Mastika
Sign in to saveMastika ( ) or mastiha is a liqueur seasoned with mastic, a resin with a slightly pine or cedar-like flavor gathered from the mastic tree, a small evergreen tree native to the Mediterranean region. In Greece, mastiha () or mastichato () is a sweet liqueur produced with the mastika resin from the island of Chios, which is distilled after hardening to crystals. Sugar is typically added. It is a sweet liqueur that is typically consumed at the end of a meal. It has a distinctive flavor, reminiscent of pine and herbs. It is claimed to have medicinal properties and to aid digestion.
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- Beverage.name
- Chios Mastiha Liqueur
- Beverage.image
- MastichatoDrink.jpg
- Beverage.caption
- Chios Mastiha Ouzo (left) and Mastiha Liqueur (right)
- Beverage.type
- Liqueur
- Beverage.abv
- >15% or 47%
- Beverage.colour
- Transparent crystal clear to yellowish
- Beverage.flavour
- Mastic
- Beverage.ingredients
- Water, alcohol, sugar, mastic
- Beverage.region
- Chios, Greece
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- Мастика - Грозд Струмица 01.jpg
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- Chios Mastiha
- Production
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- Producers and distributors
- Chios
- Wider Greece
- United States
- History
- Influence in literature
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Mastika ( ) or mastiha is a liqueur seasoned with mastic, a resin with a slightly pine or cedar-like flavor gathered from the mastic tree, a small evergreen tree native to the Mediterranean region. In Greece, mastiha () or mastichato () is a sweet liqueur produced with the mastika resin from the island of Chios, which is distilled after hardening to crystals. Sugar is typically added. It is a sweet liqueur that is typically consumed at the end of a meal. It has a distinctive flavor, reminiscent of pine and herbs. It is claimed to have medicinal properties and to aid digestion.
In August 2012, wildfires spread across the island of Chios, scorching and destroying more than half of the island's mastic orchards. Because the product has a "protected designation of origin" from the European Union, the fire not only impacted local Chios farmers, who lost approximately 60 percent of their crops, but also derailed the global supply of the product.