Manufacturing of Baieido Incense ⁽⁰⁾


1. Everything begins in the laboratory with the strict quality control of raw materials: herbs, agarwood, sandalwood, etc.	2. The sandalwood or agarwood, once approved through quality control, is crushed and ground into a fine powder.	3. Depending on the incense being made, the various ingredients are added to the precious wood powder. More or less sandalwood or agarwood, herbs, essential oils, etc.	4. The dry mixture is then passed through a fine sieve to remove any impurities.

5. The powder obtained is then mixed with water and worked until a paste with a clay-like consistency, called "Tama", is obtained.	6. This mass is then loaded into a container and extruded through a die with small holes (a process identical to making spaghetti, etc.)	7. Coming out of the machine, these "spaghetti" are gently spread on a wooden board and very carefully aligned. This is a very important step to ensure perfectly straight sticks once dry.	8. Once properly aligned, the incense sticks are cut to various lengths depending on the type of incense and their intended use.

9. The aligned and cut incense sticks are left on their wooden board to dry. Drying takes several days in summer and up to 10 days in winter.	10. Once dry, the incense sticks are carefully checked by hand and any stick that is not perfectly straight is removed.	11. The sticks are weighed and bound together with paper strips to keep them tightly packed.	12. The resulting bundles are inspected one last time and packaged for sale.

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