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2088Tea is now the Official Kyarazen retail page

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Hello all, another sincere apology for the slowness in writing... it's hard to balance doing so many things at one go now. But good news! KyaraZen is now expanding a little, and soon we will have one or two other writers whom will be sharing knowledge on Chinese cultural arts, which may include brush painting, incense, calligraphy, guqin music, etc! But I thought I would write this post because there had been several concerned enquiries about a certain 2088Tea page that had its soft launch a couple of months ago. Friends were wondering if that was really an official page of mine and yes indeed it is! I've now stopped using ETSY but instead will be using my own e-commerce site at 2088Tea.com where we will be sharing with you a myriad of treasures and experiences! For this month, the KZ team had been very hardworking in making incenses and here are some of the examples of the handmade incenses available for the month, all made from selected and excellent raw materials, and if ... [Read More...]

Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 3 – A Tea Maker that cannot be helped

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This is Part 3 of the Wuyi Cliff Tea Series. Read Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 1 and Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 2 - Complexities here. It all started with a canister of tea (containing 75 grams) in a hand-beatened/hammered tin container. Tea leaves enclosed in calligraphy rice paper, sealed with a sticker with an image of a handsome, scholarly chinese man. It was a tea brought back by my student, the price tag was hefty, and always, such prices always hit my "skepticism" nerve, and also made me worry that my student might have been ripped off. Carefully weighing out six grams, into a thin walled Jingdezhen egg shell porcelain gaiwan, fresh water off the boil, intense and hurried steeps, and as the first gust of the tea's aromatics hit everyone........ It was the first Cliff Tea I had ever had, that had an intense siberian musk note, leading on complex florals and heavy mineral notes. For the "qigong" practitioners and others whom had greater sensitivity present at the tasting, the tea was a ... [Read More...]

Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 1

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This is Part 1 of a series on Wuyi Cliff Tea. Read about Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 2 - Complexities and Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 3 - A Tea Maker that cannot be helped.   There are 36 peaks at the Wuyi Mountains, and 99 valleys are formed by these ... [Read More...]

KZ ventures into oils

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We at the KZ team had been deliberating this for a very very long time. Every time we meet a trader, a merchant, a supplier, a distiller, a farmer, we see a diverse range of wares to which we are incredibly selective and meticulous. Part to why ... [Read More...]

  • Eight lifetimes. 《八回》 #sealcarving #seal #篆刻 #书法
  • 真实不虚。the Kyarazen style of oud / agarwood incense sticks strives to turn 1 gram of oud into five or six sticks, each giving up to 15 minutes of burn time. This may provide 60-90minutes of constant oud smoke from only 1 gram of material, extending its usage duration significantly. If you use good high resination materials, expect to see microscopic resin bubbling at the side of the incense stick. #oud #incense #沉香 #香 #agarwood #aloeswood
  • Phillipines sinking...in the process of turning into incense sticks #incense #oud #agarwood #沉香
  • Could not resist buying this handmade wheel thrown pot made from authentic chaozhou clay, with very flavoursomely done “dings and depressions” giving it a natural wabisabi feel. Very fine detailing, and an amazing pour. A happy addition to my collection. #tea #teapot #wabisabi #茶道#茶 #te #tè #teaware
  • 香。incense #incense #香 #香道
  • 八方净土香。pureland in eight directions. This recipe was inspired by David Oller’s write up on how five different ingredients such as clove, borneol, sandalwood, aloeswood and tumeric can help transmute aversion, pride, desire, ignorance and envy. Equal proportions of each ingredient put together, harmonized by a gentle resin blend. A wish for incense to help people transmute negative emotions to make the world a better place. (The dark grains you see here scattered in the incense is processed clove grains that kz has added to give occasional sparkle).