For many Greeks, the sweet smell of mehlepi always suggests the aroma of freshly-baked tsoureki, a traditional sweet bread with mehlepi baked for Greek Easter. Mehlepi is also used in holiday cakes and cookies.

The resinous product that comes from the bark of the trunk and of the branches of Pistacia lentiscus L is known as mastic.

Spice that comes from a mastic tree. Aromatic resin that is produced from the bark of the mastic tree. Mainly used in pastry and distillery as well as in cooking where it believed to give a unique, pleasant and nice flavor to meat and for that reason it goes well with chicken and turkey fillet.

Mastic that comes from Chios is considered to be the best.

Attention should be given in the use of mastic, since a high dosage of this aromatic spice can give sweets and foods a particular bitter taste.