11/15/06


Hi,

to pu-erh lovers/collectors I have a question

How do you store your pu-erh ?
Where ?
I live in a block of flats, so I'm somehow limited in getting the right
place to store my tea...

thanks

Tomas

Tomas, I store them in their orginal bamboo leaf bound
tongs (sets of seven cakes) and in their orignal paper
wrappers stacked in proper wooden drawers and in
archival boxes, away from strange aromas as far as
is possible in a NYC apartment. I've got fragmented
older cakes that are now stored in transparent bags, but
will be transferred to small ceramic canisters before
long. Issues of humidity abound. I try to keep them
out of the heaviest humidity, but this is hard. Some
say that the varied humidities of NYC are actually
beneficial to the Pu'erh aging process. Where are
you located?

In short, the trick is to keep your cakes away from
odors, dampness, and the hands of craving craven
people who recognize the value of your sacred
Pu'erh cakes! What sorts of Pu'erh are you storing?

Michael