Did you find that the quality actually improved? I think my Si Ji Chun
must have. I certainly don't remember it being this outstanding back
then.

wrote:
> Alex wrote:
> > Karsten I find that tea keeps for a really long time in those
> > vacuum-sealed bags.
>
> For sure. I still have some mainland Oolongs around I too bought some
> 6-7 years ago and they´re in amazing shape. Back to those dead
> samples, one possible explanation would be some excessive moisture [>~
> 4-5%] those teas contained before I put them into my oh-so airtight
> zircon-incrusted bags, since those bags had been stored under almost
> ideal conditions.
> What else is that tea afficionado supposed to carry on his travels ?
>
> Karsten [gongfuing some unknown yellowish Fujian Oolong]