Peru Balsam: Getting to the Source, El Salvador
This article addresses key themes surrounding this crucial natural material including: limited geography, creating value in local Peru Balsam production, extraction from the tree, processing, Peru Balsam as an active ingredient, uses in perfumery and flavoring, sourcing issues, historical volumes and prices, supply chain management and restriction on use.
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You first climb the tree in order to take the bark out with a knife. You burn the naked skin and this makes the tree exudate the balsam in order to cure itself, this is why we but a fabric to recuperate the balsam and get it back one month afterward. This fabric is then pressed in a artisanal way.
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