Why Mastic Tree Resin Is So Expensive | So Expensive 

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

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

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

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

Become a machineel tree. Nothing messes with them

and done in Greece

i see you've played knifey spooney before

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

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

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

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

Sounds like crack

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

@@vulcrums you made my day

Cool info I'll have to try

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

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

@@Ammeo”like incredibly “

@@xondeez757”to me”

Somebody was probably trying to get it off their hands.

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

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.

Just like how people discovered maple syrup

Imagine the first person that consumed milk

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

We also use it in Turkish coffee.

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

It kinda tastes like carrots

@@Carolus_Tsang d

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

@Baby Hunn ok that was kinda out of nowhere

@@user-ll4zh5dh7l yea that escalated quickly 🤔

@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.

@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.

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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

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

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

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...

They know what their doing man!!!

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

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 🤷‍♂🤦‍♂

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

@@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 🤦‍♂

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

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

@@McPilot_W3DDS your a liar

@@RudyGold lol. Troll.

@@McPilot_W3DDS 😂

Not really

@@educationforblind6362 yes really.

@@andrew2477 Its details are inaccurate.

Interesting 🙂

@@educationforblind6362 Nonsense.

u dont have to flex ur greekish keyboard just say mastiha

@@miviz9731 Μπατ μαστίχα ιζ δε ορίτζιναλ νέιμ

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

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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)

@@markusishere Yeah. The Japanese got no chill😁

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.

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

@@markusishere Lol spot on!

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

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.

@@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

I wish you the best friend!!😎🇬🇷

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

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

@@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.

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

@@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. :)

This looks incredible hard work

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

Some people like to toil.

they use air blowing, yes

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.

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

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

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

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

@@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.

Olive trees in Russia? Even in the South?

@@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.

That's another species

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

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

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

@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

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

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.

@@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)

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

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

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.

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

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.

@@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.

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

@@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. 😒

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

@@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.

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

@@Razgar74 he means once solidified

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

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

@@dnkal2875 it works in Spain.

@@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.

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

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

Ate money

Us too, i think its also good for the joints

😂

I could tell you lived in Chios lol

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

@@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

@@remek_ember why 😂?

هذا لبان

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

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

Tree-some?

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

@@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

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?

@@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.

not at all are you blind

It's a technical term

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Different types with different flavours and benefits.

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

Bhai aapko v hpylori hua tha kya

@@ratanbravo593 ha bhai

@@ratanbravo593 if you are still suffering please contact some good ayurvedic or homeopathy doc . Follow the medication with good diet. Rey eating banana after every meal.

How long did it take to recover, I have gastritis and it's painful

@@FatehKhanPoet Hi had to change my lifestyle and eating habit for the same. Got sensitive for outside food. 1.Used to eat bland food 2. Maintained good sleeping habits with help of melotionin. 3. Used mastic gum and ayurvedic treatment for hpylori . 4. Eating banana post lunch saved me many times. 5. Try to finish your dinner by 7 30 PM and walk for atleast 3000 steps

Only someone stupid will do that. If anyone really think like this they will probably die when the learn that vegetables like (potatos, carrots etc)are pull out of the ground and destroy to take the vegetables.

nah its gross.

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

The three maybe but doesn't produce mastiha

@@dnkal2875 they actually do in turkey,i dont know about greece that much

No, it doesn't. Mastich is found only on one island in the whole world, on Chios, Greece and it's *exported* to Turkey.

@@sophiamac9100 actually it does exist in turkey. probably in the same region where chios exists