![]() First an incense paste is rolled, which is made from a mixture of powdered dried incense ingredients, a binding agent and some water. If it helps with visualization: it is made a bit like pasta. The type without a center is the one more commonly used in China, and almost exclusively through Japan and Tibet. The final incense stick is mostly covered with thick layers of the mixture, except for the bottom, where the bamboo stick is bare, and where you hold the incense stick or use that section to stick into a holder. This type of stick incense is made by dipping a thin, bare bamboo stick into waters, essential oils and incense powders in layers. The popular Nag Champa incense is almost always made with a bamboo center. The type with a center is seen as more Indian in its origin and associations. There are two types of incense sticks: one type with a center, and one without. ![]() You might hear incense sticks being referred to as “joss sticks” from time to time, although we try to refrain from using this phrase as we find it has become mostly associated with cheaper, lower quality sticks. The earliest stick shaped incense appeared in China in the Ming Dynasty (1348-1644), and it has since become the most popular form of incense in use. Some of the information is summarized below, but if you are interested in more details, please refer to those.) How Incense Sticks Are Made (A note before we get started, we also have two very detailed articles on how we hand make our incense cones, and how we hand make our incense sticks. This article will focus on a detailed comparison of the two. Today, stick and cone shaped incense are the two most commonly used forms, and we hand blend and hand make both both types in our studio, so they are the types that we know best. Incense has a long history and there are many different types of incense. ![]()
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