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 ====Washing==== ====Washing====
  
-For me, I found this approach works: Both 風炉 and 炉 ashes are washed, and I don't make separate しめし灰. I start with the 風炉 ashes, because they take longer to dry. I do 3 turns with water, aromatising the ashes on the last turn. ⚠️ Wear kitchen cloves while working with the ashes — they don't tear, protect well, and you can mix the ashes in the water with them!+👆 Only the 炉 ashes are washed, the 風炉 ashes are just sifted. After having washed and sifted the 炉 ashes often enough, you can even "upgrade" them to 帛紗灰! 
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 +For me, I found this approach works: All 炉 ashes are washed, and I don't make separate しめし灰. I do 3 turns with water, aromatising the ashes on the last turn. ⚠️ Wear kitchen cloves while working with the ashes ⸻ they don't tear, protect well, and you can mix the ashes in the water with them!
  
    - Gather ashes, sieve them into a bucket. (Maybe the sieving is not really necessary, because they get sieved afterwards.)    - Gather ashes, sieve them into a bucket. (Maybe the sieving is not really necessary, because they get sieved afterwards.)
-   - Prepare aromatising tea: +   - Prepare aromatising tea: I used cloves (traditional), saffron (smells heavenly) and juniper (didn't add much). So in 2027, maybe I find a third spice, which might just as well be annatto.
-         * For 風炉, I used cardamom, allspice and laurel in 2025. Just buy a pack each, dump it into a cook pot, boil as long as possible and stand until ready to use. +
-         * For 炉, I used cloves (traditional), saffron (smells heavenly) and juniper (didn't add much). So in 2026, maybe I find a third spice, which might just as well be annatto.+
    - Fill bucket with water, mix well (just with the gloved hand). Skim off the shit on the surface. Wait a few hours, pour off the somewhat clear water. Add some more water, mix again, wait a few hours, and pour off.    - Fill bucket with water, mix well (just with the gloved hand). Skim off the shit on the surface. Wait a few hours, pour off the somewhat clear water. Add some more water, mix again, wait a few hours, and pour off.
    - For the third rinsing, use the aromatised water. Dump it all into an Utz box lined with a burp towel, hang the towel overnight to drain.     - For the third rinsing, use the aromatised water. Dump it all into an Utz box lined with a burp towel, hang the towel overnight to drain. 
-   - Then dry either in the sunlight or the oven at 100°, breaking up clumps every now and then. At > 30°, the 炉 ashes were fine after about 4 days, and the 風炉 ashes after 6. +   - Then dry either in the sunlight or the oven at 100°, breaking up clumps every now and then. At > 30°, the 炉 ashes were fine after about 4 days. 
-   - Sieve the 風炉 ashes with a fine sieve, and, because I don't have a specific sieve for the 炉 ashes, sieve them with a kitchen sieve.+   - Because I don't have a specific sieve for the 炉 ashes, sieve them with a kitchen sieve.
  
 ====ふくさ灰==== ====ふくさ灰====
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 ====わら灰==== ====わら灰====
-Made by soaking straw, ideally wheat or rice, remove husk and soak in salt water for one hour. (About 70 grams salt per litre, to stiffen them up.) Half-dry the straw and bake in an almost airtight container until no smoke emerges any more. Open only when cooled down, otherwise they will ignite. ({{ ::warabai.pdf | See example}}.)+Made by soaking straw, ideally wheat or rice, remove husk and soak in salt water for one hour. (About 70 grams salt per litre, to stiffen them up.) Half-dry the straw and bake in an almost airtight container (~ cookie tin) until no smoke emerges any more. For me, that's about 2 hours on the grill. Open only when cooled down, otherwise they will ignite. ({{ ::warabai.pdf | See example}}.) 
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 Used for the やつれ風炉 in October, by forming the ash with the 二もんじ, and putting it //on top// with tweezers, cutting each piece to size. Also used for the round がん炉 in the 水屋; and hand-warmers, in which case it is powdered or broken. Used for the やつれ風炉 in October, by forming the ash with the 二もんじ, and putting it //on top// with tweezers, cutting each piece to size. Also used for the round がん炉 in the 水屋; and hand-warmers, in which case it is powdered or broken.
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