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    * Since the 練香 is very resinous, we don't use it in 風炉 (as it might hurt it)    * Since the 練香 is very resinous, we don't use it in 風炉 (as it might hurt it)
    * While 利休 said to use ceramics in winter and lacquered 香合 in summer, if you are using a non-ceramic 香合 with 練香, add a camelia leaf. This leaf is then dropped into the 炭斗 before 拝見!    * While 利休 said to use ceramics in winter and lacquered 香合 in summer, if you are using a non-ceramic 香合 with 練香, add a camelia leaf. This leaf is then dropped into the 炭斗 before 拝見!
-   * Ulrich said in 21 how he mixed ground remains of incense sticks collected from the temple with musk, camphor (for freshness), ground coal and honey+   * A good general recipe is 4 parts smelly things, 1 part charcoal, 5 parts honey (by weight). That works quite well. 
 +   * Ulrich said in 21 how he mixed ground remains of incense sticks collected from the temple with musk, camphor (for freshness), ground coal and honey. 
    * Shoyedo sais the must be aged for 3 to 5 years in ceramic jars buried in wet soil.    * Shoyedo sais the must be aged for 3 to 5 years in ceramic jars buried in wet soil.
-   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QJPQ1dkAkc|Here]] we have a video by [[https://www.kohgen.com/ic/OverseasShipping|香源]] +   * I made one myself using myrrh, benzoe, juniper, fir needles, angelica and pine honey, which I think is quite //coming of spring//, so I named it {{ruby|火の乙女|ひ　の　おとめ}} in reference of the Irish goddess Birgit who supposedly brings fire (and thus, spring). Used it in my [[:restricted/19_ii_26|雪間の草]] 茶事 in 2026.
-       * 1 ts agarwood (じんこう) +
-       * 1 ts patchouli leaves (かっこう) +
-       * 1 ts nard (is it frankincense?) (かんしょう） +
-       * 1 ts clove +
-       * 0.25 ts star anise +
-       * 0.25 cinnamon bark +
-       * 0.5 benzoin +
-       * 0.25 borneol (竜脳) +
-       * 0.5 charcoal powder +
-       * 1 ts honey +
-   * [[https://ayalamoriel.com/collections/nerikoh|Some blogger]] made 練香 into seasonal shapes; she uses apricot instead of plum flesh; and argues to use wild honey for its lower water content. +
-   * You could also use labdanum for binding; or .5 to .75 dried fruit to 1 part of loose incense. Soak fruit overnight in red wine. Fruit can also be raisins. 1 ts honey to .75 cup of dried fruit; and 1 cup of incense to 0.5 cups of fruit, 2-4 weeks to dry, turning daily. ([[https://www.essenceoftheages.com/info/makeins3.html|link]]) +
-   * [[https://scents-of-earth.com/charcoal-and-ash/|scents of earth]] seems to be a good supplier +
-   * [[https://www.kyarazen.com/making-kneaded-incense-balls-neri-koh/|kyarazen]] says to cook honey gently for 20' +
-   * I actually got a set from [[https://www.yamadamatsu.co.jp/company/|山田松]] called 香り遊び+
  
  
-   * On 14 XI 21 I tried blending about in Tbsp each: 1 Lilienwurzel, 1 Kohle, 1 stick aloeswood, 1 pinch of camphor, 1 tsp Benzoe, 1 tsp cinnamon, 5 cloves, 1 Tbsp moschus, with 2 wine-soaked aprictos and a tsp of honey. I froze the resins, and the nutribullet went through all of that in a breeze. 
-   * On XI 25 I, on KM's recommendation, just blitzed 5 parts of Chrüterhüsli incense mix with 1 part charcoal, then added 1 part orange blossom honey and baked it for an hour at 50°. It made for a decent 練香! 
  
 ====Sources==== ====Sources====
    * kyarazen has lots of articles!    * kyarazen has lots of articles!
    * Morita's [[https://www.amazon.com/Book-Incense-Enjoying-Traditional-Japanese/dp/1568365721|Book of Incense]] is great!    * Morita's [[https://www.amazon.com/Book-Incense-Enjoying-Traditional-Japanese/dp/1568365721|Book of Incense]] is great!
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