Greco Gum Email Newsletter: A Taste Of History (July 12, 2024)

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Chios is the fifth largest island in Greece, slightly smaller than the state of Alabama.

On the southern side of the island, you’ll find the handful of villages that have controlled mastic production since the 14th century.

These villages are more like fortresses, built with high walls and no doors at street level to protect farmers from pirates.

Only ladders can grant entry.

Chios was quite profitable for its owners over the years, which included other Greek city states, Genoese nobles, and Ottoman sultans.

(Christopher Columbus even lived on the island before his voyages to North America)

After Constantinople was captured in 1453, Chios and all of Greece would eventually fall under Ottoman rule for the next 400 years. This mean the sultan controlled all of the mastic trade.

The island was considered one of the most valuable provinces in the Ottoman empire, and the penalty for anyone found buying or selling mastic without the sultan’s permission...

Was death.

Now, the rules have changed a little bit over time.

You don’t need a ladder to enter the villages any longer. The mastic trade is now controlled by the Chios Mastiha Growers Association.

And best of all, you (generally) don’t die if you steal mastic.

(unless you steal from us)

Fortunately, there’s now an easier way to get your hands on some white gold:

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