I forgot I had a bag of TenRen's green tea from Taiwan received as a gift
years ago.
The bag was left unsealed for years. For about a month we started to make
tea with it.
The tea taste good but has a brownish color. Maybe it has fermented a
little over time.
Now I do not know if I should order the same green tea or a semi fermented
one?

i'd order the same, to see what it tastes like closer to fresh. But
TenRen also has some inexpensive oolongs. Toci
wrote:
> I forgot I had a bag of TenRen's green tea from Taiwan received as a gift
> years ago.
> The bag was left unsealed for years. For about a month we started to make
> tea with it.
> The tea taste good but has a brownish color. Maybe it has fermented a
> little over time.
> Now I do not know if I should order the same green tea or a semi fermented
> one?

to keep your green tea fresh. you have to well seal and store it in the
frig.
if the color becomes brownish color., it may be oolong tea , not Green tea.



> wrote in message
...
> I forgot I had a bag of TenRen's green tea from Taiwan received as a gift
> years ago.
> The bag was left unsealed for years. For about a month we started to make
> tea with it.
> The tea taste good but has a brownish color. Maybe it has fermented a
> little over time.
> Now I do not know if I should order the same green tea or a semi fermented
> one?
>
>

/27/06


> to keep your green tea fresh. you have to well seal and store it in the
> frig.
> if the color becomes brownish color., it may be oolong tea , not Green tea.

Hello,

I think *any* green leaf left to the air will oxidize. and that means
darken. Have you never forgotten a green tea and found it quite dark when
you finally rediscovered it months later? Anyway, forgotten green tea can
teach you a lot, before you chuck it.

Sealing your tea well is always a good idea, but there are mixed reports on
the refrigeration issue, mostly because of moisture and condensation. Yet,
many people do it with good results.

I recommend drinking your finest green teas soon after acquiring them since
they are delicate, and no matter how well you store them much will be
quickly lost. For lesser breeds, longer is of course OK. Seal well, as OP
says.

Michael

> wrote:
>I forgot I had a bag of TenRen's green tea from Taiwan received as a gift
>years ago.
>The bag was left unsealed for years. For about a month we started to make
>tea with it.
>The tea taste good but has a brownish color. Maybe it has fermented a
>little over time.
>Now I do not know if I should order the same green tea or a semi fermented
>one?

Order the same green tea and see what it's really supposed to be like.
It won't have fermented on the shelf, but it will have lost a lot of
the lighter elements that make for the more delicate flavours.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."