05 — 일기 Writing
Writing.
Interviews with our practitioners, occasional reports from the harvest seasons, slow meditations on skin and time. We publish when there is something to say.
Earlier이전
Earlier writing.
The Six-Year Wait
On ginseng, patience, and the small farms of Geumsan. Why we wait twice as long as the industry standard, and what the wait actually produces in the root.
Ganghwa, in Spring
Notes from the mugwort harvest. A two-day visit to the island where our second ingredient is grown, and where the practice of harvest has not meaningfully changed in a century.
A Note on the New Packaging
Why we are moving to a single-source glass with the press of Yangju ceramicist Lee Eun-jae. A short, slightly technical letter.
The Case for One Essence
Why we make a single essence rather than a tonic-and-essence pair. A short defense of restraint in the second step.
A Winter Visit to Hyeopjae
An afternoon with the haenyeo women who press our camellia. A draft account of a single conversation about tradition, succession, and the price of seed.
Fourteen Days, Cold
Our fermentation protocol for houttuynia. Adapted from a Donguibogam page we read at the National Library; the modifications, and what we learned.