Life is a Ceremony. Earth is a Temple.
— A LIVING TRADITION
Copal Resin is wild harvested once a year, during the rainy season — the months when mature trees have enough water and life to give their resin.
For that to happen, each tree receives a small, precise cut, made by hand. The resin slowly seeps from the wound and hardens in the open air, gathered only once it's ready.
For generations, it has accompanied ceremony, gratitude, and celebration — and continues to do so today.
— OUR JOURNEY
It began with a wish to always have enough copal to share. Every hand that has touched this path since is part of why Temple Copal exists today.
— MOMENTS OF INTENTION
A new day. A prayer made visible. A moment to create.
A safe space.
The scent of nature.
There is no right way.
Only your intention.
— OUR COLLECTION
One tradition. Different expressions.
Built around one extraordinary ingredient.
Ten sticks of pure White Copal in every pack.
The resin is wild-harvested and traditionally collected from the tree (read the full harvest story in Sourcing). From there, each stick is layered by hand and left to rest for 7 to 10 days — long enough for the resin to harden and its oils to settle, for a smoke that burns whiter, sweeter, and richer.
Pure White Copal resin — no synthetic or artificial fragrances
Wild-harvested by cooperatives in Mexico
Rested for 7 to 10 days before packaging, for a deeper, rounder scent
Each stick burns 90+ minutes — let it burn completely, or put it out and relight it anytime
INGREDIENTS
100% Pure White Copal Resin (Bursera bipinnata and copallifera), Bamboo Stick, Charcoal
Layered by hand around a bamboo core — first ground copal, then charcoal, then dipped in a final coat of liquid copal resin. The charcoal is what allows the incense to hold an ember and burn.
INCENSE QUANTITY
10 sticks per pack
SUGGESTED USE
Light the tip with a match or lighter, holding the stick at an angle, tip pointing down — this keeps the melted copal from dripping and causing a burn. Let it catch for a few seconds, then gently blow out the flame — the ember will keep burning. Place in a fire-safe holder. Extinguish and relight anytime; it doesn't need to burn all at once.
1 pack — Just for you - $26
3 packs — One to keep, two to share - $69
5 packs — Enough for you, and for every home you visit - $110
The raw form — the same White and Dark Copal, unshaped, for those who want to work with it directly.
BOTANICAL SOURCE
Bursera bipinnata and Bursera copallifera, family Burseraceae
COMPOSITION
Resin acids, diterpenes, triterpenes, and monoterpenes (including α-pinene and limonene)
APPEARANCE
Solid, translucent to milky, pale yellow to amber — darkens naturally with air exposure
MELTING POINT
100°C – 150°C
AROMATIC PROFILE
Top note: bright lemon and lime
Heart note: wild pine and fir
Base note: sweet, faintly earthy
Copal, distilled into oil. The same resin, in a quieter form — pine and citrus notes, without smoke.
Many people carry it into quiet moments — meditation, focus, a pause in the day.
AROMATIC DESCRIPTION
Pine and lemon
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Mexico
OBTAINING METHOD
Steam distillation
MAIN COMPONENTS
Monoterpenes, Diterpenes, and Flavonoids
AMOUNT
5 ml
CAUTIONS
Keep out of reach of children. Avoid contact with eyes and ears. This product is not a medicine. The oil should not be ingested.
SUGGESTED USE
Add to an oil diffuser to harmonize your space
Inhale with a few deep breaths before a meditation or nature walk
Add a drop or two to a carrier oil of your choice and apply to skin for massage or as face/body serum
Read more about our essential oil here.
— VOICES FROM OUR GUESTS
“Burning it with my morning coffee has become part of how I start the day.”
— Nathan G., Home use
“After years of searching for copal I could really trust, this is the first time I've found something this pure.”
— Sarah A., Repeat order
“It changes the whole feel of our shop the moment we burn it — customers always ask what it is.”
— Vanessa, Stockist
— JOURNAL
Stories the Copal Carries
Temple Copal exists to carry these blessings forward, in every direction.
— WHOLESALE
Bring Temple Copal to your space.
For retailers, studios, and practitioners who want to share this tradition with their own community.