A Thread of Incense

A Thread of Incense

At a glance

Half day · about 3 hours

Scope & pricing

CNY 880 · per person, per session

How the day runs

14:00 Arrival at the tea room. Your host explains the six categories and the order of the tasting. · 14:20 Guided tasting: green, white, yellow, oolong, black, dark — what changes and what does not. · 15:20 Water temperature, leaf amount, steeping time: the three variables that decide everything. · 15:50 Incense session: making the incense, reading it, and what the ritual is actually for. · 16:40 Questions, and whatever you want to buy — paid by you, explained by us. · 17:00 Session ends.

BOUNDARIES

Each route is led by us: design, interpretation, cultural briefing and materials. Transport, admission tickets and meals are not included and are never collected by us.

Six tea categories, tasted in the order that makes sense, then an incense session where you make and read a scent the way it has been done for a thousand years.

How the day runs

1. 01

   14:00 Arrival at the tea room. Your host explains the six categories and the order of the tasting.

2. 02

   14:20 Guided tasting: green, white, yellow, oolong, black, dark — what changes and what does not.

3. 03

   15:20 Water temperature, leaf amount, steeping time: the three variables that decide everything.

4. 04

   15:50 Incense session: making the incense, reading it, and what the ritual is actually for.

5. 05

   16:40 Questions, and whatever you want to buy — paid by you, explained by us.

6. 06

   17:00 Session ends.

Suggested itinerary. Stops, timing, accessibility and availability are confirmed before booking.

Before you book

The tea room is a working space, not a staged one. Group sizes are capped at eight so the host can answer questions.