The best tea for storing tea is the teapot for storing Longjing. Don't put other varieties. In particular, the original teapot with scented tea is used to store untreated green tea, yellow tea and oolong tea, because the floral fragrance of scented tea will penetrate into these teas, making these teas lose their original natural tea fragrance. If it's a new teapot, it's best to clean it in advance. Don't use strong-smelling detergent when cleaning. It is best to use tasteless and easily diluted edible pure. After washing, it's best to smoke some old tea before putting the new tea in.
At present, the common tea cans on the market mainly include iron drums, paper drums and iron drums. Paper barrels are mostly used for gifts, but generally not for storing tea leaves. The paper barrel has poor air permeability and moisture resistance, which is not conducive to long-term storage; Iron drum is the best appliance for storing tea at home, because it is not easy to be oxidized and will not produce odor, and it is soft and airtight, but the cost of iron drum is relatively high. If it is not for storing high-grade tea, there is no need to use tin barrels. Iron drums have moderate price and good fresh-keeping effect, and are commonly used in family tea storage.
Iron drums for storing tea should be large and small, with large capacity. After the tea is filled, it is not advisable to open it frequently. Prepare a small bucket, and take a proper amount of tea for storage at a time. When drinking, tea should be taken from a small bucket.
Tea bought from the market, which is not used for the time being, must be properly stored and kept, even if it is packed in small cartons and tin cans. Because it is not completely sealed, it is easy to deteriorate after storage for a long time. Tea has the characteristics of liking warm and dry, hating cold and wet, liking clear and turbid, and avoiding fragrant and smelly, so there are certain requirements on what containers and methods to use when storing. No matter which method is used to store tea, the packaging material must have no peculiar smell and good moisture-proof performance. Tea containers and usage methods should be closed as much as possible to reduce contact with air, and storage places should be dry, clean and free of peculiar smell.
Buy back small packages of tea, whether it is tea packaged in composite film bags or canned tea, must be placed in a dry place. If it is bulk tea, it can be wrapped in clean white paper and placed in a jar or jar filled with desiccant (such as massive deliquescent lime), and the lid of the jar can be tightly closed. If the amount of tea leaves is small and very dry, it can also be packaged and sealed with a double-layer film bag with good moisture-proof performance, and stored in the refrigerator for at least half a year without deterioration. In a word, the conditions of tea preservation are: first, it should be dry, and second, it is best to keep it at low temperature (about 5℃).
The storage method of black tea is simple. In fact, you just need to put the tea in a dry and ventilated place. Generally don't let the sun shine directly. Don't put it in the refrigerator, don't put it in a sealed vacuum jar, and don't put the tea in a fixed and unventilated place. The older you get, the more fragrant you get. It needs to be kept in a clean place.