 | Store loose tea in a tinLight, air and hob heat spend the perfume. An opaque tin and a closed pouch are enough. Store loose tea away from lightStore loose tea from the day you open the pouch. Loose leaf loses scent to light, damp and the heat above the hob. Do not leave the packet open on the counter. Roll the seal, or move the leaf into a container you cannot see through. Opaque tinAn opaque tin, dry, with a snug lid, is enough for a home cupboard. A glass jar in the window looks fine and spoils a green in a short time. Skip the spice box: the leaf takes on the smell next door. Coffee and tea in one cupboard need lids that really close. Buy what you will drink in a few weeks. A 50 g or 100 g pouch in the shop is more honest than a kilo sitting still. A 2.5 g spoon keeps you from putting a damp spoon back into the pouch. Before you pour, read the note on water and time. Leaf kept well does not rescue a boiling cup of green. If the perfume has already gone, do not insist: the next purchase starts again, with a clean dry tin. |