Storing my Dan Congs more attractively - IF ONLY

[Victoria]

Nice, for once you got the deal it appears.

[Herb_Master]

eBay has a lot of nice canisters of all types; some are very reasonably priced, some are expensive (like mine). Here's one by the same seller that I got mine from. He has a few others that are nice, though not as nice as mine

(If I had a tea shop I would definitely have one of these on the top shelf, even if empty.)

I love this one, a pity I am well over budget already

[ABx]

Definitely keep an eye on eBay. I just picked up this pewter caddy for $36 (normally $140)

[Herb_Master]

Definitely keep an eye on eBay. I just picked up this pewter caddy for $36 (normally $140)

Is it Royal Selangor ?

[ABx]

Yup! Here's the Royal Selangor page on the item (which is where the pic I posted came from).

[Victoria]

Wow!! A steal!!! Congrats!

[Herb_Master]

Yup! Here's the Royal Selangor page on the item (which is where the pic I posted came from).

So that is a challenge, bearing in mind re our PM. It now looks as though I will be in Malysia for 3 weeks at the end of March, so maybe I can find it cheaper. I will also be visiting the DHP shop.

[ABx]

It's definitely worth a look

Ultimately I would just spend some time thinking (and getting creative) about how you might want to store your tea. Think of the furniture you might want to use and look around on Amazon. I even saw your medicine chest on there - if not cheaper, then probably cheaper after shipping Getting caddies for every one of your teas could get very spendy very quickly, unless you get the inexpensive ceramic ones (some of which do still look quite nice). But even then, what to do with them?

My personal plan is to get a nice display of some sort and have just a few nice canisters on display, surrounded by my yixing collection and other nice teaware. I might even get some fancy stands for the expensive canister(s). Then I'll just put the rest of my teas in uniform tins with nice labels, and hopefully find a way to organize them well so that they are all clearly visible. Even though I will have a few flashy items, I do want to keep it relatively humble (if that's possible).

[Herb_Master]

It's definitely worth a look

Girlfriend is going to look and do some research before I visit.

Loading RoyalSelangor Site in England your Small Four Seasons shows at $140
The large one shows at $233

When she loads the site in Kuala Lumpur (in her office)
Small one shows at RM360 - currency converter says is $103
Large One shows at RM600 - currency converter says is $173

She is going to keep an eye out in the Shopping Malls to compare prices - she knows quite a few shops that sell Royal Selangor

[gingkoseto]

Ok, this is not comparable to any of those attractive storage container. But I got some above-mentioned stainless steel tea cans in a recent order from China, mainly to protect my tea in transportation. The tea cans cost less than the shipping cost of their weights. The largest one got a dent in transportation, but I guess it fulfilled its duty of protection And I put my hands inside, pushed and "repaired" the dent I got a bunch of 50g samples and had them put in small cans and a group of them put in the largest can. Now I have a tower of them



The knob on the inner lid is an ugly plastic one, not as nice as herb_master's or birdpick's. Other than that they are ok. The lids are generally very tight, so the small size is good for traveling. But to use this kind of can, I would always put a plastic bag lining inside, instead of putting the tea directly in.

[scruffmcgruff]

Yikes, I hope you don't live anywhere with earthquakes! (Or wind...)

[Herb_Master]

The Chinese seem to have a separate word for everything connected with tea - cha this, cha that, cha whatever do they have a tea tower cha ???

[gingkoseto]

No it's not earthquake detecting tower or any ritual tea thing, just me playing with the bunch of jars