…water needs to enter the tea leaf, dissolve tea compounds, and allow these compounds to come into the brew. There is a possibility that “old” water, having more free water molecules and smaller clumps, able to enter leaves more easily, and dissolving too much bitter compounds. Air Escaping from water as it is being boiled very rigorously 2) Water for tea is best aged. It is no secret, people have special fancy clay jars, purion containers, drago…
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The Way of Collecting (1) – A World View
…till around, still very active if you are following me on my Instagram at Instagram.com/aloeswoods in the past year or so, I had picked up quite several other hobbies, new arts.. made some significant career and business progressions (in other unrelated spheres).. and in actual fact.. have reverted to a deep philosophical self that I hadn’t seen a reflection of in the past decade. Almost like hegel’s dialectal pendulum swing.. the oscillations bet…
Incenses from Kogado ι¦ι ε
…the purchase of a sampler set of all the incenses that Kogado makes. Mariko-san of Kogado was extremely accommodating to such a request, I posted over acrylic tubes to facilitate the safe shipping of the incense sticks, and payment was made through remittance through a friend residing in Japan. (This is the difference between a smaller company versus a big one! I don’t think a big company would entertain such a request!! – please prove me wrong!!!…
Kyarazen Oud 1985
…led out a bottle of thick viscous liquid. My eyes glowed. “Agarwood oil 100%! No one has seen before!” Mr Lee proclaimed. Several staff of Mr Lee’s, having worked for him for decades, were also surprised. Mr Lee had never taken it out to show anyone, nor talked about its existence. One of his staff commented that I must be really fortunate to have been shown this, not even his closest staffs were ever given a chance. True enough, I had become…
Patina development of Yixing pots
…degrees celsius, similar to that of hot water), the surface became very wet-able. In layman’s terms, when cold, the valleys and the mountains are compressed rather closely to each other reducing tea or water binding, and when hot, the space created by expansion between the valleys and mountains renders the pot much more wet-able. Shao Da Heng’s 倧亨ζεͺε£Ά Why does such surface characteristics happen? It is a reminder of Gu Jing Zhou’s writings. Gu, h…
How long can fragrant woods be kept?
…the agarwood resin to be as durable as plastics. Both the Ranjatai and Kou-jin in the Sho-soin depository have been said to retain their aromas over the past millenium, Emperor Meiji in the early 19th century did burn a piece and commented on the delightful scent. Recently, someone posed a question on whether agarwood would change its scent properties over time. It does. Unlike kyara, which is centuries old, or heavily resinated sinking materia…
TV program on Agarwood
…r it to “ε₯樔 formation, i.e. amazing wood pattern formation. θζ₯ ε₯ζ¨ (xiao-nan-qi-mu), if a seller tells you this is “qi-nan”, he might not be telling a “lie” because… the name contains the words ζ₯ and ε₯, just in a different order! Species? Calocedrus Formosana. Coniferous type species. Nothing to do with agarwood species. So.. with all the flying Kinam, kynam, qinan words going around.. what is the Kynam you know, and what is the Kynam that you are…
Does Kyara sink in water?
…one for kyara, and perhaps should not be one for agarwood in monkoh too. Sighted at Mr Lee’s place, Burmese, sinking agarwood in the shape of a sail and a boat. Combined together it becomes rather aesthetic, although its pretty ironic to have a sinking ship… π…
Philosophies of the Way of Incense
…about something fragrant as a core.Incense must be fragrant. It is the outcome of the art, combining the understanding of raw materials and how they interact in blending, and the processes dealing with burning. ζ£ (zheng4) Righteous Incense materials must be correct, real, authentic, a piece of Jinkoh should never be called nor sold as a piece of Kyara, normal agarwood should not be touted as kynam. Right approach towards blending incenses, with…
KZ Zen Moon and Gokuhin Zen Moon Incense
…image of some sort, I had spent a couple of months gathering and preparing materials so that the “highest -end” KZ incense can be made on that day itself. All hand selected, processed premium materials, hand ground, no mass production, no huge quantities, and only available once a year, the KZ Zen Moon Incense and a new Gokuhin Zen Moon Incense. This year’s Zen Moon incense, made in the same formulation and methods as the previously available Zen…