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“古人说: 要积了三辈子的阴德，才能闻得奇楠香, 要八辈子修来的福气，才可品或饮用奇楠香。”

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...]

  • My idea of The “perfect” gaiwan? volume, good cooling rate from the glaze, long angled lip to allow hot water dispensing onto side of gaiwan without spilling or splashing out, deep lid seating with good airtightness, edges easy to handle even when hot, a domed lid for leaf expansion upwards like a ball. Interestingly, a very wellmade “chinese styled” teaware made in japan. Was only thirty bucks.. would have loved to buy a few more if there were! #tea #茶 #盖碗
  • Classical flavour. #tea
  • Late night tea is a simple affair. A window facing a grove of trees, a gentle breeze. A little side handled “sha-diao” kettle tapping away with slow rhythm. A beautiful chaozhou teapot made by a friend. And a $2 cup from daiso. An incense burner awaiting for any incense to be lit. Tea does not need pretense. #tea #茶
  • 🤔🤔stockpiled a lot of this. Do u know what this is used for? (Hint - nothing to do with incense)
  • A masterpiece by @qipottery . A huge tea bowl/tea wash, a random swirl of jadeite glaze that developed into a phoenix, the subtlety of the dripping glaze at the edges, and the huge amount of Singapore clay that was used to make this (the bowl weighs 1009 grams which is 10x the weight of a teapot). This will become a well treasured item. #tea #teabowl #chawan #茶 #茶道
  • Fumigation... with blissful wisps of delightful smoke. #oud #agarwood #incense #沉香 #香道