diff --git a/content/blog/silvertip.md b/content/blog/silvertip.md index 040b87d..fe6033e 100644 --- a/content/blog/silvertip.md +++ b/content/blog/silvertip.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Having read that osmanthus, like lavender, was one of those few flowers that cou [![A small tin labelled "test ash" beside a small glass jar containing matches.](/img/testAsh.webp "My test ash; a very convenient way to perform a quick trail burn.")](/img/testAsh.webp) -Armed with this knowledge, I put together a build. The star aromatics sit atop a woody base of sandalwood and juniper sweetened by a touch of benzoin; the composition is slightly lifted with a minuscule amount of camphor, bound with guar gum and a little acacia gum which. While also acting as a weak binder, the acacia gum is present to lower the burn temperature and strengthen the sticks. +Armed with this knowledge, I put together a build. The star aromatics sit atop a woody base of sandalwood and juniper sweetened by a touch of benzoin; the composition is slightly lifted with a minuscule amount of camphor, bound with guar gum and a little acacia gum. While also acting as a weak binder, the acacia gum is present to lower the burn temperature and strengthen the sticks. ## The Build |Ingredient|Grams|% of Build| @@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ The sticks this build produces offer a [quiet listen](https://kikohincense.com/p My partner has a small wood-burning backpacking stove they like to use to make tea while camping. While I haven't yet had the pleasure, I have to imagine that making a cup of white tea on such a stove in a juniper forest would smell similar to the fragrance of this stick. + [^1]: I use the stick of a cotton swab to create a divot in the ash bed, which I carefully fill with incense powder to be tamped down, lit, and evaluated. When I'm done, I simply close the lid, shake the container, and drop it once or twice on a flat surface to smooth the ash and prepare it for the next use. [^2]: Such a tricky ingredient, camphor. The tiniest amount can seem utterly overwhelming when blending or on a fresh stick, and as incense cures and ages, it seems as though it may or may not mellow out in the burn.