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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...]

  • Guess what? After another year of waiting... ultra small sized Hokujo pots are apparently back at @artistic_nippon with this year’s pots at a size never seen before between 75ml to 95ml with handmade ball filters. One of the most intriguing and exciting pots for oolong tea, especially rolled oolongs. Personally picked a 95ml for myself and awaiting its arrival. #teapot #tea #tokoname #hokujo #茶 #茶壶 #常滑烧 #急须 #teaware #ceramic
  • 如是，as it is. #sealcarving #书法 #篆刻
  • Oops! Was debating over whether an incense was to be named Elegant clouds or Fleeting Clouds and in the end i had decided on Fleeting Clouds but forgot to update my webmaster. Do not be surprised or alarmed if you had ordered Elegant clouds but the sticker on the tube’s Fleeting Clouds, same incense just that the webstore name input was wrong 😝😝#kyarazenblooper
  • Working hard on handmade incenses is a dedication. It is testimony to the maturity of the KZ incense system/school of thought. I see myself always willing to learn and willing to share, and firm belief that one should never go on the path of distasteful faux mastery pretense. #incense #incenses #kodo #香道 #沉香 #oud #kyara #aloeswood #agarwood
  • A delicious well stored 1980s Si Bao liubao tea from San Yuan Teahouse @cliffthreetea it had always been hard to find high quality liubao tea in Singapore but San Yuan Teahouse has been able to source and provide top quality liubao tea with known provenance and proper storage! I was happy to see them retailing tea in tins made in japan. #tea #liubao #茶 #茶道 #六堡茶 #te #singapore
  • 莫忘初心方得始终。 若初心不正，忘了也罢。 #seal #seal carving #篆刻 #calligraphy #书法