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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 knowledge on Chinese cultural arts, which may include brush painting,… [Read More…]

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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 the photos take you… [Read More…]

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

Wuyi Cliff Tea Part 1

15 December 2016 by Kyara Zen

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…]

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KZ ventures into oils

2 October 2016 by Kyara Zen

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…]

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Incense Culture Association of Singapore Visits Hangzhou China

28 September 2016 by Kyara Zen

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…]

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The Way of Incense

16 September 2016 by Kyara Zen

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.

Filed Under: Articles, The Way of Incense Tagged With: incense

How to Build an Electric Incense Heater – Part 1

14 June 2016 by Kyara Zen

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…]

Filed Under: Articles, Kyara and Aloeswood Tagged With: incense

KZ Zen Moon and Gokuhin Zen Moon Incense

14 June 2016 by Kyara Zen

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…]

Filed Under: Articles, Incense Tagged With: incense, incense sticks

Blending Incense – A Chicken and Egg question

17 April 2016 by Kyara Zen

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…]

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De-mystifying Onycha

23 February 2016 by Kyara Zen

For over a year, there was just so much hype on Onycha in Chinese incense circles, it is something that they call 甲香 (jia3 xiang1), no one knew what it really was! There is a legend amongst these circles, that Onycha is a legendary and amazing material, that if it is milled or ground for… [Read More…]

Filed Under: Articles, The Way of Incense Tagged With: onycha

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