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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。”

KZ Incense Secrets

21 April 2020 by Kyara Zen

Nice title on the topic.. but.. oops.. the truth is that there is really not much secret to the KZ system. Formerly being a "teacher" of sorts, both in the hobbyist fields such as incense and other fun collectibles, and in the academic sphere, I'm a firm believer of education that will eventually need to become "open source", because we all are transient sentient beings, items, knowledge, understandings, we are always the temporal "keepers". Secrecy was once used as a tool just to keep the wrong information away from the right audience and the right information away from the wrong audience.  In my early incense classes which were "Sit down" classes of 4 sessions of over 3 hours each, amidst these small several hundred former attendees over a span of over two years, attendees came from all walks of life, some from the fragrant wood trade whom sent their staff to "see" what i was up to, to unique metaphysical individuals whom want to use incense to achieve certain metaphysical ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Articles, Incense

Incense in times of Covid-19

23 March 2020 by Kyara Zen

I've been asked many times by friends on this - is there any incense for use during this period to prevent or protect against Covid-19 virus ?? The obvious and the most immediate answer from me is : NO!... Ever since mid January till now, there have been many videos and contents circulating, including this video below on how fumigating "agarwood" was applied to clean the air in an unverified "clinical facility in Hainan", to some of the myth lovers that would revisit stories from old Chinese records on how one king burnt a single incense ball the size of a pigeon's egg and that cleared/eliminated a plague thousands of years ago etc. Perhaps many of these incense sellers are hoping to make some bits of money with the impending global economic recession in sight, probably nothing wrong with that only until they put incense into the wrong context with respect to public health which then makes it rather immoral and unethical.   Sorry folks, Incense, directly, no matter ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Articles, Incense Tagged With: coronavirus, covid, covid-19, incense

The Future of Oud Oils – Fractionated Sinensis CO2

23 October 2019 by Kyara Zen

Recently on a business trip i had 6 hours to spare so I decided to grab a bullet train ticket to the city of Dongguan, Guangzhou to visit a distillation plant/factory which I thought was potentially one of the most promising oud oil producers to have ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Articles, Oud

The KZ TEA Wheel

3 May 2019 by Kyara Zen

  The Tea Wheel. The KZ Tea Wheel was developed from scratch rather than having had ripped it off other wine and beverage type of wheels. It too about a year’s conceptualization and testing, and by no means is an “absolute” wheel as ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Articles, Tea

The Way of Collecting (1) – A World View

2 March 2019 by Kyara Zen

Its been a long hiatus, although most people would know that KZ is still 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.. ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Musings

2088Tea is now the Official Kyarazen retail page

22 August 2017 by Kyara Zen

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 ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Articles, Incense

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

8 April 2017 by Kyara Zen

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 ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Articles, Tea Tagged With: brewing, tea, teapots, wuyi mountains, yixing, yixing teapots

Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 2 – Complexities

15 December 2016 by Kyara Zen

This is Part 2 of a series on Wuyi Cliff Tea. Read Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 1 and Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 3 - A Tea Maker that cannot be helped. Why and How is Wuyi Tea "complex" today? It is hard to summarize everything into a single sentence, but I'll let ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Articles, Tea Tagged With: tea, wuyi mountains

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Rekindle. #incense #incensesticks #線香 #香道 #沉香 #agarwood
Was swiping around IG in bed last night and you kn Was swiping around IG in bed last night and you know how one could accidentally end up ordering things when hungry and seeing the “wrong” pictures on social media. Forgive the white balance from the warm lighting..... but this incredible incredible pahang MSW durian quality despite the tail end of the season (possibly the last week-ish). Buttery, creamy, intense bitter, what more to ask for in a durian experience?! Sometimes peak season doesnt even reach this quality. Truely awed.. wonder if it is due to the weather differences from yesteryears or just a really well managed late fruiting grove. #durian #singapore #fruit #fruitsg @99oldtrees
Deeply saddened by the passing of an important inc Deeply saddened by the passing of an important incense friend. Ross Urrere was an expert when it came to incense, we met on basenotes almost ten years ago and also on olfactoryrescueservice where he served as an incense reviewer. When i started making incense sticks, he was not only a dedicated customer, but more often a connoisseur, a mentor, and a source of inspiration. These were superb creations of Ross which I will now continue to cherish, and appreciate, not only the scent of the blends, but also the fond memories of the always very friendly,passionate and humble Ross. Rest in peace Ross, you will be missed. #incense #線香 #香道
云雾。 scented clouds. #incense #香 #線香 云雾。 scented clouds. #incense #香 #線香
《 庄子·内篇· 养生主第三》:“吾生也有涯,而知也无涯。以有涯随无涯,殆已! 真理。#篆刻 #书法 the human life is finite, but yet the pursuit of knowledge is boundlessly infinite. If you would spend sixty years doing one thing, what would that be?
Incense from @craftincense @kencannata just in tim Incense from @craftincense @kencannata just in time for the new year. Finally got to sample Devadaru Rose after half the world have smelt it and raved about it so much that it got me extremely curious. It has been two years since Ken has gone on this incense journey, which by far isn’t an easy one, filled with challenges from different dimensions, and yet the need for a clear, clean, untainted and some what stainless motivation to actualize. I am, the imperfect teacher, whom cannot and should not mould students in my footprints, but i am glad Ken has achieved, not simply just methods, procedures, suppliers, etc, but instead a sense of olfactory acuity and creativity to bring many excellent ethereal scents to the market. Devadaru Rose indeed is as what many have described.. beautiful beyond words that it creates an emotional connection on the first whiff. Heart of Lavender was also an incense where Ken has superceded me, by being able to embed and stabilize the core lavender identity in the middle of the cedarwoods. I am seeing the future and new breakthroughs in incense culture and appreciation and in his works #incense #线香 #線香 #香道 #香文化 #沉香 #合香

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