Puerh Tea Storage: All You Need To Know 

+Matt Stefan (Lucky Cat) nice, I'm moving to bigger place, all Puerhtea will be stored in big closet, I may do the same thing as you. Even air tight the door. Will be a massive pumidor! I may also add a temp heater to get the heat up a bit!

+Tea DB Hi James/Denny, glad your watching! Yep, share the knowledge. If I ever build my walk in pumidor (and it works ok!) you'll be the first to know 👍

Haha. On a sidenote, I think we're working with somewhat similar climates. Seattle is also quite damp but far cooler than pu-hotspots in Asia. I have a similar plastic bin setup, but am using those Boveda packs rather than the beads.

+Tea DB those Boveda packs sound good, also for wet conditions (2 way humidity control) the only other potential solution I had in mind for wet conditions was using loads of those little packets you find inside sneaker boxes to stop the damp from killing the sneakers!

Wet conditions.. I had to think a second cause I'm almost always trying to add humidity. I've heard of people with large stashes in Thailand and elsewhere sealing up their tea when the rainy season comes and then unsealing when more normal conditions allow for it.

+Tea DB yeah I'm sure, in the cigar world people are very fussy about what water to use for humidification (I may have invented that word?) they use de ionised water. I used to use it also for my Pu, not sure if it makes a huge difference in PU though. Anyways, I should be having a small stash sitting in HK soon. The room I have in mind is pretty cool with marble floor, I'm hoping that it will end up being a HK dry storage situation. The 2005 HK stored 7542 I acquired last year is a great example of what can be achieved (at home) in HK giving the right conditions. Fingers x'd

+Joe Hoffmann lol, your not the only one, I'm kicking myself that I didn't get more, hopefully I will have more in the Summer. Glad your storage woes will be at an end soon! Drain the beads after, leave no standing water!

Will do, and I'll be keeping an eye out for that cake.

UPD. Tried to use it, seems like it really works

+bobbyport hey Bobby. I hope your enjoying the tea! I get mine from ebay, I've put the link in the description of the video.

Excellent, thanks. Order placed!

+bobbyport pleasure Sir.

+lolig bolig no problem. If only for a short time, you could pop it in an old sneaker box. I wouldn't worry too much if for such a short time.

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Hi, this container isn’t airtight. That’s a good thing. Airflow is very important. Even with some holes in this box it’s still good to air the tea out

Not particularly to be honest. I don’t think there should be any differences in storage for golden flower

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+Philipp Aba if your balls caught mold you should throw them away. Cheaper balls go mouldy quickly. Don't worry about the spores. They can only grow in humid environments I.e: (the wet balls) the box & cakes have a less humid surface area and would not be effected even if spores are present in the box. Mouldy is a problem in R/H + 70 generally. I've never encountered mould on any cakes or anything in the boxes apart from when I used cheap balls.

Yeah, check out my more recent vid about plastic, I’m not a fan, airflow also v important

@@GreenTeaGuru Thank you! :-)

+Some dude yeah sure, most important thing is that it's not cheap plastic that can leach unwanted flavour out under humid conditions. Really Useful Storage is the brand I use,

Excellent, can get one handy in Argos. Any tips on where to find humidity beads? Somehow have been unable to find them anywhere in my area

+Some dude Easy, search 'water beads' on eBay

Hello again! I've gotten the same plastic box make like I said, albeit a 35L one, humidity beads and a hygrometer. However, the box had a chemical smell of plastic when I bought it, and even after cleaning with dishwashing detergent and warm water using a sponge there is still a slight smell of plastic. I was wondering if you ran into this problem with your own box, and if you have then how did you clean it to remove the smell? Just worried about the taste of my sheng puerhs being affected by the plastic!

+Some dude was it a 'really useful storage' brand box? Really don't worry about the slight plastic smell, it won't leach into your tea.

+Chinyere Blessing hi, I would drink Ripe puerh and black tea for weight loss, these 2 teas may help.

Green Tea Guru Thanks for your reply .. I will have to try both same time.

Also, I will be traveling for around 3 months, and I do not want my new pu-erh tea to go bad, should I just leave it in where I store it with humidity beads just in case? I will be leaving in the summer months and where I am it does get very hot and humid during the summer getting to around (80%), so while I'm away should I worry about my tea getting dry?

+Eliott Jasper eBay!

I store my tea in similar containers thick plastic, Puerh pretty much filled up tight not much space but the problem is that they move out into drawers so I don't really want to have any water unless if I can secure it in place haha maybe I'll look into some new storage but just don't have the space unfortunately. I feel with this cold winter though it's been too bad for my tea.

+Eliott Jasper yeah, the more tea the better in your pumidor. You can actually put these breads into (unused) tights. Then knit them up...job done

+Green Tea Guru sorry, knot , not knit. But using cakes as frisbee' s down the stairs into the microwave is always going to be a much safer bet for ageing ;)

Green Tea Guru I'll try it your way :) I tend to age cakes too fast when using the ancient arbor Dan Cong mafia way. if I use tights do I still need any water?

+Thommek X Hey, you know, it's not a big deal. Also the slight airflow that the cakes will get is beneficial. Just keep tabs on the humidity. All should be fine

Thank you for your answer. I plan to buy a similar box and wondered if it is worth to do a few very small holes at the bottom and top of the box.

+Thommek X if your going to be diving into the box every now and then for your tea I wouldn't worry.

Hi, I have one more question - I bought and use a container with the symbol "food approved" (picture with a glass and fork) but unfortunately it has a slight medical smell (I can not remove it, nothing helps). I have another container without this symbol and this one has no smell. I'm a bit afraid - it may have some ingredients like BPA, but on the other hand - tea will not have direct contact with the surface. What do you think about it? Is the container you use designed to store food?

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