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Man, I thought I was fancy with my Shoyeido brand sticks :p

M.

TIM wrote:Great looking pair. What do you usually burn?

i've a terribly picky olfactory preference so i burn mostly a very niche select of agarwood and kyara, mostly by gentle heating (both traditional kodo cup + charcoal, and modern electric heating using a home made heater).

currently going very slow on the kyara as the supply is zilch.. 20-30 grams left.... for the next few decades of slow enjoyment..

chrl42 wrote:Wa..incense!

A cool guy finally came

And a nice pair of oldish porcerlain (looks Japanese?)

learning..learning..

yup.. both are japanese shinoryu style kodo cups

a simple tea/incense pairing today

just received a "hongkong" stored 90s sheng tea cake, strong camphorous notes. paired with a sliver of wild vietnamese aloeswood that has a clear sweet and camphorous olfactory profile

Wild Cambodia Honey Aloeswood from a trip to Angkor 5 weeks ago.

nice kodo cup in the background...

hmm... i'm new to tea chat, but could i inquire if you could be from hongkong/guangzhou? the terms you use to name agarwoods, when translated to chinese, resembles the terms that they use in that region

kyarazen wrote:nice kodo cup in the background...

hmm... i'm new to tea chat, but could i inquire if you could be from hongkong/guangzhou? the terms you use to name agarwoods, when translated to chinese, resembles the terms that they use in that region

Thanks Kyara. Born in Hong Kong, live in New York.
And where are you from?

To me, the utensils and toys surround the woods are so trivial. But still fun sometimes.

TIM wrote: Thanks Kyara. Born in Hong Kong, live in New York.
And where are you from?

To me, the utensils and toys surround the woods are so trivial. But still fun sometimes.

family came from shantou, chaozhou based in south east asia now

Chiming in as a beginner here.. if you've never had an interest in collecting incense you should experience kyara, sandalwood, etc at least once as components of aged puer.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrongfucha ... 680199916/

A friend gave a lecture on Kodo for my local tea group and I collected some photos here. He uses old coffee beans as a clever way to cleanse your "palate" from fatigue from strong aromas.

He has collected some very cool kogo as well.

Beads for boiling water.


Aloeswood chips for Kodo.

Very nice! Agarwood and kyara is also one of the hobby I enjoy thoroughly. I am very lucky to have an expert friend, kyarazen, who thought me so much on these woods. There are too many fakes out there and it getting really hard to tell. And also unfortunately the wild ones are getting very rare and super expensive now. Japan has stopped almost all the kyara sales.
Good that you have some in your collection Tim, I see that they will be a super rare precious items in very near future. It is nice to know that you appreciate this nice hobby.

And they are really good with tea too.

TIM wrote:
Beads for boiling water.

the beads look rather Interesting

and you boil water with them?

Wild aloeswood. City of Hue, Vietnam. 38 grams of heaven.

nice bottom aloeswood Kyarazen. Which country? Aged?

Try brewing water with it yet?