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Rou Gui (肉桂): Cinnamon — The Warming Spice in Chinese Incense

Rou Gui (肉桂): Cinnamon — The Warming Spice in Chinese Incense Walk into a Chinese pharmacy and the dominant scent will hit you immediately: warm, sweet, slightly sharp, penetrating. This… Read more »

Cloves (丁香): The Warming Spice in Chinese Incense Culture

The Little Flower That Changed Global Trade Before coffeehouses, before sugar, before the spice trade reshaped the world — there were cloves. These tiny, dried flower buds from the Moluccas… Read more »

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Tag: spice-incense

Rou Gui (肉桂): Cinnamon — The Warming Spice in Chinese Incense

Cloves (丁香): The Warming Spice in Chinese Incense Culture