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Hi,

I am new to the world pu-erh. I am looking to buy something to store my cake. I will not ripen. I would like suggestions from friends of the two choices below, what would be best to leave my cake.





Thanks

Where are those from?

The biggest potential problem with both of these is smell. The basket one is probably easy - you can probably air it out and it'll be fine in a few weeks. The bamboo one might forever smell like whatever varnish they use - which will contaminate your cake.

And where are you from?

Hi Evan,

I'm from Brazil, tropical climate.

Yes, I was wondering about your climate. How long have you been waiting for your cake to ripen? Welcome to TeaChat and good luck!

Evan Draper wrote:Yes, I was wondering about your climate. How long have you been waiting for your cake to ripen? Welcome to TeaChat and good luck!

I had only tried samples pu-erh. Today I bought a cake Menghai 7542 and would like to store in one of these options. I think I'll buy the basket, I think would have a better air intake.

Thanks!

MarshalN wrote:The biggest potential problem with both of these is smell. The basket one is probably easy - you can probably air it out and it'll be fine in a few weeks. The bamboo one might forever smell like whatever varnish they use - which will contaminate your cake.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Link Basket

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Bamboo-c ... 19586.html

For one cake alone the box would be too much money anyway.

Pra envelhecer a longo prazo? Uma caixinha de papelão sem odores resolve.

flycode wrote:Hi Evan,

I'm from Brazil, tropical climate.

Leave your cakes in the wrapper they came in, or, in case they came without, wrap them in an acid free paper. Leave the cakes in a shady corner in the house with mild airflow (no aircon, or direct exposure to fans!) and away from strong smells, such as kitchen smells. Wait at least ten years, and the cakes will be perfect.
Forget about these two containers. They are at best useless, at worst they will destroy the tea.
You live in the possibly best climate for natural Sheng Pu Erh storage.

theredbaron wrote:

flycode wrote:Hi Evan,

I'm from Brazil, tropical climate.

Leave your cakes in the wrapper they came in, or, in case they came without, wrap them in an acid free paper. Leave the cakes in a shady corner in the house with mild airflow (no aircon, or direct exposure to fans!) and away from strong smells, such as kitchen smells. Wait at least ten years, and the cakes will be perfect.
Forget about these two containers. They are at best useless, at worst they will destroy the tea.
You live in the possibly best climate for natural Sheng Pu Erh storage.

Yeah there's no point.
I am interested in brazilian storage sounds like it could be a great place to age tea?

I am interested in brazilian storage sounds like it could be a great place to age tea?

7 months close to a beach in Rio. So far so good, but I'm playing safe, using cardboard boxes, just to be sure of things. With the amount of raining since I came back, I'm sure they'd be a lot more oxidized if it wasn't for that outer layer. I'll see how things go.


One thing I'm very thankful for is the relative unmoldiness here. In Chongqing water with tea fannings and such inside a plastic bottle would turn into a j-horror black star of death (I didn't even know that was possible) over a couple or days or so.