buildings, arches—even the undersides of balconies—etched with intricate,…
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Visit your Chios Mastiha Tree
The Gift Of Life
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Spring
You should see the colorful ''carpets'' created by unique wild flowers such as "Lalades", wild Tulips of Chios (Tulipa praecox, Tulipa agenesis, Tulipa clusiana και Tulipa undulatifolia), 110 Orchid species and wild Garlic. You have to smell the intoxicating scent of the "Sparta" (Spartium junceum) and admire their yellow color on the roads and hills. At this period the Chios Mastiha growers are cleaning and levelling the soil of weeds around the "table" and level it. They then start the "Tables Sweeping" process.
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Summer
Chios is an island with dozens of beaches to discover during the summer. Beaches with turquoise waters in calm bays, organized beaches with awards by the European Blue Flag Institute and also the unique Mavra Volia or Mavros Gialos Beach! The Chios Mastiha growers start the “tables soil spreading” process. The process of "Kentos" follows. Don't miss it!! It is the most important phase in the Chios Mastiha cultivation. You can carefully mark the Lentiscus with a small sharp iron tool with grooved ends, called “kentitiri”. The First Chios Mastiha Gathering also starts, at this period. The annual meeting of the adoptive parents will take place in the summer!
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Autumn
The weather in September is still warm and you can also enjoy our beautiful beaches! In October the trees paint the island in brown red colors and nature will captivate your heart! Hiking in that period is amazing! The "Kentos" process is completed in Autumn and the Second Chios Mastiha Gathering with a special tool called “timitiri” starts. The Chios Mastiha growers also wash and spread the Chios Mastiha to dry at this time and if you take a walk in the Mastiha villages the picture of the spread out Chios Mastiha will reward you!
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Winter
The stormy sea and thick clouds constantly change colors in all shades of blue and grey. This is a magical picture on the island in winter! The Chios Mastiha growers are sifting the Mastiha in order to separate it from leaves, twigs and soil. This process is called “Tahtarisma”. Also in all of the 24 Mastiha villages, you will find women cleaning the Chios Mastiha. This process, called "Pastrema" will certainly amaze you. Don't forget to try your hand at it! When the Chios Mastiha is cleaned by the growers, it is delivered to the Chios Mastiha Growers Association where the product is especially processed, packed and commercially available.
