Make Incense Cone With Makko Powder

If you're looking for a way to make your incense cones more potent and fragrant, consider using Makko powder. Makko is a type of powder made from the bark of the tree Cinnamomum Macrocarpum, and it has been used in incense making for centuries. Adding Makko to your cones will give them a stronger scent and a longer-lasting fragrance. In this article, we'll show you how to make incense cones with Makko powder. Let's get started!

• Makko powder: 15 grams
• Water: 240 grams
• Superfine sandalwood powder: 50 grams.
• Ordinary sandalwood powder: 100 grams.
• Herbal powder using lemongrass, rosemary, orange peel, tangerine peel, rose powder, lavender.
• Spice powder using star anise, cloves, cardamom, ginger, pepper, cinnamon.
• Some essential oils such as citrus, patchouli if desired, otherwise use water.
• Depending on the available ingredients and the ability to mix, you will get powder mixtures with different scents.
• More simply, you can also just use sandalwood powder and makko powder.

 Mix your ingredients well before adding water, here I use:

• 50 grams superfine sandalwood powder
• 100 grams of ordinary sandalwood powder
• 15 grams makko powder

You can also add other ingredients according to your taste and recipe. You just need to make sure the Makko powder makes up about 5 to 10% of the mixture volume.

This step you can add essential oils to your recipe.

Then you add water to the mixture and knead the dough into a soft ball like making a cake or bread dough.

One trick to keep the dough from getting too wet is to add water little by little.

Cut the dough into small pieces, relatively even, if you like it, try it out, you make about 6 grams of 1 piece of dough, when it's finished drying, the incense bud will weigh about 3 grams.

Knead the dough into a mold or shape it by hand in a cone shape. You take a plastic bag, like a clear bag, a document bag, cut it diagonally and bend it into a very convenient cone shape, the incense cones will be even, you can knead the dough a little bit.

If you're using a backflow incense holder, poke a hole in the middle with a sharp toothpick, about 2/3 deep when the dough is still soft.

This is a cone of incense when it comes out of the burn, weighs 6 grams when wet, it will shrink by 1/2 when dry.

If you dry it in the sun for 2 days, the incense cone will be dry and can be burned.

The scent of incense cones will clean the air in the living space, create a fragrance for the room, and bring a feeling of coziness and relaxation. In addition, watching the extremely soft winding white smoke, you will also feel your heart soften again.

This incense cone can completely replace the usual incense that you still buy. They can be used when reading, listening to music, when meditating or doing yoga, when concentrating on work. However, you should note that you must check the weather before doing it, sunny or rainy, do not dry the incense cone overnight in the open air. Just dry it when it's sunny or in a cold air-conditioned room to avoid mold.