Incense

Phenomenal, traditional Japanese incense made with fragrant woods, spices, featuring natural aloeswood, sandalwood, and camphor.

Traditional Japanese incense, notes of water, spice, and dark wood.

This traditional incense is made from pulverized aloeswood and sandalwood, combined with spices such as benzoin, cinnamon, and camphor; blended and joined with sake.  This is one of my all-time favorite incenses, and it always strikes me with a focusing feeling.

I encourage experimentation with incense and tea pairing, but I think that Hone goes well with any of the dark and aged oolongs.

15g incense ~ 46x 14cm sticks.  Approximate burn time of one stick ~ 30 minutes.

Luscious and smooth sandalwood that has a comforting, bright, and elevating quality

Uplifting, aromatic sandalwood, with soothing tones.

Like Indian Sandalwood, this Young Sandalwood is quite bright and rich in its aroma.  In comparison, it is a more atmospheric and smooth, while still smelling very present and bright... bright like palo santo or frankincense, but with a very different aroma.  This sandalwood incense uses very high quality material, burns at a low temperature with light smoke, and is a joy to smell

I encourage experimentation with incense and tea pairing, but I think that this sandalwood goes well with any of the fragrant oolongs like Gui Fei or Wen Shan Bao Zhong.

20g incense ~ 60x 21cm sticks.  Approximate burn time of one stick ~ 30 minutes.

Comforting incense with many warming spice notes including camphor, clove, and benzoin, built around quality Laoshan sandalwood.

Notes of resinous pine, sandalwood, and very warm spices.

The prominent spice profile in this incense creates a warming, attentive atmosphere.  I love walking into a room where I have left this incense... it feels welcoming, like a hearth fire where cinnamon, clove, and fragrant woods are gently heated nearby.  I also enjoy the rich tree resin base notes of this incense.

I encourage experimentation with incense and tea pairing, but I think that Offering goes pairs evenly with the 1988 Aged Ginseng Oolong, and is juxtaposed nicely with any of the fragrant oolongs like Osmanthus Jin Xuan.

20g incense ~ 60x 21cm sticks.  Approximate burn time of one stick ~ 30 minutes.

Rich, bright, and smooth sandalwood that is very pure, and very high quality.

Aged sandalwood that is soothing and bright.

Sandalwood is one of the most prized aromatic woods, and it is known to maintain its scent for many years.  The sandalwood used in this incense has been weathered and aged before being ground and combined with a clean, low-combustion incense base.  The result is an incense that smells very natural and beautiful.

I encourage experimentation with incense and tea pairing, but I think that this sandalwood goes well with any of the fragrant oolongs like Gui Fei or Wen Shan Bao Zhong.

10g incense ~ 15x 21cm sticks.  Approximate burn time of one stick ~ 50 minutes.

Rustic Tibetan-style incense with clean and prominent notes of cedar, sandalwood, and spices.  Beautiful and unobtrusive.

Traditional incense with notes of mountain cedar and sandalwood.

Tibetan in style, this Mongolian incense is like a walk among dry mountain cedar alongside fragrant herbs.  This incense is made with natural cedar, sandalwood,  aloeswood, clove, cinnamon, and other spices to create a cool and calming fragrance.  

Much of the incense from Tibet burns very smoky and I do not prefer it for closed quarters, but this incense from Mongolia is quite smooth and unobtrusive.

I encourage experimentation with incense and tea pairing, but I think that Golden Walks pairs well with oolongs and dark teas.

20g incense ~ 30x 21cm sticks.  Approximate burn time of one stick ~ 45 minutes.

Dark resin of frankincense with notes of spicy copal.  Notes of ancient mid-winter feast.

Dark ancient resin with notes of copal and orange peel.

Real frankincense tree resin from Oman is pulverized and combined with natural makko to create an incense that is structurally simple, but aromatically complex.  This style of incense is very clean and clear like many natural Japanese incense, but the frankincense material causes a transformation that is very deepening.  The notes of deep, spicy copal are lovely, and are nothing like the smoky, harsh, and overheated low-quality frankincense you might have smelled in a church.

If you were familiar with the previous Totem Frankincense, this Copal Frankincense is less sweet, more spicy.  Less bright, more dark.  Definitely interesting.  

I encourage experimentation with incense and tea pairing, but I think that this Frankincense goes well with any of the fragrant oolongs like Gui Fei or Wen Shan Bao Zhong.

15g incense ~ 46x 14cm sticks.  Approximate burn time of one stick ~ 30 minutes.

Elegant carved wood incense burner with fireproof fabric for burning the entire incense horizontally.

Beautiful incense burner that burns the entire stick.

Smoke drifts up beautifully through the magnet-attached, slit-patterned lid of this incense burner.  Made with fireproof fabric, this incense burner will burn the entire incense stick horizontally, without leaving tiny unburned nubs, as happens with incense holders.  Fireproof 'fire-cotton' fabric is used so that air can flow easily all around the lit incense stick.  

Incense will not stay lit on a plain, flat surface.  But when placed on the 'fire-cotton' fabric in this incense burner, it will burn easily and safely.

This incense burner can easily hold longer 21cm incense sticks.