hi guys!
i came across this blog, im sure a lot of you know this blog already...
http://lagalettedethe.blogspot.com/
i've noticed in his pictures that he wraps his tea cake in a paper wrapper, any of you know what these wrappers are? and what their purpose is?
im speculating that its humid in france, and these would help keep away moisture away from the tea cakes... i do have a bit high level of humidiy here in the philippines and im experimenting with storage conditions
from the translation that im getting, it seems like he just leaves the cake out to air naturally, and probably just has an extra layer of paper wrapper to protect from moisture, and just let the cakes breath, any inputs would really help =)
-darwin
i thought the exact thing, tom v.TomVerlain wrote:The paper is probably not to protect from humidity, as paper will let the humidity flow right through. Some people (and vendors) wrap the cakes in an extra layer of rice or cotton paper to help protect them from ripping or tearing the origonal wrapper during their (hopefully) long storage.
I like to save the origonal wrapper to view, and keep the cakes in the other, plain, wrapper if I am drinking them.
the guy has some nice pots, damn!!
what is this house of three leaves out of taiwan, anyone??
there is not that much humidity all year round in france. perhaps in the summer. i have stayed in europe for a bit so we should know. i recall that we never had to use an air conditioner back then. things could have changed since then though.
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hi nada! interesting chart! where did you get those?
mind posting manila in?
so nada, any comments on the topic?
i just got a whole tong of combination ripe teas more than a month back, and i placed it in a box, tasted it and decided to just put it outside the box as there was a big transformation in taste and flavor. just after i placed it in a box for a few days, it tasted really off, so i took it out, and after a few weeks, which is now, i tasted it and it was a big difference, not much off flavor now, and actually quite nice and became so much more mellow than a few weeks back, and with lots of qi in my opinion... now it gets me thinking about clay jars, as it would restrict airflow... any comments?
-darwin
mind posting manila in?
so nada, any comments on the topic?
i just got a whole tong of combination ripe teas more than a month back, and i placed it in a box, tasted it and decided to just put it outside the box as there was a big transformation in taste and flavor. just after i placed it in a box for a few days, it tasted really off, so i took it out, and after a few weeks, which is now, i tasted it and it was a big difference, not much off flavor now, and actually quite nice and became so much more mellow than a few weeks back, and with lots of qi in my opinion... now it gets me thinking about clay jars, as it would restrict airflow... any comments?
-darwin
Air conditioners are seldom used in France although marketing has been quite aggressive these last years.heavydoom wrote: there is not that much humidity all year round in france. perhaps in the summer. i have stayed in europe for a bit so we should know. i recall that we never had to use an air conditioner back then. things could have changed since then though.
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I think most people there wouldn't use air conditioning in N.Europe now either.
There's a big difference between how it feels in cold temp/high humidity and high temp/high humidity.
Ireland (and Paris) seem to have similar humidity to Hong Kong, but their low temperatures make it very bearable. No aircon required - just lots of heating in the winter.
There's a big difference between how it feels in cold temp/high humidity and high temp/high humidity.
Ireland (and Paris) seem to have similar humidity to Hong Kong, but their low temperatures make it very bearable. No aircon required - just lots of heating in the winter.
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nada, thanks for the chart, it shows that hong kong ang manila have similar conditions except that manila has warmer and more stable temp all year round...
sal, i honestly cant point what factor contributed to the big change in taste... here is what happened... once it arrived here from china, i just placed it on a shelf with the typical paper tong wrapper form menghai factory. i let 2 weeks pass by and before a week-long rain period, i placed it in a box hoping that the box would protect it from humidity... after a week, i opened the box and to my surprise, i found mold in cakes that i got from malaysia which i suspect to have left the factory poorly dried and a bit wet, but as for the menghai ripe cakes, it survived. after experiencing mold, i decided to drop the box and just store them as how i used to store them, just on a shelf with their proper packaging. so after a month, i tried the menghai tea cakes again, and was very surprised on the result. its probably the air circulation that is the problem...
-darwin
sal, i honestly cant point what factor contributed to the big change in taste... here is what happened... once it arrived here from china, i just placed it on a shelf with the typical paper tong wrapper form menghai factory. i let 2 weeks pass by and before a week-long rain period, i placed it in a box hoping that the box would protect it from humidity... after a week, i opened the box and to my surprise, i found mold in cakes that i got from malaysia which i suspect to have left the factory poorly dried and a bit wet, but as for the menghai ripe cakes, it survived. after experiencing mold, i decided to drop the box and just store them as how i used to store them, just on a shelf with their proper packaging. so after a month, i tried the menghai tea cakes again, and was very surprised on the result. its probably the air circulation that is the problem...
-darwin