Storing loose tea leaves
Careful storing of your teas are important to keep quality loss to a minimum.
Here are a few guidelines :
- Use vacuum-sealed bags or containers.
- Keep away from sunlight and heat. Tea should be stored in a cool, dark place.
- Keep away from places with strong odors.
- Keep tea packaged in small quantities as dampness (e.g. steam) can damage it while you are measuring out.
It is also important to know that each type of tea has a different shelf life. The taste of Green tea begin
to deteriorate within a year while Black and Oolong teas can be stored for several years with little loss of quality.
Cooler box is a good place to store your teas.
Wrap the tea leaves in 2 layers of paper (use a thicker material for the outer layer) before storing it in the cooler box.
It can keep the tea leaves fresh for months.
 
Storing Pu-erh tea
Pu-erh is special in that the quality and value improves with age. The older it is, the better.
This is especially true with Green (Raw) Pu-erh. After going through the slow post fermentation from years of aging,
this tea develops a very desirable and special kind of taste and fragrance found only in aged Pu-erh.
If you are interested in storing and aging your Pu-erh, we recommend you choose the compressed type (tea cake, brick, tou cha etc).
It is not difficult to store Pu-erh tea at all. Here are a few guidelines :
- Keep away from sunlight and heat.
- Clean and dry environment.
- Keep away from places with strong odors.
- Provides good ventilation. Unlike other types of tea, Pu-erh requires ventilation in order to age.
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