Sunday TeaDay 3/14/10 Hamsters ... no ... canisters?

[laura99]

I have an assortment of tins. As I made the transition to loose leaf I reused my many Republic of Tea tins - and I bought ten of these from specialty bottles, most of which ended up being used for introducing my Mom and Mother in law to tea.

http://www.specialtybottle.com/index.as ... ProdID=329

None are what you would call attractive, just functional. I now wish I had some smaller ones - have a lot of different teas open that take up only a small amount of these tins.

Oh, and a large selection of Adagio sample tins. These are great to reuse for taking part of my collection to work.

[Chip]

TD continues with some weird "sencha."

In addition to the Japanese tins, a lot of Chinese tins and vendor tins including lots of Adagio's are all over the place ... but still a "few" more Japanese double lidded faves.

[artmom]

Chip, that's a delightful collection -- and nice space to display.

A very nice cup of Imperial Red (Da Hong Pao) a good Fujian Province black tea. The more I drink this, the better I like it.

[bsteele]

I typically leave tea in its original packaging, maybe putting a bag in a zip bag. I did just buy a couple of basic tin canisters... but I'm not sure what I'll use them for. Guess I should buy some tea to put in them

[Victoria]

Nice Chip! I have lots of Japanese canisters but none rounded. I love the look of those, but I need stacking.

Next up for me this afternoon some matcha from Den's.

[Geekgirl]

I love canisters and do collect them, but I have no room to display them. I do store tea in some. Among my favorites are my Mariage Freres canisters because of their unique shape.

Oh my. I just went to MF store, to see these, and there are none of these canisters! I'm so sad now! Over something I didn't even know existed 5 minutes ago!

[Victoria]

There are still there!! That website is horrible to navigate!
http://www.mariagefreres.com/WD120AWP/W ... OUI&p=E315

Go to TEA PARAPHERNALIA on the left side, when the page comes up - choose SEE THEM ALL. They have so many gorgeous colors!!!!

[DoctorD]

I've got a bunch, but no high art. The sentimental favorite is a plain white 250g canister that one of my kids brought back as a gift from a study tour in Germany years back, filled with tea. We still use it as our breakfast tea canister--and last time I was in Germany I found a canister in a tea shop to give her in return; I think she too uses it for breakfast tea.

For the rest, a mixture of plug-top tins and chuzutsu of various sorts. Of about two dozen teas currently open in my active tea stash, probably 6-8 of each of these, plus a few still in the industry-standard resealables from vendors. (Plus sundry samples etc. etc.)

This topic reminds me that most of those tins etc. are 100g-plus size, which encourages buying 100g-plus quantities, which means having more leaf around than one guy alone can get through while it's still fresh. I think I need to downsize some--or have better luck with the so-far futile quest to persuade my good wife that there's more to tealife than black.

Just indulged in a few steeps of a nice smooth Tie Guan Yin. (The aforementioned wife admitted that the aroma of the wet leaves in the Yishing pot was heavenly, but wasn't minded to indulge in the brew.)

[Geekgirl]

By far, the most of my tins are these from Tao of Tea. They are a perfect size for smaller quantities, and double lidded. Occasionally one is not as tight as another, but they stack okay, and obviously are a very good price.

[laura99]

Oooh I love those tins Geekgirl - a nice price and just the size I am looking for.

[leiche2]

Most of my canisters are just reused tins from Adagio or other vendors, but I do have two small washi tins from Den's. One of these days I'll upgrade my storage containers.

In trying a sample of orange sencha from Den's, I discovered that I do not like beverages that taste like steeped Froot Loops. Bah. Off to rummage through the tea cupboard for something more palatable.

[Seeker]

Yep, have cannisters, like to use 'em.
All my favorite teas have cannisters.
My least favorite or "test" teas often remain in their original packaging.
If a tea comes in a nice, heavy ziplock foil-lined bag and it's a fav, then the bag goes, ziplocked, into a large cannister.
Here's a few of 'em:


enjoying 3rd infusion of a japanese blend of senchas magokoro, kabusecha, ooigawa aoba, and teavana gyo supreme. Heh, heh.

[Skippyandjif]

I have a couple canisters in which some of my teas came, but that's about it-- mostly, they're "Tea Set Brand" mini-canisters from Chinatown. I also have a couple of canisters for "Golden Dragon" teas; there is a theme to all of them, though. They all have some kind of Asian-themed image on them (some have people, others landscapes, others abstract designs), and I plan on reusing them later.

For now, I don't have any specially-bought canisters because I like to spend any extra money on teas, but I am seriously considering buying one for a huge bag of Thai-style blended tea leaves that I'm going to open soon.

Right now, I'm drinking pu-erh with chrysanthemum; later will probably bring more barley tea or whatever the girlfriend chooses if she shows up.

[rhondabee]

TD continues with some weird "sencha."

In addition to the Japanese tins, a lot of Chinese tins and vendor tins including lots of Adagio's are all over the place ... but still a "few" more Japanese double lidded faves.

Chip,

I love those rounded Japanese double lidded canisters. Are they available to buy online?

Right now I'm using various tins I recycled, plus some new ones that came with the tea from Ishopo (nice & double-lidded). I cut the label from the bags of tea and tape onto to the tin so I know which tea is which. But seeing those pretty Japanese canisters, I need some of those!

[Geekgirl]

AAAAAHHH Seeker, the OCD person trapped inside me can't look at your photo because the lid is crooked on your washi tin and the pattern isn't matching!


(no, seriously. )