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When you take out a tin of tea from the fridge, you should rest it 2 hours before opening to avoid condensation, because water droplets form only on cold surface. This is the article I learned about this: https://www.teaguardian.com/how-to-make-tea/tea-storage-issue.html#.UYADKuBmn5g
You are right. Darjeeling goes stale pretty quickly. I think it has to do with its being quite green actually. Some people say it’s like oolong. I really cannot agree with that, coz as far as my own tea experience goes, the kind of taste in oolongs are very different. I have not stored oolong long enough yet, but I do have a few packs marked 2011 and still tasting like when I first opened them. I do still have a tin of Assam TGFOP from Fortnum that I bought maybe 3 years ago. It’s not as good as before but still smell okay. I think I am going to finish it by making some lemon tea for everyone.
That gives me ideas to play with 😉 Thx Bill. BTW Are you with Tea Guardian only or also with Tea Hong?
Yes Manila I agree with you. This whole afternoon I have been playing with the Eight Immortal that arrived two days ago. Its fantastic aroma and texture and sweetness are so much more outstanding in the gaiwan.
My experience is different. When I was still using Western teas such as Darjeeling, English Breakfast or Assam FTGFOP, I used one teaspoon leaves for each teacup for my 6 cup teapot, plus one teaspoon. In another word, seven teaspoons for a 6 cup pot. I figure that should be about 1.2 to 1.5 liter of tea. The tea should be brewed for at least 6minutes, better 8 to 10. The pot has to be very well warmed up in the oven, lid closed to avoid greasy smell.
Since I have been using whole leaf teas, and I measure leaf weight by the electronic scale, I have worked out that 2.5 g of leaves to the cup works for most teas, except for white peony, which I use 3 to 4 gram. Infusion time is also at least 6 minutes. As for infusion temperature, I have since always follow the guideline in Tea Guardian.To me, it makes a nice decoration in my home. I display it like I do with some of my plates on a sideboard. I would not drink it and really don’t care if its value goes up or down. I am so happy with my Imperial Golden Tip when I want a dark tea anyway. Feel so spoiled to have eight Tea Hong selections in my tea drawer to choose from already. Chasing the price of some uncertain value of a plate of tea really feels too materialistic for me.
