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Old 30-01-2008, 06:49 PM posted to rec.food.drink.tea
Shen[_2_]
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Default sandalwood and agarwood in the water for tea

On Jan 29, 9:06 pm, icetea wrote:
I am not sure about the health issues, but I have heard some people
using these pure woods by putting them in the kettle for boiling
water.....does anyone know about the health issues, is it safe?
sandalwood and agarwood
Two incense woods, with sandalwood all parts of the tree's wood is
incense wood and has scent of some sort, but with agarwood only the
infected area of the Aquilaria trees is incense wood with scent of
some sort, this is caused by a resin the tree produces as a defense
against the infection. This incense wood called aloeswood, agarwood,
aloes wood, agar wood, eaglewood, and more. For reasons of confusion
between the plant "aloe" and the incense wood "aloeswood", I now use
the term agarwood. The original Chinese term is ( ³ΑΛ®Ογ or ³ΑΟγ, chen
xiang ). You can add these words the English terms to do more searches
on the subject.
Below is a link to more infohttp://teaarts.blogspot.com/2006/03/incense-lore.html
icetea...


Ummm....bamboo charcoal in the water, yes. Sandalwood? Gosh, sounds
pretty ucky to me.
Shen
 

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