I love exploring different scents and experimenting with how they make me feel. Incense is the perfect way to plunge into this world of faultless ecstasy; the aroma trailing away after about an hour, unlike scented candles and sprays. Jasmine relaxes me; cedar makes my nerves fade away; saffron energizes me; juniper makes me feel crazed. Many types of incense are covered with monikers such as 'Ocean Breeze' and 'Sex at the Beach.' While these are legitimate types of incense, they are made up of not one scent, but many scents mixed together. The Chinese use incense as a means of healing and in religious ceremonies, while Indians use it for pleasure and an aromatic home. I like to burn the incense directly, for it sends a stream of the sweet smelling smoke into the air, while in indirect burning, pieces of the incense stick are placed on coals, producing little smoke. The sticks come in infinite varieties, from vanilla, to star anise, to lavender, and even clove. Incense has been a popular novelty for hundreds of years, traded along the Silk Road. Local knowledge and tools were extremely influential on the style, but methods were also influenced by migrations of foreigners, among them clergy and physicians who were both familiar with incense arts. Used globally, and maintaining a large following around the world, incense is a fantastic soother for anyone. Sticks of every variety are so cheap, ranging from 10 cents to a dollar, and where I go, they are twenty for a dollar, so you just have to get lucky and hope that the shopkeeper is not a greedy goblin. Here are some places you can buy them online: 
Designer Soon Mo Kang created Hanger Tea as an alternative to burning your finger while trying to fish that cotton string out of a cup of boiling water. I think this is an innovative way to make a cup o' tea and the flavors are indicated by the hanger color.
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My friend Rachelle, who has a mind that beautifully wanders as much as myself, told me that I had to watch this video, and I am glad she did.
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