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Copal Resin.

Sun-gold tears of copal blanco from the highlands of Chiapas, bright with pine resin and orange peel, burned on charcoal as offering smoke since before incense had a name.

$15.00

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Some moments ask for a clean start: a birth, a departure, a new beginning, the quiet after an argument. Folklore across Mesoamerica holds copal to be food for the old gods, its smoke carrying prayer skyward. Temple braziers once burned it by the basketful; household altars still set a few tears on coal to mark a threshold.

These are small nuggets of hardened tree sap, from cloudy honey to near-clear amber, each catching the light a little differently. Snap one in half and the scent is immediate: bright pine resin over something close to orange peel, sharper and more citrus than its cousin frankincense. The tears are irregular, between a lentil and a thumbnail in size, and faintly sticky even after months in the jar.

Details

  • Copal blanco, tapped from Bursera trees in the highlands of Chiapas during the dry-season harvest
  • Bark scored in narrow diagonal cuts, the hardened tears peeled away by hand weeks later and sorted from bark and dust
  • No two batches smell quite the same from season to season

How to use

Set two or three tears on a lit charcoal disc in a heatproof dish and stand back: the smoke arrives fast and full.

Keep a jar near the door for the days that deserve a fresh beginning.

$15.00