Teavana tea tin containers

[Deleted User #23939]

I am trying to find a good way to store my teas and I thought they were safe in the Teavana tins I bought from them. They said that the tins are the best way to store tea because they are air tight. I asked them, why can't I use a ziplock bag and keep them in a dark box to store my teas? They said ziplock bags are not 100% air tight. I have been using their tins for most of my teas. Today, I was washing one of them out with water and noticed it was leaking on all of the seams and ends. This has gotten me very upset because I have spent over $40 on non airtight containers and they lied to me saying that they are air tight.

What is a good cheep way of storing teas? I thought of spay painting black on the outside of tuberware containers. How do you guys store your teas? Do you have any suggestions?

[Chip]

Another thing can be the tin's seams. The bottom &/or side. Many Japanese tins have NO seam ... AND double lids. Geez, I love my Japanese tins more and more each day.

I use a lot of the Upton Sample tins that have no seams and when pulling the lid off, the vacuum appears to be present, but they are single toppers. I use these for small amounts of tea that I will use quickly and keep the rest in reserve in a very airtight container/foil lined bag. But I am very curious how these tins would fair in the "pretzel test."

The polymer bead tins with the screw lids seem like a good idea, but I just wonder about the seams. But if you cannot smell EG through them, they must be ok.

I am way toooo anal/OCD about freshness and tea storage.

Man, I hate to be right on this, just feeds my OCD and my inflated TeaGo. This was in this topic.

Tea Storage

Zip Locks are a definite no no because they also breath, really bad.

The Upton style sample tin works well for me for small amounts. But I have a few of these as well. They are seemless and double lidded. AND they are Japanese!!!

HQ O-Cha Japanese tins

[greenisgood]

I second the awesomeness of Japanese washi tins, they keep my sencha's real fresh, and are fairly cheap, and are beautiful to have on your countertop.

[Mary R]

Not gonna lie...I keep a lot of my bulk tea in glass mason jars in a dark cupboard. My in use aliquots are in tins similar to what Chip described...or one of my countless Adagio tins.

[Chip]

I second the awesomeness of Japanese washi tins, they keep my sencha's real fresh, and are fairly cheap, and are beautiful to have on your countertop.

Yeah, those are really nice too, but this is what I am refering to...


No seams at all.

[silverneedles]

i used to have the teavana tins from 4-5yrs ago, had a different rubber thing on the lid,
the new ones seem to be harder more plastic and not that good a fit.
had some stinky teas i keep in them, no leaks. (unlike adagios little tins)

i got some plastic airtight containers now from Target. doing very well with them.

[Chip]

Not gonna lie...I keep a lot of my bulk tea in glass mason jars in a dark cupboard. My in use aliquots are in tins similar to what Chip described...or one of my countless Adagio tins.

I was just looking at mason jars because of talk about them on TeaChat.

[Mary R]

Oooh...I missed that thread. Got a link?

[Chip]

Oooh...I missed that thread. Got a link?

It is in my first reply, if you are asking about my reference.

Here it is again. Tea Storage

[Mary R]

I wonder what he uses to vacuum seal the canning jars? From my adventures in canning this summer, it seemed that I had to makes sure the contents of the jar were heated to boiling and then allowed to cool to make that seal.

[Chip]

I thought maybe special lids that you hook up to a vacuum device of some kind. That is what I was looking for, and did not find. But I did not look very hard either.

[Mary R]

For freezer bags, there is such a device. Not for canning though...can't ensure against spoilage.

[Salsero]

Smells Familiar got a Pump N Seal, which looks very interesting to me too.

http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?p= ... jars#52804

I have trouble believing that you can vacuum seal a solid glass jar, however. I am more willing to believe that you can get a good vacuum on mylar bags where the sides collapse.

[taitea]

I'm considering using something like this: http://a116.g.akamai.net/7/116/8068/inf ... 638123.jpg . Does anyone have any experience with these types of containers?

[silverneedles]

i think they're called
French jars