How would incense smoke effect the aging of Pu-erh?

[ndw76]

I've been thinking of buying some Pu-erh to put away for a number of years and start a collection. So I've been thinking of places I could use to store my Pu-erh. One of the places I have thought of using is the prayer room in our house. This room is dark, well ventilated and not air-conditioned, so is relatively humid. The only down side I can think of is that this room regularly gets filled with smoke from incense sticks. I know that tea will absorb odors so I would have to keep it away from any unpleasant odors. But incense smoke isn't unpleasant, to me anyway.

So how do you think this would effect Pu-erh being stored for long term?

[Milhouse]

Test it out by putting ground incense and ash in your next cup of tea . If you end up liking it then it is OK to put your tea in the room. Its probably unhealthy to drink incense though.

[Drax]

As if by serendipity, this old post on a tea stored with cloves was just resurrected after about a year of no posts. You would likely experience the same problem with incense.

Smoke, whether incense, tobacco, or wood, is a great way to infuse stuff with aromas and flavors...

edit: fixed URL code

[gingkoseto]

I would leave them as far away from incense as possible. Liking the incense aroma doesn't guarantee you will like the aroma in your tea too. I've never been to Thailand, but just imagine, there is probably quite enough humidity there in any room, compared with a lot of other places.

[ndw76]

I've never been to Thailand, but just imagine, there is probably quite enough humidity there in any room, compared with a lot of other places.

I do have a number of rooms downstairs, but my father in-law regularly douses them with terps to kill his imaginary bugs. Our bedroom is air-conditioned, it is turned on every night and turned off every day when we are not home. That means that the high temperature and humidity fluctuations would make it not a good option.

I have decided to construct a box which I will hang from the rafters over the balcony just outside our bedroom. I should be able to make this free from pests, easily accessible, and a relatively stable environment.

Now all I have to do is construct this box and then find some money to buy some Pu-erh.