A slow painful death, with hopes of redemption

[silvertip beard]

Hi Gents,

Long time since I've visited.

I wanted to report that I believe I'm killing my Puerh due to lack of humidity up here in NE storage. After 1.5 years, much of my tea is too dry and is not aging very well. From what I've been reading, it is exhibiting tell-tale signs of being too dry.

I've purchased humidity beads to up the humidity in the storage cabinet (made of hardwood), so I'm just hoping its not too late. It will be close...

Just wanted to send up a warning for my fellow Yankees to watch Rh closely.

Would be happy to hear of any successful strategies for puerh storage in cold dry climates.

peace,
steve

 

[SiBurning]

Needs a tea humidor.

What to use to get the right RH? What is the right RH?

 

[Erik]

I'm blessed with almost a constant 70 F with 70 % humidity and that's with the HVAC running. A by-product of the crazy weather in the South. The teas do seem to be changing nicely in the two years I've been tea crazy.

 

[shah8]

What are the symptoms of too dry? Being too slow to age? I've always thought MarshalN's description hard to evaluate because he primarily associates it with what I think of as being too tannic.

I do think that some teas *want* to age and other teas *don't* want to age. Maybe you just don't have something that's cooperative for your climate?