mold

[shogun89]

Good to hear that it probably not mold. Wrappers often due discolor during the aging process, so that could be it. I would still advise keeping an eye on it though.

[MarshalN]

While brown mold is possible, it's not very common -- you are much more likely to see white or yellow. And you will smell it too.

[rosenkraftlos]

so the styrofoam cups are inside the box??? if so, i would take the cups outside of the box. i think the tea is way too close to your water/moisture source.

Then where do I put the cups filled with water if not in the box?



There is no smell other than the normal smell of pu erh. I think it most likely is just discoloration, but I will continue to check on it every few days to make sure.

thanks, everyone

[MarshalN]

If there's no funny smell, then it's most likely just tea oil coloring the paper. Completely normal.

[yee]

Wet storage is bad for tea.

[shogun89]

Wet storage is bad for tea.

That depends on your outlook, Some people love it some dont. Pretty much the same as. . . Do you like your tea hot or iced?

[yee]

Wet storage is bad for tea.

That depends on your outlook, Some people love it some dont. Pretty much the same as. . . Do you like your tea hot or iced?

It isnt the matter of liking. Im not sure if there is any written information on it in english.

[sp1key]

in brief, light to medium wet storage is alright (not bad), seriously wet is bad in the long term

long term dry storage brings the best out of the tea more so than wet storage

[Drax]

This article had some interesting things to say about wet storage.

See under "the myth of the water works" section, PDF page 2 and on.

[yee]

This article had some interesting things to say about wet storage.

See under "the myth of the water works" section, PDF page 2 and on.

Nice article. The author really does a lot of talking about great masters, he points out that he has tried some of aged puerhs, he does say a lot of things that we already know, but will he come to the point of tea storage? And, after all, what contact does it have to wet storage... at list to the kind of storage that guys here do in their homemade humidors or using plastic glasses with water? Ill keep reading the article it is well written but i think todays non chinese puerh society needs something more exact or, at list, less missleading.

[Dizzwave]

The Art Of Tea magazine has had some good articles, in English, more directed to the "how to store pu-erh at home" audience.

Yee, I'm curious.. I keep my tea in a humidor (really just a cabinet with some wet floral sponges in it, and a hygrometer). Do you know something that I (and the other non-Chinese-speaking humidor users) should know? I agree that there's not much info out there, just teahouse rumors (as the author of that article said).. so I'm open to hearing anything.
Thanks,
Dave

[Geospearit]

is it weird that I suddenly wanted some tea...

Naw, you're just cool

[Drax]

Sort of back to the original topic, or at least, one of the 'solutions' mentioned --

I just noticed one of my bings has similar splotches on it. They're arrayed in such a way (and only on the wrapper) that I'm pretty sure it's a staining issue, not mold.

The odd thing, though, is that I have two of the same type. But only one is splotching like this. Any ideas? (: They're stacked right one on top of the other, with the splotchy one on the bottom.

[sp1key]

if you have many stacks, move them around switch upper/lower every few yrs or every year... thats abt the most you could do

[coloradopu]

is it possible that the box had water spilled from the cup and it stained the rapper?