Quick Note I was rearranging my tea storage and decided to break this cake to store it in a clay pot (to open space for other cakes) and what didn’t fit I drank last night and brought to work some leaves to continue.
This is doing amazingly, smooth refreshing with dried fruits woody and even a slippery sensation on the tongue. The Huigan has definitive complexity that is hard to describe but easy to enjoy.
Today at work I’m doing gong fu on a glass tumbler “FuGuang” I bought from YS a few years back. It recommend this one done strictly on Clay pots if possible. I think it brings out more notes and respects the leaf more. However, this is a pure pleasure and I’m happy to have brought the extra leaves to work today.People who liked this
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I’m in love with your storage :P
Clay pots are damn good storage! I do have some failed experiments in other type of storage :P
Ok, what were the ones that didn’t work? Inquiring minds want to know.
Folks probably already know this, but sealed zip locks bags are a no no. My teas started to taste sour and that flavor took about a year to age out, so..
Successful ones: Yunnan Clay pots (large tong fittings ones and smaller ones to break cakes into), plastic containers (they have worked incredibly well for the 7-8 months I’ve been trying it. I think the trick is to air them/possibly reintroduce humidity monthly or every two months). Failed ones: Thin cardboard boxes (THey’ve just let my tea dried up slowly), Thick cardboard boxes (hit or miss some seemed to work well but others gave the tea that cardboard scent/taste YUCK),glazed crockpots (from Etsy, they are cute and all but they don’t seal as well the lid and are glazed so the airflow is either non-existent or too aggressive. Dried up some cakes). Finally, just exposed, lets just say DC weather is not what you want for Puerh.
I forgot to mention the that Whisky cardboard cylinders are PERFECT for storing tuos!
You don’t think that cardboard containers could potentially dry them out?
I hope not LOL. I mean I’ve been using them so far for a year and a half and they have worked very well. I take them out every 3-5 months to air/reintroduce humidity and sometimes taste one of them and they are doing well so far.
I think the cardboard cylinders for whisky are sealed enough so that they dont dry up, but at the same time they dont have the strong cardboard scent from normal boxes. I’ve used Balvenie(fits small 100g tuos and cakes well) and Aberlour (wider so it fits 250g tuos 100g cakes and mushroom shapes well) containers so far.
I think I know what you mean. I have a cardboard cylinder canister with a wax-like outer and inner lining that could definitely fit a few tuos. Nice idea.
I’m in love with your storage :P
Clay pots are damn good storage! I do have some failed experiments in other type of storage :P
Ok, what were the ones that didn’t work? Inquiring minds want to know.
Folks probably already know this, but sealed zip locks bags are a no no. My teas started to taste sour and that flavor took about a year to age out, so..
Successful ones: Yunnan Clay pots (large tong fittings ones and smaller ones to break cakes into), plastic containers (they have worked incredibly well for the 7-8 months I’ve been trying it. I think the trick is to air them/possibly reintroduce humidity monthly or every two months). Failed ones: Thin cardboard boxes (THey’ve just let my tea dried up slowly), Thick cardboard boxes (hit or miss some seemed to work well but others gave the tea that cardboard scent/taste YUCK),glazed crockpots (from Etsy, they are cute and all but they don’t seal as well the lid and are glazed so the airflow is either non-existent or too aggressive. Dried up some cakes). Finally, just exposed, lets just say DC weather is not what you want for Puerh.
I forgot to mention the that Whisky cardboard cylinders are PERFECT for storing tuos!
You don’t think that cardboard containers could potentially dry them out?
I hope not LOL. I mean I’ve been using them so far for a year and a half and they have worked very well. I take them out every 3-5 months to air/reintroduce humidity and sometimes taste one of them and they are doing well so far.
I think the cardboard cylinders for whisky are sealed enough so that they dont dry up, but at the same time they dont have the strong cardboard scent from normal boxes. I’ve used Balvenie(fits small 100g tuos and cakes well) and Aberlour (wider so it fits 250g tuos 100g cakes and mushroom shapes well) containers so far.
I think I know what you mean. I have a cardboard cylinder canister with a wax-like outer and inner lining that could definitely fit a few tuos. Nice idea.