Relative Humidity

[thejamus]

Look how little work i have to do:
http://www.cityrating.com/cityhumidity.asp?City=Houston

My house is probably more humid due to the number of fish tanks.

I know you're referring to the tanks in your home, but I can't get the visual out of my head of you living in a weird little community where every home has a government mandated number of fish tanks to regulate the humidity of the community on the whole. Sort of like global warming for moisture...a communidor. Sorry, overactive imagination. ^__^

[CDS]

One of these in a cabinet or wardrobe type enclosure along with some beads could work wonders. I used one in my coolerdor and they worked beautiful and kept a perfect humidity setpoint. I am using the same type setup in my humidor for tea.
http://www.aristocrathumidors.com/cigaroasis.htm

Another one for larger size cabinets:
http://www.aristocrathumidors.com/electronic.htm

[Jeremy]

1. What is a good cheap hygrometer?

2> hey thanks, can you send me the link for the beads?

3. Is it possible to use a kitchen cuppord to store the puerh? Will I lose all the humidity when I open the door?

J

[wyardley]

1. What is a good cheap hygrometer?

Use google.
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?p=63534
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t=7016

3. Is it possible to use a kitchen cuppord to store the puerh? Will I lose all the humidity when I open the door?

Don't store your pu'er in the kitchen... smoke / oil / smells are not good for tea. A well known pu'er expert calls westerners "kitchen-keepers" as an insult, and it's because the kitchen is generally not a very good place for tea storage (well unless you never cook).

[Jeremy]

1. What is a good cheap hygrometer?

Use google.
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?p=63534
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t=7016

3. Is it possible to use a kitchen cuppord to store the puerh? Will I lose all the humidity when I open the door?

Don't store your pu'er in the kitchen... smoke / oil / smells are not good for tea. A well known pu'er expert calls westerners "kitchen-keepers" as an insult, and it's because the kitchen is generally not a very good place for tea storage (well unless you never cook).

Dude, Im a new yorker. The closest thing to cooking in my kitchen is unwrapping takeout.

J

[wyardley]

Don't store your pu'er in the kitchen [....]because the kitchen is generally not a very good place for tea storage (well unless you never cook).

Dude, Im a new yorker. The closest thing to cooking in my kitchen is unwrapping takeout.

Fair enough.

Putting the tea in a non-smelly cardboard box or bag inside the cupboard might isolate the tea from small fluctuations in temperature or humidity.

You could have a look at one take on this (if you haven't already) at:
http://www.cloudsteacollection.com/html ... 017_e.html

[JAS-eTea Guy]

My upstairs humidity is rather low. However, my basement humidity where I store my pu-erh is at about 60%. Seems to work well.

[tenuki]

Look how little work i have to do:
http://www.cityrating.com/cityhumidity.asp?City=Houston

Seattle is awesome that way too. Average RH year round is 83 in morning 62 in eve and doesn't vary much from that over the year. Maybe that is why I believe in beautiful accidents.