How to store good quality tea?

I believe that tea lovers who like to drink tea must know Pu'er tea, and they have all drunk it, and many tea lovers have collected Pu'er tea, because the longer Pu'er tea is stored, the better the taste, so do you know what are the storage methods of Pu'er tea? Let's learn it with Cha Jiu

Among the many teas in the world, Yunnan Pu'er tea has always existed in the field of tea with a long history, unique quality and remarkable efficacy! And Pu'er tea has always occupied a hot position in the tea market, Cantonese people are good Pu'er, love to drink Pu'er and love Tibetan Pu'er, almost every household has Pu'er tea. However, in addition to daily consumption, there are always some tea scattered at home, but do you know how to store Pu'er tea at home?

What should we pay attention to?

1. Avoid peculiar smells.

Tea has strong adsorption, carelessly with the air miscellaneous odor cross-smell, affect or even destroy the original aroma of tea, affect the taste of drinking, in daily storage, to the strong smell of paint, cigarettes, perfume and so on should be avoided. Pu'er tea cakes are usually packaged in cotton paper, which can reduce the occurrence of tea leaves being flavored. Therefore, we should pay attention not to put tea leaves, especially tea cakes that have been unpackaged, directly in the air environment with peculiar smells in our daily life.

2. Moisture-proof. Every spring, almost all over the country has a period of time called "back to the south of the sky" day, the weather is humid and cold, the resurgence is particularly serious, of course, Pu'er tea also avoid moisture, moisture will make the original dry tea cake soft, affect the taste of tea, and if the moisture is not treated, too much water in the tea will also make the tea mildew, wasting a cake of good tea.

We can properly pry the tea cakes, tea bricks, and Tuo tea into pieces, and put them into clay pots and purple sand jars with "big belly and small mouth" to seal and preserve, and at the same time, we should pay attention to the fact that not only back to Nantian, but also store Pu'er tea in a dry place.

3. Avoid light. Although Pu'er tea is made after many times of drying, but the finished tea is not suitable for continued exposure to sunlight, because light exposure will destroy the contents of the tea, such as chlorophyll, amino acids, vitamin C, etc., although Pu'er tea does not have obvious criteria for judging the color of the tea like green tea, but after the tea quality is weakened, the taste will still be affected and decreased. Moreover, direct sunlight will increase the temperature, which inadvertently promotes the oxidation of phenols in the tea and further weakens the tea quality, so Pu'er tea should be stored in a cool place at home.

Fourth, ventilation. No peculiar smell, moisture-proof, protect from light, after reading the first three points, do you have any plans to put the Pu'er tea at home directly in the sealed box? However, the daily storage of Pu-erh tea should also pay attention to ventilation, and it is not suitable to be locked in a completely sealed environment, and the proper contact between the tea and the air can promote the later transformation of Pu-erh tea.

Therefore, common storage utensils at home, such as plastic bags and mooncake tin boxes, are actually not suitable for placing Pu'er tea. Usually avoid these misunderstandings at home, and don't ruin good tea

It is best to use a drying oven to preserve the tea leaves. Because the temperature of the drying oven is stable and the air is also isolated, the tea leaves will not be damp or oxidized when stored in the drying oven.

Tea polyphenols, polyphenols, vitamin C and carotene in tea are highly oxidized, so ambient temperature, relative humidity, odor, light, air and microorganisms will affect the quality of tea. In order to keep it from deteriorating, it must be careful to avoid high temperature, high humidity, light and oxygen.

The materials used to preserve tea in daily life are aluminum-platinum composite bags, utensils, and a combination of the two. Tin pots are preferred, but other clay pots, metal boxes, etc. are also acceptable. It is best to put an appropriate amount of tea preservative in the packaging bag to preserve the tea leaves in a composite bag.

Of all the tea leaves, green tea is best stored in the refrigerator. If the storage time is short and you need to drink it at any time, you can put the green tea in the refrigerator and adjust the temperature of the refrigerator to about 5 degrees Celsius; However, if it is an unopened tea leaf and you want to keep it for more than a year, you should put it in the freezer.

In addition, in order to prevent tea from becoming the "deodorant" of the refrigerator, the tea should be sealed and packaged before being put into the refrigerator, and a sufficient amount of special preservative should be filled into the packaging bag, and the packaging material should be preferably an aluminum foil composite bag.

It should be noted that after taking out the tea leaves from the refrigerator, do not open the package immediately, the correct way is: take out the tea leaves in the refrigerator and let it slowly heat up, and after it rises to room temperature (usually every other day), open the packaging bag, and then brew and drink. And it is best to drink it in half a month.

Compared to green tea, oolong tea, black tea, and jasmine tea do not have to be stored in the refrigerator. Due to the relatively low content of polyphenols in oolong tea and black tea, the aging and deterioration rate is slower and easy to store. Flower tea has a strong floral aroma, and storage at low temperature will inhibit its aroma and reduce the freshness and concentration of the aroma.

Therefore, as long as it is placed in a dry, airtight, light-proof container and odor-free container, it can be stored for a long time. Pu-erh tea is best stored at room temperature and does not need to use desiccant.