Kyara / Aloeswood

[TIM]

Vietnam Honey grade, wild Aloeswood. Got it 23 years ago.

[kyarazen]

nice bottom aloeswood Kyarazen. Which country? Aged?

Try brewing water with it yet?

top and bottom same material and batch, spun and assembled by japanese artisan from select 熟结material

do people in the west or hongkong/china (not that i know of) brew their bracelets regularly? thats pretty intriguing, and would the silicon rubber interfere with the taste?

[kyarazen]

when no one seems to make beads out of proper materials these days.. time to make my own out of select premium materials.

[TIM]

nice bottom aloeswood Kyarazen. Which country? Aged?

Try brewing water with it yet?

top and bottom same material and batch, spun and assembled by japanese artisan from select 熟结material

do people in the west or hongkong/china (not that i know of) brew their bracelets regularly? thats pretty intriguing, and would the silicon rubber interfere with the taste?

So, these are from Indonesia?

You need to have good materials to brew water using a bracelets, since its a much larger quantity compare to a single chip. If there is a 'bad' bead within the chain, it's very easy to tell its quality. Also, you can see how fast the beads will recover and turn dark again because of the oil content.

I use jewery grade steel wire and gold or silver hardware instead of lesser materials for the bracelets I brew with .

[TIM]

when no one seems to make beads out of proper materials these days.. time to make my own out of select premium materials.

What kind of taste or profile are these beads?

[kyarazen]

So, these are from Indonesia?

You need to have good materials to brew water using a bracelets, since its a much larger quantity compare to a single chip. If there is a 'bad' bead within the chain, it's very easy to tell its quality. Also, you can see how fast the beads will recover and turn dark again because of the oil content.

I use jewery grade steel wire and gold or silver hardware instead of lesser materials for the bracelets I brew with .

i'll leave it to guesswork for anyone to have some fun on the origin of the raw material

its not difficult to get an agarwoody brew, especially from new generation resin injection/coating techniques onto wood gone through my hands were at least 20 types of recent new generation methods of making "agarwood". i personally know a couple of suppliers whom are also able to provide me with authentic agarwood resin for coating/impregnating beads, and they keep asking me how to use it to make low quality unresinated agarwood and beads look real??!

[kyarazen]

What kind of taste or profile are these beads?

i actually made these beads from japanese "mon-koh" grade materials.

profile is similar to sumatora of the old rikkoku (new rikkokus are rubbish sometimes), except this is so close to kyara in the opening phases that i've almost been able to dupe many people... but of course i tell them the truth all the time..after heating them a sample

i have a similar piece of it as a keychain, fast sinking.

[TIM]

Sweet Memory of a post from the Tea Galley in 2008 regarding aloeswood:
http://theteagallery.blogspot.com/2008/ ... d.html?m=0

[kyarazen]

swimming in aloeswoods...

20 kilograms

[kyarazen]

patiently waiting for Teaism to find time to share some kyara and aged tea experiments

[TIM]

Raw Green Kyara / Aloeswood. 18th Century Tibet.
Great to brew water with. Lifted!

[kyarazen]

Raw Green Kyara / Aloeswood. 18th Century Tibet.
Great to brew water with. Lifted!

thats really Interesting

do you usually drink the water yourself or do you share it with others and also in tea as well?

[TIM]

Raw Green Kyara / Aloeswood. 18th Century Tibet.
Great to brew water with. Lifted!

thats really Interesting

do you usually drink the water yourself or do you share it with others and also in tea as well?

Thanks Kyarazen. I love those bracelet, they are my guardians specially when I am traveling. Many times they saved my tummy and my life.

Back in ancient times, high monks will carry kyara in bracelet form to heal people. I learn that from a Tibetan monk. The sharing and healing is always part of the tradition for the uses of aloeswood.

[TIM]

Vietnam incense grade aloeswood. For burning, not good enough for drinking or brewing tea.

A mix of black, Iron, honey and white aloeswood.

[Teaism]

patiently waiting for Teaism to find time to share some kyara and aged tea experiments

Anytime Bro. I have a piece of the iconic Ta Kou Zhong waiting...I think it goes well with the iconic green oil kyara. Will sync with you on separate platform.

Cheers!