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> Lewis Perin > wrote in message
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> > (Nigel at Teacraft) writes:
> >
> > > (Jansen The TeaLover) wrote in message
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> > >
> > > > [...aged Livingstone tea is wonderful...]
> > > >
> > > The Mombasa company packing Livingstone Tea went bankrupt in 2001 so
> > > there is no more of this blend available. The owner Adrian Archer
> > > (who used to write to r.f.d.t) seems to have disappeared from tea
> > > circles. The CTC tea was vacuum packed in foil which gives it a head
> > > start for long storage but the key to holding quality in storage is to
> > > start with a dry tea (well dried and packed at less than 4% moisture)
> > > and to pack it so that it cannot pick up any moisture. This is much
> > > more difficult than is generally imagined - to prevent the entry of
> > > ambient air your pack or jar or tin must be hermetically sealed, and
> > > even then every time you open it, more ambient air gets in. The
> > > equilibrium relative humidity for home stored tea in contact with
> > > ambient air is generally between 7 and 10% moisture in the leaf.
> > > Three months shelf life is max at these levels.
> >
> > Nigel: I wonder what, if anything, you do to retard the hydration of a
> > tea you really love once you've opened the package. Silica gel
> > packets, maybe?
> >
> > /Lew
> > ---
>
> i used to refrigerate my expensive green teas/yellow teas by directive
> of the tea shop i frequent. their tea's the freshest i've ever tasted,
> esp the dragonwell, sold 2 weeks after harvesting cuz it got couriered
> over here fast enough
> > Lew Perin /
> > http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

I am using both divices for my best greens: I seal 50 g packes when I buy
it in China, with 1-2 packet of silica gel inside, then I put them in the
freezer when I return home. I am quite satisfied... the day I can be in
China right after the harvest, and I can also find a easy way to fill the
packages with nitrogen, and have them in my freezer within a week and... Ok
sorry, I was day dreaming!
L