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 appeared in the recent years. Bullet Trains in China… [Read More…]
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The KZ TEA Wheel
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 everyone’s from different ethnicities, different olfactory and taste sensitivity/taste preferences etc. You… [Read More…]
The Way of Collecting (1) – A World View
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.. made some significant career and business progressions (in other unrelated spheres)….. [Read More…]
2088Tea is now the Official Kyarazen retail page
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…]
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.