Aging Teas?

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Oct 11th, '09, 21:41
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Aging Teas?

by the nub » Oct 11th, '09, 21:41

I did a search and couldn't find any topics specifically related to this. If there is one, please point me in the right direction.

I know that some types of teas, namely pu'erh are commonly available as an aged product, as well, others are sold as being harvested from previous years. Is there an accepted method of aging teas that can do myself?

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Oct 11th, '09, 21:48
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Re: Aging Teas?

by wyardley » Oct 11th, '09, 21:48

The only thing needed to age teas is, well, time.

However, to store and prepare teas for aging properly is a good deal more complicated, and while there are some wrong answers, I think most people would argue there are no right ones.

A quick google search turns up a ton of stuff about aging oolong:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&clie ... f&oq=&aqi=
including:
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6386
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9057
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10525
[this last one has pointers to a number of other threads, so I'll stop here]

There are also quite a few threads on storage of pu'er, whether to humidify or not, etc. in the pu'er section.
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=10658
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9253
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?p=94220
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=10066

Again, there are quite a few more; maybe these ones will give you a better idea of some keywords to search for. I found these using google in about 3 seconds.

Oct 11th, '09, 22:17
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Re: Aging Teas?

by the nub » Oct 11th, '09, 22:17

wyardley wrote:maybe these ones will give you a better idea of some keywords to search for.

thanks!

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Oct 22nd, '09, 10:13
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Re: Aging Teas?

by jackdaniel » Oct 22nd, '09, 10:13

Exactly what I needed. Thanks!

(I love this forum!)

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