Old colorful Japanese tea box

Tea has been cultivated in Japan for several centuries for its unique flavors and medicinal properties. Year after year its manufacturing process has been improved to obtain sencha and matcha green teas as well as black and earl gray tea which are very widespread today. Throughout this time, farmers have passed down this know-how from generation to generation and a huge industry has developed with this drink, at this stage the packaging of tea was nevertheless limited to bulk storage.

Utensils such as matcha spoons, tea warmers, tea cups and naturally cast iron teapots have become popular, but also tea boxes like this Colorful Old Japanese Tea Box. These small objects were quickly adopted by fans of matcha, sencha, and other teas who quickly understood the importance of not neglecting the storage of their tea.

But since the arrival of mass consumption, tea has not been excluded from other products and its nature as an almost luxurious drink, or at least prestigious that it had obtained with its history and its culture, has gradually become degraded it into a common drink. Marketed in plastic or paper bags depending on the different traders, the good ways of handling tea to be able to exploit all its flavors have thus been lost. Furthermore, for storage problems the tea has often been reduced to powder before being placed in a jar because once crushed it is in fact less embarrassing than in its original form. But nevertheless, although this practice allows you to have more space for so many grams of tea stored, breaking its fibers is equivalent to eliminating the majority of its benefits, its properties, its vitamins and also its proteins even before have infused it. This is what leads us to propose to you to detail through this Old Colorful Japanese Tea Box and to see how to preserve your dried tea leaves in a better way with the aim of being able to benefit from the best taste of our tea and not leave get lost at the bottom of an unsuitable bag.

Why is it important to store your tea in a tea box?

In case you are someone who is used to enjoying and drinking tea regularly, there is a high chance that you are aware that tea leaves are something that does not expire. This is also what makes tea a simple drink to consume without drinking it all the time because it is not obligatory to go and buy more every week. However, this information regarding the expiry of tea is only partially true. Indeed, although tea can be consumed months or even years after being picked, this does not prevent it from needing maintenance during this period to be able to retain its fragrance, nutrients and antioxidants. For good reason, tea leaves are organic materials which have moisture in them and this is why it is essential to keep them in a suitable tea box such as this Old Colorful Japanese Tea Box so as not to eliminate its aromas. tasty. Furthermore, the recommendations that we are going to give you are all the more true if you have green tea or white tea .

When keeping tea at home, the three main enemies that must be feared above all are the following:

• Oxidation
• Mold
• The smells

Oxidation is something that happens as a result of tea being exposed to light. Therefore, particular attention must be paid to it. This is also a primary reason to ban transparent tea bags, sometimes even opened, which are used when selling tea because they do not effectively protect the tea leaves from oxidation.

Secondly, mold is a phenomenon that appears when tea leaves are exposed to humidity. It is mainly this phenomenon which is most responsible for the degradation of tea flavors when the latter is not protected. In fact, there are not many official bags that are suitable for protecting tea from potential exposure to humidity. This is why it is very decisive to store it in an airtight box like this Old Colorful Japanese Tea Box so as not to lose its aromas.

Lately, odors are also something very vicious which happens in the majority of cases without us even noticing it and which nevertheless has no reason to exist if we protect ourselves against it. Tea leaves tend to very quickly pick up odors that are close to them, such as foods that emit a strong odor in the same room. Most often, however, tea is kept in the kitchen, so it is enough for a dish that emits a strong odor to be cooked in the same room or for chocolate to be placed next to it to considerably degrade the flavors of the tea. Once again this is something that can effortlessly be avoided by storing it in this Colorful Antique Japanese Tea Box .

But still, keeping your dry tea leaves and their scents in a tea caddy isn't all the work required. You will need to take care to place this same airtight box in the light and heat in a room with a rather cold temperature. This is because heat is also a factor that is likely to affect the flavors of the tea. knowing this, storage above cooking plates should also be banned. Instead, place this Colorful Old Japanese Tea Box in a room like the garage or laundry room and your delicious tea can easily be kept for at least two years.