uk accepts no liability for inaccuracies or misstatements about products by manufacturers or other third parties. Hippocrates recommended mastic resin to prevent digestive problems, colds and as a breath freshener. The Street Easy came up with the idea for the Heirloom Spritz when left with a large amount of tomato offcuts from making summer salads and they wanted to reduce waste. My companion, meanwhile, tucked into a very spicy Jerk Off the Bone burger, chicken with a jerk sauce that she rated really nice. Its palate with citrus and a dash of wood makes it a great spirit to enjoy neat over ice, I topped it with a slice of organic lemon.

On the nose, it’s semi-dry with green vegetative notes of cut grass and notes of mint, anise and menthol, along with some floral potpourri, especially rose petal and dried bergamot aromas.On the southern portion of the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean, however, the local variety of mastic tree ( Pistacia lentiscus var. The still-strength spirit is rested on site in stainless steel containers for several weeks to marry the flavors and develop a smooth character. I rather like Axia served neat, but it can also be served on the rocks or in many popular cocktails, making it ideal for an alternative refreshing summer cocktail and tonic serve.

Natural Process – For generations, the resin from the mastic tree has been harvested just once a year. However, product promotions may be excluded from this rule, and cannot be combined with other promotions, coupons or offers. Enjoyed either immediately – like gin – or after many decades of barrel ageing – like Cognac or whisky. Pearls of mastic are harvested from native trees on the island and distilled to make this herbal, fresh, slightly sweet liqueur which gives flavours of pine needles, gnocchi, imperial mint, and a touch of anise. The clear spirit is distilled from the resin of the Mastic tree farmed in groves on the Greek island of Chios.

Pour Axia into a chilled tall glass, add ice cubes, and top with pink grapefruit soda and a squeeze of lime juice. If you want a European spirit that is, you’re better off with Becherovka, (Czech) But Axia soars at the heart of a Bloody Mary, as it’s core flavours blend well with horseradish, Sherry, tabasco etc. This mixture of Axia, Heirloom tomato and agave was deliciously sour, vegetal and fresh all at the same time.

In the event of any safety concerns or for any other information about a product please carefully read any instructions provided on the label or packaging and contact the manufacturer. It’s pronounced “Mas – teek – ah” and it’s a resin from the mastiha tree, found on the Greek island of Chios. For generations, the families who have lived and farmed on the local hills of Chios harvest the treasured Mastic tree twice a year.

At The Umbrella Project we’ve always championed local and independent producers, as well as the most traditional and influential products for bar and home use. Axia is a clear, refreshing, and extra-dry Mastiha – pronounced “Mas-teek-a” spirit distilled from the resin of the Mastiha tree found on the Greek Island of Chios. The island, the fifth largest Greek island in the Aegean, is situated just off the coast of Turkey and is separated from the Anatolian mainland by the Chios Channel. Axia is an elegant, extra dry spirit distilled from the aromatic resin of the Mastiha tree, a gnarled and twisted evergreen found clutching to the hillsides of Chios, Greece. Here they are twice distilled in a process that combines the age-old art of the hand-crafted copper still with the cutting-edge science of the Master Distiller and her team.