#cone incense

[ofcedarandbone]

Another test batch of incense cones made only with ground herbs and water.

Their ability to stay together without a binder (ex: marshmallow root or makko powder) seems to depend on how finely the herbs are ground and how tightly the dough is compressed during shaping.

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[theburntleaf]

Experiment in formulation

For the upcoming winter holiday I wanted to create blends using local flavors but also incorporate some of the more traditional resins that I recently acquired [x]. Considering the winter solstice celebrates both the longest night and the Sun’s return to the north I thought it appropriate to have two separate recipes. These blends are primarly (for pleasure) aesthetic driven and will be used for holiday celebrations.

Solstice Incense (part 1)

Longest Night: For this blend I wanted to evoke a cold winter night. Dark and unsettling, a harsh chill in the air, standing in the evergreen woods staring up at a starlight sky.

To create a cooling herbal blend I looked to peppermint, balsam needle, mugwort. I first burnt each herb individualy to get a feel of their character. (I have an idea for a tool to do this without having to have a charcoal so might post about that later). The peppermint is cold on the eyes, quickly fading into an herbaceous scent. The balsam is very woody and not like its fresh quality. I often burn mugwort solo and is really present not for its scent but for body (smoke) as well as a dream stimulant to reflect the desired nature of the blend. I powdered the peppermint and balsam with mortar and pestle and put them through a sieve, and mugwort is well...mugwort so it goes in the coffee grinder and gets ground the best it can. I want this blend to be very cooling so it will be heavy on the peppermint.

In trying to give a nod to the longest night, and winter solstice: amanita mushroom is included in a small amount

myrrh is the foreign resin of choice to incorporate. It seemed fitting as it is the darker of the two popular ones this time of year. It also rounds out the blend offering some base notes against the cool top notes.

In this blend I would prefer to use black birch bark or wintergreen leaf for a camphoraceous scent adding to either the base or herb material of this recipe (though I’d have to experiment in burning each), but propolis from my neighbor is very wintergreen and used here in a small amount, this is really interesting because the propolis from our bees is much more similar to spruce resin and wouldn’t work in this recipe.

The wood base of this blend consists of Balsam wood and charcoal, (I thought the darkness of the charcoal would be a nice touch and will help with combustion). Balsam oleo-resin is harvested from blisters on the fir tree then mixed with alcohol so it’s easier to work with, I dilute this tincture of balsam resin with a bit of water which also offers a chilling coniferous green scent with hints of orange citrus. The liquid activates guar gum which is the binder to make this blend into cones. The dough is kneaded and left to cure for a few hours in the fridge. After curing, to let the aromas mingle, cones are formed and left to dry.

Test batch recipe:

3 tbs balsam fir wood, 1 tbs charcoal, 1.5 tsp peppermint, 1 tsp balsam needle, .5 tsp mugwort, amanita, 3/8 tsp myrrh, 1/8 tsp propolis, 3/4 tsp guar gum, (all powdered), 3/4 tsp balsam tincture, 3 tbs water (yield 18 1/2 tsp cones + 2 pellets)

Test burn:

Firstly, my sample piece burned all the way through at a nice steady rate but there might be a bit too much charcoal or binder as it benefited from one re-lighting. (The second cone burnt fine so it was just not dry enough) The scent is definitely dominated by a woody theme. The myrrh comes through in the perfect amount, but the coldness isn’t quite at the right level (next time I might add some camphor oil or the others mentioned). Still the smoke offers a slight cooling sensation and evokes sitting out by a bonfire on a cold winters night. (burn time ≈ 25 mins)

[theburntleaf]

Experiment in formulation

Cone incense

I wanted to try something simple to showcase some local material and see how they worked together. Out of the local resins, spruce is the easiest to work with. It’s a hard resin and powders really easily, perfect for making cones and sticks. Spruce resin is really nice by itself on the charcoal so I knew it would be a good incense cone but I had to pair it with a local woody material in order to form the shape and get it to burn. Thinking about a previous experiment with burning wood, I was drawn to cherry as a partner. The two share warm fruity qualities so I liked the idea of them together rather than pairing with a conifer wood or doing a whole spruce cone. Cherry wood is one of the the local materials I can actually get commercially, however this batch is 100% wildcrafted using self processed cherry branches and foraged spruce resin.

Test recipe:

3 tbs cherry wood powder, 1 tbs spruce resin powder, 1/4 tsp guar gum, (all sifted through my finest mesh strainer) 3 tbs water

I could cut down on the water a teaspoon or two but it didn’t bother the end product.

Yield: 15 cones (1/2 tsp material each)

** my real first attempt at this recipe was the same but using gum arabic instead of guar and it was a complete failure that did not want to stick together at all. Fine to add to a loose blend though. **

Test burn:

A good flame caught the tip of the incense and snuffed out to produce an good amount of smoke and a steady burn. My test cone did burn all the way through but I could tell the batch needs to dry a little longer as it formed a little volcano but I am thinking the burn will be more even once they cure a bit longer. The spruce resin really dominates the aroma...success... I was really thinking the amount of wood needed to make formed incense was going to over power the scent of the resin. The smoke was light and bright. There is a smokey top note (like campfire) but it gives way to a fruity like bubblegum resinous sweet scent with undertones of the wood. Definitely on the warmer end of the spectrum but not as much as say cinnamon. There is a nice linger of the spruce resin scent that the cherry delivered but did not intrude on.

≈ 30 min burn time

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[autumnthedeer5]

Does anyone have any suggestions for good lavender cone incense specifically non back flow incense

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