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,… [Read More…]
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Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 3 – A Tea Maker that cannot be helped
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… [Read More…]
Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 2 – Complexities
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 the photos take you… [Read More…]
Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 1
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 36 peaks. Running through this, is… [Read More…]
KZ ventures into oils
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 we had started procuring oils, is because our students… [Read More…]
Incense Culture Association of Singapore Visits Hangzhou China
As usually KZ would like to apologize for the slowness in writing posts.. there’s just an overwhelming load of offline activities going on.. classes.. courses.. workshops… making incenses.. hosting events.. and even taking association members overseas for a trip! (if you would like to see if KZ is active.. you can always follow me on instagram… [Read More…]
The Way of Incense
Sorry for the unintended hiatus. I have been busy with making more incenses. Just recently I have written a guest post for a travel blog Momentum on Mindfulness: The Way of Incense. If you are interested, head over to read it.
How to Build an Electric Incense Heater – Part 1
There is strictly no rocket science behind building an electric incense heater. Just a bit tedious at times, and some safety concerns during the working process. Part 1 here will just show the rough concepts and the designs. Part 2, which will come later, will be a pictorial walk through. Safety precautions : Burner… [Read More…]
KZ Zen Moon and Gokuhin Zen Moon Incense
apologies on the hiatus from writing… there had just been too much to do, but no worries, I’ve not forgotten that I still run this website 🙂 The Duan Wu Festival, more commonly known as the Dragon Boat festival had just past, and the day it self, the 5th of the 5th Lunar Month, is… [Read More…]
Blending Incense – A Chicken and Egg question
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I was reminded of this question when I had received some questions from friends on our recent incense venture. Some of the questions were like, are the Hall of the Peaceful Heart incenses any different from the blended incenses we see on on the Japanese Incense market?… [Read More…]