"Natural incense employs ground-up rotten sweetgum wood, which is infused with aromatics, to help the incense burn, whereas the low-quality stuff typically uses lime, which adds weight, thus giving the false impression of higher quality, and increases the speed at which it burns," says the boss's wife Hung Pao-chen.
「天然香會利用楓樹朽木磨成的粉摻入香料中，作為助燃劑；而劣質香則習慣加石灰，除了可以增加重量魚目混珠外，還可加速燃燒，」老闆娘洪寶真表示。